It's hard enough to balance work and family life. But for classical musicians who travel a lot, it can be even more difficult. Today, in honor of Father's Day, we'll talk to pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, and find out how fatherhood has changed his life. Andsnes says, "I'm both crying and laughing more easily than before." We'll hear Andsnes in concert in Poland. And the Edmonton Symphony plays Robert Rival's Lullaby, written last year for his newborn son.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Robert Schumann: Marchenerzahlungen (Fairy Tales) for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, Op. 132
Harold Wright, clarinet, Nobuko Imai, viola, Harris Goldsmith, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Preludio from Solo Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006
Red Priest
Temple Beth-El, San Antonio, Texas
Michael Praetorius: Bransle de Village
Chatham Baroque
Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania
Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Grand Hall, Royal Castle, Warsaw
David Lang: Sweet Air, from Child
Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, director
Sacrum Profanum Contemporary Music Festival, Krakow, Poland
Gustav Mahler: Blumine (Bouquet of Flowers)
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
Hour 2
Paul Hindemith: March from Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
The San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Paul McCartney: Blackbird
Time for Three
Music from Angel Fire, Las Vegas, New Mexico
Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from Suite for Lute, BWV 996
John Williams, guitar
Robert Rival: Lullaby
The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, William Eddins, conductor
Spring for Music, New York City
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D, K. 385 (Haffner)
The San Francisco Symphony, Jeffery Kahane, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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