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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



hour 1

  • Henry Purcell
    Overture from "Timon of Athens"
    The Parlay of Instruments with director Peter Holman
  • Gabriel Faure
    Nocturne from incidental music for "Shylock"
    The Kremlin Chamber Orchestra with conductor Misha Rachlevsky
    Worcester Music Festival, Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Marco Tutino
    "Scena Terza" from "Riccardo III"
    The Russian National Orchestra with conductor Nicola Luisotti
    Festival Del Sole, Yountville, California
  • 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
  • Jean Sibelius
    Prelude and Suite No. 2 from "The Tempest"
    The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Thomas Ades
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

hour 2

  • Paul Bowles
    Three movements from "The Wind Remains: A Zarzuela based on Federico Garcia Lorca"
    The Eos Ensemble with conductor Jonathon Sheffer
  • Emmanuel Chabrier
    "Feuillet d'Album"
    Pianist Stephen Hough
    Gates Hall, Denver
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Variations serieuses, Op. 54
    Pianist Stephen Hough
    Gates Hall, Denver
  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    "Francesca da Rimini," Op. 32
    The Russian National Orchestra with conductor Mikhail Pletnev
    Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, New York
  • Franz Liszt
    "Romance oubliee," S. 132
    Violinist Rachel Barton Pine and pianist Thomas Labe
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