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Weekend of November 6, 2010
The Isle of the Dead
A rocky island, surrounded by black water, with a dark sky overhead. A boatman is rowing toward an out-cropping where, presumably, his ghostly white passenger will spend the rest of time. It's a painting by Arnold Bocklin called "The Isle of the Dead." Sergei Rachmaninoff was so taken with the painting that he wrote a tone poem called "The Isle of the Dead." In the opening moments of the piece, low strings and winds rock gently but ominously back and forth. The water lapping against the rocky shores, just as in Bocklin's painting. In today's show, Alan Buribayev leads the Brabant Orchestra in a performance, from a concert at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw.
Today's Playlist
hour 1
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Oriental Dance, Op. 2, No. 2
Lynn Harrell, cello, Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
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Jose Luis Merlin
Joropa from Suite del Recuerdo
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Roland Dyens
The Wiz
Roland Dyens, guitar
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Marilea Butler from Bonaire, Georgia
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
The Brabant Orchestra, Alan Buribayev, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
hour 2
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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
