Listen "Music for a While #18: Maestro/Mahatma Jansons"
Episode Synopsis
Mariss Jansons, the great Latvian conductor, born in 1943, died toward the end of last year. Jay talks about him, relating stories both from him and about him. (Jay interviewed Jansons twice, ten years apart.) And, of course, we hear music—from Jansons and his orchestras.
Tracks played:
Bizet-Shchedrin, from “Carmen Suite”
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 2 in C minor
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Mahler, Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D major
Tracks played:
Bizet-Shchedrin, from “Carmen Suite”
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 2 in C minor
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Mahler, Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D major
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