Pianist Simone Dinnerstein used to have memory slips while playing concerts. This became so upsetting that she tried something radical—she began learning music backwards, from the end to the beginning. Learn more about Simone Dinnerstein and hear her play from Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana on today's show.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Josef Suk: 4 Pieces, Op. 17 movement 2: Appassionato
Augustin Hadelich, violin | Charles Owen, piano
Album: Bohemian Tales
Warner Classics 0190295274764
Ernest Chausson: Poeme, Op. 25
Augustin Hadelich, violin | Elliott Wuu, piano | Quartet Integra
La Jolla Music Society, The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, La Jolla, CA
Maurice Ravel: Sonata for violin and cello, M. 73
Ayano Ninomiya, violin | Julia Bruskin, cello
Skaneateles Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY
Osvaldo Golijov, arr. Alex Fortes: Arum Dem Fayer, from Um Dia Bom
A Far Cry
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Hour 2
Philip Lasser: Twelve Variations on a Chorale by J.S. Bach: Variations 6, 8, & 10
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Album: The Berlin Concert
Telarc 80715
Leo Delibes, arr. Julian Milone: Flower Duet from Lakme
David Chan, Shih-Kai Lin, Cho-Liang Lin, Yu-Chien Tseng, violins | Peter Lloyd, bass | TMAF All-Star Orchestra
Taipei Music Academy & Festival, National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Robert Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16: Movements 7-8
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Antonin Dvorak: String Quartet No. 9 in D minor, Op. 34
Apollon Musagete Quartet
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
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