Leon Fleisher & Anne Midgette: "My Nine Lives"
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-12-06/leon-fleisher-anne-midgette-my-nine-lives
Kennedy Center Honoree for 2007, pianist Leon Fleisher is greeted by Yo Yo Ma after dinner at the State Department on Saturday Dec. 1, 2007, in Washington.
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Leon Fleisher talks about his many musical careers. The promising pianist made his Carnegie Hall debut at 16, but was struck down in his prime. He describes how his love of music rescued him after he lost the use of his right hand.
Guests
Leon Fleisher
pianist, conductor, composer, and teacher
Anne Midgette
chief classical music critic of the Washington Post.
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The playing by Leon Fleisher was stupendous. His favorite had me in tears and I did not get the title of the piece. While it was playing my thoughts were this is just like our lives if we let the Creator flow as a constant in our lives....
What was that piece? I need to buy his cd and play it often.
I loved and had to set in my car to continue to listen to his favorite one...it is called "JESU, JOY OF MANS DESIRING" by BACH! Lovely!
I loved this show. Where can I find the recording that has the BWV 147 recording you played on the show. I could have listened forever too.
Brahms piano concerto in D minor?
What was the music played by Leon Fleisher which was his favorite and by Prokofiev, I believe. Mimi Fountain