The Truman Piano
03/06/12 11:00AM By Walter Parker
In 1956 former President Harry S. Truman gave a piano to his newly married daughter, Margaret Truman Daniel. It remained in her New York City apartment until the year she died, 2008. It has since been donated to the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association.
At 11 this morning, we'll speak with Margaret's youngest son, Thom Daniel, about the piano and how it came to Vermont; and we'll hear Arthur DeQuasie play Debussy's Claire de lune on it.
The piano will be dedicated at a special concert Wednesday evening.
Playlist
9:01am
Symphony #95 in c, HOB 1/95
| Composer | Franz Joseph Haydn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Georg Solti |
| CD/Album | Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104 & 95 |
| Record co./Cat # | London 417330 |
9:24am
Jeux d'enfants ("Children's Games")
| Composer | Georges Bizet |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Katia & Marielle Labeque, piano duo |
| CD/Album | Bizet - Ravel - Faure - Katia & Marielle Labeque |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 420159 |
9:48am
Air for Violin and String Orchestra
| Composer | Henry Cowell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle |
| Conductor | Alun Francis |
| Soloists | Marjorie Kransberg Talvi, violin |
| CD/Album | Henry Dixon Cowell: Music for Strings |
| Record co./Cat # | CPO 999222 |
9:54am
Fiddler's Jig
| Composer | Henry Cowell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle |
| Conductor | Alun Francis |
| Soloists | Marjorie Kransberg Talvi, violin |
| CD/Album | Henry Dixon Cowell: Music for Strings |
| Record co./Cat # | CPO 999222 |
10:02am
Water Night
| Composer | Eric Whitacre |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Brigham Young University Singers |
| Conductor | Ron Staheli |
| CD/Album | Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Cappella Choral Works (1991-2001) |
| Record co./Cat # | Arsis 147 |
10:07am
Three Flower Songs: With a Lily in Your Hand
| Composer | Eric Whitacre |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Brigham Young University Singers |
| Conductor | Ron Staheli |
| CD/Album | Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Cappella Choral Works (1991-2001) |
| Record co./Cat # | Arsis 147 |
10:11am
Symphony #4 in f, Op. 36
| Composer | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cleveland Orchestra |
| Conductor | Lorin Maazel |
| CD/Album | Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 39065 |
10:53am
Oboe Concerto in Eb
| Composer | Vincenzo Bellini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | James Levine |
| Soloists | Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe |
| CD/Album | Mozart/Bellini/R. Strauss: Oboenkonzerte |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 429750 |
11:01am
Thom Daniel interview
11:06am
Suite Bergamasque: Claire de lune
| Composer | Claude Debussy |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Arthur DeQuasie, piano |
| CD/Album | Arthur DeQuasie Plays Claire de lune |
| Record co./Cat # | VPR 2012-03-06 |
11:13am
Platee: Suite (selections)
| Composer | Jean-Philippe Rameau |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra |
| Conductor | Nicholas McGegan |
| CD/Album | Suites from Platee & Dardanus |
| Record co./Cat # | Conifer 51313 |
11:37am
Violin Sonata #2 in A, Op. 100
| Composer | Johannes Brahms |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Stefan Jackiw, violin ; Max Levinson, piano |
| CD/Album | Stefan Jackiw: Brahms Complete Violin Sonatas |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 70397 |
12:01pm
Siegfried: Forest Murmurs
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Klaus Tennstedt |
| CD/Album | Wagner: Orchestral Music |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 86248 |
12:09pm
L'Horloge de Flore
| Composer | Jean Francaix |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields |
| Conductor | Mathias Monius |
| Soloists | Albrecht Mayer, oboe |
| CD/Album | Bonjour Paris: Albrecht Mayer |
| Record co./Cat # | London 4782564 |
12:28pm
String Symphony #9 in C
| Composer | Felix Mendelssohn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| CD/Album | Mendelssohn: Streichersinfonien Nr. 8 - 9 - 10 |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 437528 |
12:53pm
Waldesrauchen (Forest Murmurs) and Consolation #2
| Composer | Franz Liszt |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Nelson Freire, piano |
| CD/Album | Nelson Freire - Liszt: Harmonies du soir |
| Record co./Cat # | London Decca 4782728 |