May 22, 2008
Music and poetry
Our week on the confluence of music and literature continues with pianist and poet Stephen Hough talking about what words can do that music can't, and vice versa. He also plays pieces by Emmanuel Chabrier and Mendelssohn in Denver. Then poet Bill Holm reads a poem inspired by Liszt's "Romance Oubliee" before we hear it played by violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
Today's Playlist
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Henry Purcell
Overture from "Timon of Athens"
The Parlay of Instruments with director Peter Holman
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Gabriel Faure
Nocturne from incidental music for "Shylock"
The Kremlin Chamber Orchestra with conductor Misha Rachlevsky
Worcester Music Festival, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Marco Tutino
"Scena Terza" from "Riccardo III"
The Russian National Orchestra with conductor Nicola Luisotti
Festival Del Sole, Yountville, California
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Ned Rorem
"Caliban,""Remembrance of Things Past" and "Why Hear'st Thou Music Sadly?" from "After Reading Shakespeare"
Cellist Matt Haimovitz
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul
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Jean Sibelius
Prelude and Suite No. 2 from "The Tempest"
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Thomas Ades
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Paul Bowles
Three movements from "The Wind Remains: A Zarzuela based on Federico Garcia Lorca"
The Eos Ensemble with conductor Jonathon Sheffer
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Emmanuel Chabrier
"Feuillet d'Album"
Pianist Stephen Hough
Gates Hall, Denver
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Felix Mendelssohn
Variations serieuses, Op. 54
Pianist Stephen Hough
Gates Hall, Denver
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Peter Tchaikovsky
"Francesca da Rimini," Op. 32
The Russian National Orchestra with conductor Mikhail Pletnev
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, New York
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Franz Liszt
"Romance oubliee," S. 132
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine and pianist Thomas Labe