Pianist Kathryn Stott and cellist Yo-Yo Ma have a new album, Merci, which will also be their last album together. Kathryn Stott is stepping away from performing to focus on teaching and spending time with her family. Stott and Ma recently spoke with Fred Child about how the two forged a partnership that has lasted more than 40 years. Today, we'll hear their conversation and sample a couple of tracks from their new and final album.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Nadia Boulanger: La Mer
Yo-Yo Ma, cello | Kathryn Stott, piano
Album: Merci
Sony
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for Flute, Bassoon, Piano WoO 37, Mvt. 3: Tema andante con varizzoni
Christina Smith, flute | Andrew Brady, bassoon | Peter Marshall, piano
ASO Pre-Concert Chamber Music, Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA
Brian Raphael Nabors: Upon Daybreak
ROCO
Lucian & Nancy Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX
Gabriel Faure: Papillon Op. 77
Yo-Yo Ma, cello | Kathryn Stott, piano
Album: Merci
Sony
Camille Saint-Saens: Mon coeur souvre a ta voix from Samson et Dalila
Yo-Yo Ma, cello | Kathryn Stott, piano
Album: Merci
Sony
Hour 2
Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow)
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano
Album: Sudbin plays Rachmaninov
Bis 1518
Osvaldo Golijov arr. Gonzalo Grau: Nazareno, for two pianos and orchestra
Katia Labeque, piano | Marielle Labeque, piano | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
EBU, Hercules Hall, Residenz, Munich, Germany
Fritz Kreisler: Marche miniature viennoise, IFK 18
Atos Trio
Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music, H.W. Smith School Auditorium, Syracuse, NY
Gerald Cohen: Preludes and Debka
Haim Avitsur, trombone | Cassatt String Quartet
The Library and the H.L. Miller Cantorial School of the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY
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