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March 18, 2009

Music of the Spheres

The second hour of today's show features some especially heavenly music. We'll hear music inspired by the earth, the moon, and two of the planets - Mercury and Jupiter. And we'll finish with a performance by the Borealis Wind Quintet, named in honor of the aurora borealis - those ghostly, shimmery colored lights in the northern sky.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Cecile Chaminade
    "Danse Paienne," Op. 158
    Pianists Bengt Forsberg and Peter Jablonski
  • Astor Piazzolla
    "Four, for Tango"
    Violinists Steven Copes and Stefan Hersh, violist Virginia Barron, and cellist Bion Tsang
    Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Claude Debussy
    Sonata for Cello and Piano, L. 153
    Cellist Ralph Kirshbaum and pianist Peter Jablonski
    The Frick Collection, New York City
  • "The Piano Puzzler"
    This week's contestant is Doug Griggs from Georgetown, Kentucky.
  • Anton Webern
    "Im Sommerwind"
    The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

hour 2

  • Gustav Holst
    "Mercury, the Winged Messenger," from "The Planets"
    The CSR Symphony Orchestra with conductor Adrian Leaper
  • Traditional
    "Now All the Earth Rests in Peace" ("Nu Vilar Hela Jorden")
    Trio Mediaeval
    Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Matthew Dunne
    "Did You See the Moon Last Night?"
    The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
    Kaul Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551 ("Jupiter")
    The Radio France Philharmonic with conductor Ton Koopman
    Cite de la Musique, Paris, France
  • Amy Beach
    "Pastorale"
    The Borealis Wind Quintet
    Newport Music Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
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