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November 4, 2010
Pieced-together Vaughan Williams and the King's Singers
If only someone had invented the photocopier a little earlier. In 1914, composer Ralph Vaughan Williams sent the one and only copy of his Second Symphony to a conductor in Germany. Then the First World War broke out, and the symphony was lost forever. Vaughan Williams and a few friends spent a couple of years arduously putting it all back together from sketches and scraps and memories. We'll hear his reconstructed work, from a concert by conductor Mark Elder and the Halle Orchestra. Plus, we'll hear the King's Singers in a recent performance at our PT studios.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo a la Russe
The Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
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Perfchat with the King's Singers
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John Bennet
All Creatures Now
The King's Singers
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Edward Elgar
O Happy Eyes
The King's Singers
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Traditional (Arranged by Philip Lawson)
The Water Is Wide
The King's Singers
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Libby Larsen
Will You Nill You
The King's Singers
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Gioachino Rossini
Overture to La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
The Russian National Orchestra, Carlo Montanaro, conductor
Festival del Sole, Napa Valley, California
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John Brunning
Pie Jesu
The King's Singers
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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John David
You Are the New Day
The King's Singers
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Harry Connick, Jr.
Recipe for Love
The King's Singers
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
hour 2
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Frederick Delius
La Calinda
The Halle Orchestra, John Barbirolli, conductor
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Nicolas Chedeville
Fourth movement from Sonata in G for Recorder and Continuo
Michala Petri, recorder, Lars Hannibal, archlute, Peter Kolkay, bassoon
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Three movements from Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony)
The Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder, conductor
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Turtle Dove
Choir of Clare College, Tim Brown, director
Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Paul
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Rob Moose
Excerpt from New Old River Music: Traditional Melodies in Four Movements
The Punch Brothers, David Shifrin, clarinet
Chamber Music Northwest, Portland, Oregon
