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Violinist Tasmin Little talks to soprano Lesley Garrett and John Sherba from the Kronos Quartet about finding new meaning after a performance career.

Violinist Tasmin Little talks to soprano Lesley Garrett and John Sherba from the Kronos Quartet about finding new meaning after a performance career.

Lesley speaks about the need for opera composers to write roles for older women and how her children have noticed she becomes withdrawn when she isn’t working.

Violinist John Sherba tells Tasmin how being a musician has meant he is hard-wired as a giving person. He spent 45 years on the road giving performances with the Kronos Quartet, an ensemble celebrated for its cross-genre collaborations. Now, age 70 he has time to give care as a grandfather and discover new music and hobbies.

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloe; Lever du Jour

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56: Pt. 1, No. 18, Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion

    Singer: Lesley Garrett. Conductor: Peter Robinson. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.
    • Metro Doubles.
    • 6.

  • Gioacchino Antonio Rossini

    La Cenerentola; Nacqui All'Affanno

    Singer: Lesley Garrett. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • PRIMA DONNA.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 12.

  • Clint Mansell

    Lux Aterna (from Requiem for a Dream soundtrack)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Requiem for a Dream OST.
    • Nonesuch Records.
    • 32.

  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet No.5; 2nd movement

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • KRONOS PERFORMS PHILIP GLASS.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 2.

  • Terry Riley

    Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • MUSIC OF TERRY RILEY.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 2.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Performer: Marcelle Meyer.
    • Piano Performances 1925-1957.
    • Unchained Melodíe.
    • 1.

  • Mark Simpson

    Pleasure

    Performer: Psappha. Singer: Lesley Garrett. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String quartet (Nocturne)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Borodin/Smetana: String Quartet No.2/String Quartet No.1 \"From My Life\".
    • Decca.
    • 1.

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