On this edition of “WFMT Presents” Kerry Frumkin speaks with seven time Grammy Winner, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music, and NEA Jazz Master, Maria Schneider. The program features classical and jazz compositions she’s written over a period of three decades, mostly for her own orchestra, but also for soprano Dawn Upshaw and pop icon David Bowie. In an extended conversation she had with Kerry this past July at the Ravinia Festival, she talks about her formative years, where her ideas come from, and the remarkable people who helped her find her voice.
Music and Conversation with Maria Schneider
Maria Schneider (Photo: Briene Lermitte)
Playlist
(ALL SELECTIONS WRITTEN AND CONDUCTED BY MARIA SCHNEIDER AND PERFORMED BY THE MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED):
“How Important It Must Be” from the song cycle “Winter Morning Walks” (poetry by Ted Kooser) – Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Jay Anderson, bass; Frank Kimbrough, piano; Scott Robinson, alto and bass clarinets; Australian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Maria Schneider. ArtistShare ASO121
“Choro Dancado”. ArtistShare ASO115
“Evanescence (dedicated to Gil Evans)”. ArtistShare 0006
“Cerulean Skies”. ArtistShare ASO065
“Concert in the Garden”. ArtistShare ASO115
“The Monarch and the Milkweed”. ArtistShare ASO137
“Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)”, by David Bowie, Maria Schneider, and “Paul Bateman and Bob Bhamra (as plastic soul)”. Columbia/Legacy 88875030982L1
“Sputnik”. ArtistShare ASO176
“Sanzenin”. ArtistShare ASO176
“The Sun Waited for Me”. ArtistShare ASO176