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Weekend of April 4, 2009
Life, Death, and Beyond
One of the great questions of life is what, if anything, comes after it. Humans from the beginning of history have wrestled with the question of what happens to us when we die. Artists are no exception. On today's show, we'll hear composer Richard Strauss' view. In his tone poem, "Death and Transfiguration," Strauss paints the picture of a man's life, death, and ultimate transcendence into a life beyond.
Today's Playlist
hour 1
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Antonin Dvorak
Lento Maestoso from Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 90, ("Dumky")
Pianist Wu Han, violinist Ani Kavafian, and cellist David Finckel
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Felix Mendelssohn
"Hexenlied," Op. 8, No. 8
Violinist Daniel Hope and pianist Sebastian Knauer
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Piano Quintet in C Minor
Musicians of the Savannah Music Festival
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
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Camille Saint-Saens
Excerpts from "The Carnival of the Animals"
Musicians from Music@Menlo
Music@Menlo, Menlo Park, California
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Excerpts from Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
The Netherlands Bach Society with countertenor Matthew White and conductor Jos van Veldhoven
Modlin Center for the Arts, Richmond, Virginia
hour 2
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Scott Joplin
"Wall Street Rag"
Pianist William Albright
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Manuel de Falla
Seven Popular Spanish Songs
Alison Balsom, trumpet, Benjamin Hochman, piano, and Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Richard Strauss
"Tod und Verklarung" ("Death and Transfiguration")
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Daniele Gatti
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Bobby Gentry
"Ode to Billie Joe"
Quartet San Francisco
Green Music Festival, Rohnert Park, California
