Pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane sums up the dilemma of musical fatherhood: How do you encourage your child as a musician without living your life and dreams through him or her? Kahane's son Gabriel is a successful composer and songwriter. He joins host Fred Child for music and conversation, and to talk about his dad. Plus, the father-and-daughter team of Mischa (pictured) and Lily Maisky, in concert in Croatia.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Gabriel Faure: A Lady in Her Tower, Op. 110
Susann McDonald, harp
Astor Piazzolla: Adios Nonino (Goodbye Father)
Dermot Dunne, accordion, Katherine Hunka, violin and conductor, the Irish Chamber Orchestra
Royal Dublin Society Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Gaspar Cassado: Requiebros
Mischa Maisky, cello, Lily Maisky, piano
International Chamber Music Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Perfchat with Gabriel Kahane: Perfchat
Gabriel Kahane: Neurotic and Lonely, from Craigslist Lieder, and Underberg
Gabriel Kahane, voice and piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Gabriel Faure: Elegy
Yo-Yo Ma, cello, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Royce Hall, Los Angeles
Sergei Rachmaninoff: How Fair this Spot, Op. 21, No. 7, and Melody, Op. 3, No. 3
Mischa Maisky, cello, Lily Maisky, piano
Dubrovnik Cathedral, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Hour 2
Camille Saint-Saens: Prelude du Deluge
Augustin Dumay, violin, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Manuel Rosenthal, conductor
Giuseppe Torelli: Excerpt from Sinfonia in D for Trumpet, Strings, and Continuo, G. 9
Kris Kwapis, baroque trumpet, the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Ingrid Matthews, director
Town Hall, Seattle
Anonymous: Pavana e Gagliarda Ferrarese
The Newberry Violin Band
Lutkin Hall, Evanston, Illinois
Gasparo Zanetti: Courtly Entertainment IV
Piffaro and the King's Noyse
Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew, Wilmington, Delaware
Maciej Malecki: Concerto Valse
The Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski, conductor
Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Johannes Brahms: Two movements from Double Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello, Op. 102
Julia Fischer, violin, Daniel Muller-Schott, cello, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Rainier III Auditorium, Monaco
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