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Learning to Listen: Performing Families

On today's episode of Learning to Listen, you'll hear from brothers, sisters, mothers and sons who perform together.

The Assad Brothers have played together for more than 40 years. Gil Shaham and his sister, Orli, paired up for a recording — although they usually record projects independently from one another.

I often wonder if Bach Sr. would've made recordings with his sons, or if Leopold and Wolfgang Mozart might've released recordings of their European tours. Maybe Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn would've released recordings of their salon concerts?

No matter, because the earliest recording you'll hear on today's Learning to Listen comes from 1988, in which Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts music his grandfather, Ernst, wrote in 1914.

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Learning to Listen: Clara Wieck Schumann

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Emily Reese

When Emily Reese was young, she liked to play piano with her mom. This always happened during the holidays. Emily and her mother never quite made it as a globe-trotting performing duo; however, you'll hear from families who did on this week's Learning to Listen.


Morning prayers in the family of Sebastian Bach.

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