Leonard Slatkin says conducting gives him a sense of great power and at the same time, a feeling of helplessness. On Thursday's Performance Today, Slatkin joins us to talk about the curious art of conducting. Plus, we'll hear him lead this performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 4. in concert in Warsaw.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Arno Babajanian: Melody and Humoresque: Melody & Vagharshapat Dance
Raffi Besalyan, piano
The Return
Dorian 92187
Brad Richter: Lost Miner
Brad Richter, guitar
American Landscapes for Guitar
Blue Griffin 227
Michael Nyman: Silver-Fingered Fling
Brad Richter, guitar; Carlos Bonell, guitar
Eastern Arizona College, Safford, AZ
Arno Babajanian: Trio for violin, cello and piano in F-sharp minor
Andrew Wan, violin; Johannes Moser, cello; Andrew Armstrong, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Violin Concerto in B-Flat Major
Livia Sohn, Mark Fewer, Daniel Phillips, Gabriela Diaz, Masumi Rostad, David Ying, Anthony Manzo, Pedja Muzijevic, Geoff Nuttall
Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Spoleto Music Festival, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Hour 2
Lyun Joon Kim / Roxanna Panufnik: Korean Elegy
Han-Na Chang, cello; Philharmonia Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
The Swan: Classic Works for Cello and Orchestra
EMI 57052
Pat Metheny: Letter From Home
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Carlos Rafael Rivera: Cumba-quin
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Frederic Chopin: Mazurka No. 36 in A minor, Op. 59/1
Simon Trpceski, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4: Movements 3-4
Camilla Tilling, soprano; National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Warsaw, Poland, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
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