November 3, 2008
Music of the spheres
The ancients believed that the movement of the sun, moon, stars and planets was actually a form of music. They called it "musica universalis," or "music of the spheres." Today we'll prove them right by serving up some heavenly music about heavenly bodies - the stars, the moon and the planets.
Today's Playlist
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Percy Grainger
"The Nightingale and the Two Sisters" from "Danish Folk Music Suite"
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with conductor Geoffrey Simon
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Frank Ticheli
"Shooting Stars" from Symphony No. 2
The Dallas Wind Symphony with conductor Jerry Junkin
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Gustav Holst
Music from "The Planets," Op. 32
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with conductor Richard Hickox
Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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Matthew Dunne
"Did You See the Moon Last Night?"
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Kaul Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
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Modest Mussorgsky
Entr'acte from "Kovanschina"
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Oliver Knussen
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Contrapunctus No. 9 from "The Art of the Fugue"
The New Century Saxophone Quartet
Kaul Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude No. 11 in F, BWV 880
The Atlantic Brass Quintet
Faith Presbyterian Church, Sun City, Arizona
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Paul Hindemith
"Mathis der Maler"
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Robert Spano
Severance Hall, Cleveland
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Christopher Weiss
String Quartet No. 2
The Verano String Quartet
Music from Angel Fire, Taos, New Mexico