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May 19, 2008

Music and literature

We're devoting this week to the places where music meets great writing. Today, we'll have an hour on poetry, featuring a conversation with mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and a tribute to Federico Garcia Lorca. Then we'll explore how myths and legends are retold in instrumental music by Schubert, Cesar Franck, Richard Strauss, Debussy and Bill McGlaughlin.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Ernest Chausson
    "Le Temps des Lilas" ("The Time of Lilacs") from "The Poem of the Love of the Sea"
    Cellist Mischa Maisky and pianist Daria Hovora
  • Thomas Albert
    Nos. three and eight from "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"
    eighth blackbird
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul
  • Manuel De Falla, Reginald Smith-Brindle, Federico Garcia Lorca and Isaac Albeniz Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
    "Tribute to Federico Garcia Lorca"
    Guitarist Carlos Bonell
  • Reynaldo Hahn
    "A Chloris"
    Soprano Susan Graham and pianist Malcolm Martineau
    Jordan Hall, Boston
  • Ned Rorem
    "Sonnet"
    Soprano Susan Graham and pianist Malcolm Martineau
  • Camille Saint-Saens
    "Danse Macabre"
    Soprano Susan Graham and pianist Malcolm Martineau
    Jordan Hall, Boston
  • Ernest Chausson
    "Poeme" for Violin and Orchestra
    Violinist Michael Ludwig with the Buffalo Philharmonic and conductor JoAnn Falletta
    Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo

hour 2

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck
    "Melodie d'Orphee" ("Orpheus' Melody")
    Pianist Earl Wild
  • Franz Schubert
    "Erlkonig"
    Violinist Kristof Barrati
    Rolf Liebermann Studio, Hamburg, Germany
  • Cesar Franck
    "Psyche et Eros" from "Psyche," symphonic poem
    The Liege Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Pascal Rophe
    Philharmonic Hall, Liege, Belgium
  • Richard Strauss
    "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," Op. 28
    The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Paul Paray
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Claude Debussy
    "Syrinx" for Solo Flute
    Flutist Philippa Davies
    Theresa L. Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92nd Street Y, New York City
  • Bill McGlaughlin
    "Remembering Icarus"
    The Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra with conductor Lonnie Klein
    New Mexico State University Music Center Recital Hall, Las Cruces, New Mexico
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