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April 6, 2009
An Unlikely Church Musician
Gabriel Faure was a good ol' boy from the south. The south of France, that is. But the description fits. Charming, easy-going, pleasure-loving. Liked to smoke and drink. Not the sort you might think to be a church musician, and to compose one of our loveliest sacred works. But he did both. On today's show, to mark the Easter season, we'll feature a performance of Faure's beautiful Requiem.
Today's Playlist
hour 1
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Astor Piazzolla
"Ave Maria"
Cellist Maya Beiser and pianist Anthony de Mare
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor
Pianist Yuan Sheng
International Keyboard Institute and Festival, New York City
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Peteris Vasks
String Quartet No. 4
The American String Project
Nordstrom Recital Hall, Seattle
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Astor Piazzolla
"Oblivion"
Clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester with the Victoria Symphony and conductor Darryl One
Victoria College Fine Arts Auditorium, Victoria, Texas
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Emmanuel Sejourne
"Katamiya"
Naoko Takada, marimba
Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
hour 2
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Gabriel Faure
Romance in A, Op. 69
Cellist Pieter Wispelwey and pianist Paolo Giacometti
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Rabih Abou-Khalil
"Arabian Waltz," from "Silk Road Suite"
The Silk Road Ensemble
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
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Sandeep Das
"Shristi"
The Silk Road Ensemble
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Gabriel Faure
Requiem, Op. 48
The Metropolitan Orchestra and Chorus of Greater Montreal with soprano Suzie LeBlanc, baritone Marc Boucher, and conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin
Wilfrid Pelletier Hall, Montreal, Quebec
