WFMT Guest Host, Tuesday, April 15, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
It’s difficult to keep up with conductor Leonard Slatkin. He is currently music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Orchestre National de Lyon. He’s made 7 Grammy Award-winning recordings, with 64 nominations. This week he is a guest conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
With so much going on, how does one find time to talk about the distant past? That has been the nature of his chat with Kerry Frumkin, who sat down with his Guest Host, Mr. Leonard Slatkin, on Tuesday afternoon. Slatkin grew up in a Hollywood household. Both his parents were soloists for major studios. Young Leonard scampered around the heals of Erich Korngold, Jascha Heifetz, Bernard Herman, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky etc. Slatkin’s parents made up half the Hollywood String Quartet, and it’s their recordings and their story which he has shared with WFMT today.
Leonard Slatkin is conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through Saturday, April 19.
Playlist
Felix Slatkin: Devil’s Dream
Felix Slatkin with orchestra
Brahms: Hungarian Dance
Felix Slatkin, v; Army Air Force Orchestra
Prokofiev: Quartet No.2, finale
Hollywood String Quartet
Gould: Guaracha and Conga from Latin American Symphonette
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/Felix Slatkin
Sinatra: Close to You
Hollywood String Quartet
Brahms: Serenade No.1, Rondo
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin
Grainger: Danny Boy
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin
Vaughan Williams: Toccata from Symphony No.8
Philharmonia Orchestra/Slatkin
Bruch: Finale from Scottish Fantasy
Cho-Liang Lin, v; Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin
Michael Camilo: Suite for piano and strings, 1st movement
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin
Ravel: Ondine
National Orchestra of Lyon/Slatkin
McTee: Circuits
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin
