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May 28, 2008
Happy anniversary, king's singers
On May 1st, 1968, a group of six choral scholars from King's College in Cambridge, England, performed their first concert. On May 1st of this year, the King's Singers performed a 40th anniversary concert at King's College, Cambridge, inviting their alumni and the King's College Choir to join them. We'll go there to hear them sing works by Jan Sweelinck, Max Reger and Bob Chilcott.
Today's Playlist
hour 1
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Grigoras Dinicu
"Hora staccato"
Violinist Renaud Capucon and pianist Jerome Ducros
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Robert Schumann
"Du Ring am meinem Finger"
Violinist Renaud Capucon and pianist Jerome Ducros
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Jan Sweelinck
"Mon Dieu, j'ai en toi Esperance"
The King's Singers
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England
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Max Reger
"Das Agnus Dei"
The King's Singers
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England
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Bob Chilcott
"A Thanksgiving"
The King's Singers and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, with conductor Stephen Cleobury
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Joy Lawrence from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Gustav Mahler
"Totenfeier," symphonic poem in C Minor
The North German Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Heinrich Schiff
Laeisz Hall, Hamburg, Germany
hour 2
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Three-Part Sinfonia No. 9 and Three-Part Sinfonia No. 12
Pianist Jeffery Kahane
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George Frideric Handel
Third movement from Concerto Grosso in B-flat, Op. 3, No. 1
The Academy of Ancient Music with conductor Richard Egarr
Trinity Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, Virginia
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Camille Saint-Saens
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in D Minor
Violinist Corey Cerovsek and pianist Wendy Chen
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 98 in B-flat, Hob. I/98
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with conductor Jeffrey Kahane
Royce Hall, Westwood, California
