Episode 19: Mother & Daughter (8th November 2024) - HAPPY WORLD PIANIST DAY
- Quote: “To be, or not to be. There is no question. The question is - How to be? How to rise beyond my limits and live expansively.” — Grant Snider (USA)
- Short story reading: "Mother and Daughter" by Gary Soto (USA)
- Longer poems by (1) Katherine Mansfield (NZ, 1888-1923) (2) Christina Rossetti (UK, 1830-1894) (3) Lola Ridge (Ireland, 1873-1941)
- Haiku by Sherry Grant (NZ) and Kobayashi Issa (Japan, 1763-1828) + Rengay by Kathabela Wilson (USA) & Lakshmi Iyer (India)
- Interview: Lily Kostrzewa (USA/Taiwan) & Isabella Kostrzewa (USA)
- Music: (1) Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Songs My Mother Taught Me - Sherry Grant (piano) (2) Tan Dun (born 1957): "Missing Moon", 1st of "Eight Memories in Watercolor", Wendy Chu (piano) (3) Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Muttertändelei, Kiri te Kanawa (NZ soprano) (4) Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915): Etude Op. 42 No. 7 - pianist Nicolas Namoradze @ Chelsea Music Festival (2020)
- News: (1) Lily & Isabella Kostrzewa's joing art show (NYC), more info here (2) Multisensory Sound: Nicolas Namoradze Plays Scriabin & Rachmaninoff (NYC), tickets here
- Artwork: Camille Monet and a Child in the Artist's Garden in Argenteuil (France, 1875) by Claude Monet
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