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June 4, 2012
Vanessa Perez
Loving parents usually try to steer their children away from making the same mistakes they did. Thankfully, children don't always listen. Vanessa Perez's mother was a pianist who suffered from terrible stage fright, who thought that the life of a musician was just too hard. So when Vanessa asked for piano lessons, her mother said no. Eventually, she gave in, and Vanessa is now enjoying the life of a concert artist that had eluded her mother. We'll meet Vanessa Perez in today's show.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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William Walton
Princes in the Tower, from Richard III and Touch Her Soft Lips and Part, from Henry V
The Salastina Music Society
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
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George Butterworth
The Banks of Green Willow
The Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder, conductor
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Ferruccio Busoni
Elegy No. 4 (Greensleeves)
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Spring for Music, New York City
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William Walton
Violin Concerto
Alexander Barantschik, violin, the San Francisco Symphony, Charles Dutoit, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
hour 2
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Frederic Chopin
Preludes No. 9 in E and No. 13 in F-sharp, Op. 28
Vanessa Perez, piano
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Gigue from Solo Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006
Hilary Hahn, violin
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
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George Frideric Handel
Aria, Laschia ch'io Pianga (Let me Weep)
Albrecht Mayer, oboe, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Perfchat with Vanessa Perez
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Isaac Albeniz
Granada, from Suite Espagnole
Vanessa Perez, piano
NPR Studio 4A, Washington, D.C.
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Heitor Villa-Lobos
Excerpts from Prole do Bebe No. 1 (The Family of Baby Dolls)
Vanessa Perez, piano
NPR Studio 4A, Washington, D.C.
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Frederic Chopin
Four Preludes, Op. 28
Vanessa Perez, piano
NPR Studio 4A, Washington, D.C.
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Anatol Liadov
Baba Yaga, Op. 56
The Houston Symphony Orchestra, Hans Graf, conductor
Spring For Music, New York City
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Leonard Bernstein
Mambo from West Side Story
The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, William Eddins, conductor
Spring For Music, New York City
