December 15, 2011
Anonymous 4
The women of Anonymous 4 recently joined host Fred Child for music and conversation in a chilly St. Paul church. Even so, their performances radiated warmth and joy. They tell the story of the Cherry Tree carol, and sing early English and American Christmas carols.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
-
Claude Debussy
First movement from Violin Sonata
Christian Tetzlaff, violin, Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
-
Alphonse the Wise
Cantiga de Santa Maria (Song to the Virgin Mary)
Suonare e Cantare, Jean Gaillard, director
Capucine Church, Fribourg, Switzerland
-
John Vergin
There is no Rose of Such Virtue
In Mulieribus, Anna Song, director
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Portland, Oregon
-
Anonymous
El Noi de la Mare (the Boy's Mother), Catalan Lullaby
Rolf Lislevand, Baroque guitar, Arianna Savall, harp and voice
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
-
Antonin Dvorak
Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53
Christian Tetzlaff, violin, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, conductor
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England
-
Johann Sebastian Bach
Chorale Prelude, BWV 659 (Come Now, Savior of the Gentiles)
Adam Neiman, piano
Skaneateles Music Festival, Skaneateles, New York
-
Alexander Glazunov
Chant du Menestrel (the Minstrel's Song), Op. 71
Mischa Maisky, cello, the Orchestra of Paris, Semyon Bychkov, conductor
-
Otto Olsson
Advent, Op. 33, No. 1
The Swedish Wind Ensemble, Chorus of the Stockholm Music Gymnasium, Katarina Andreasson, director
St. Clare's Church, Stockholm, Sweden
-
Josef Suk
Meditation on the Saint Wenceslas Chorale
The Talich Chamber Orchestra, Jan Talich, conductor
Conservatory, Prague, Czech Republic
-
Perfchat with Anonymous 4
-
Traditional
English and American Carols
Anonymous 4
Church of Saint Bernard, St. Paul
-
Alexander Glazunov
Scherzo from Saxophone Quartet, Op. 109
The Amstel Saxophone Quartet
-
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Dance of the Tumblers, from the Snow Maiden
The Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York