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Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor and contralto
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Nathalie Stutzmann

Nathalie Stutzmann had a flourishing career as a contralto (singer) for three decades. When she felt she'd accomplished most of her dreams in that field, she pursued conducting full-time. She is now in her second season as the Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony. On today's episode of PT, Nathalie Stutzmann leads the Atlanta Symphony in a performance of J.S. Bach’s Orchestra Suite No. 3.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Louise Farrenc: Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano Movement 3
Francois Salque, cello | Brigitte Engerer, piano | Romain Guyot, clarinet
Album: Farrenc: Musique de chambre
Naive 5033

Chen Yi: Fisherman's Song
Duo Avila
Humboldt Theater, San Jose, Costa Rica

Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 9 No. 2
James Austin Smith, oboe | Castalian String Quartet | Anthony Manzo, double bass | Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord
Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC

Louise Farrenc: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 30
Esther Park, piano | Eliot Heaton, violin | Hillary Herndon, viola | Max Geissler, cello | Justin McCullouch, bass
Geneva Music Festival, Froelich Hall Gearan Center for the Performing Arts Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

Hour 2

Antonio Lotti: Three interludes from the opera Alessandro Severo
Orfeo 55 | Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Album: Contralto
Erato 52095

Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 Movements 4-5
Hyeyeon Park, piano | Yeri Roh, James Thompson, violins | Matthew Lipman, viola | Audrey Chen, cello
Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute, Spieker Center for the Arts, Atherton, CA

Bohuslav Martinu: Les Rondes, H. 200
Robert Walters, oboe | Emily Hancock, clarinet | Michael Kroth, bassoon | Kevin Cobb, trumpet | Laura Frautschi, violin | Stefan Hersh, violin | Susan Grace, piano
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO

Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D-major, BWV 1068 Movements 3-5
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA

Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D-major, BWV 1068 Movement 2: Air (encore)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA

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