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Weekend of May 24, 2008

Music and literature

This weekend on PT, 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 have 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.

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

  • 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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