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July 14, 2008

An hour on stormy seas

We'll spend an hour with music that evokes raging storms and unsettled seas. Wagner's "Flying Dutchman" Overture sets sail from Aspen, Colorado. Le Concert d'Astree summons up a storm by Rameau at France's Palace of Versailles. And we'll have some Malcolm Arnold sea shanties for winds before docking in Risor, Norway, for a lovely Mahler Adagietto.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Edvard Grieg
    "From Early Years" from Six Lyric Pieces, Op. 65
    Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes
  • Richard Wagner
    Overture to "The Flying Dutchman"
    The Aspen Festival Orchestra with conductor David Zinman
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Jean-Philippe Rameau
    Suite from "Hippolyte et Aricie"
    Le Concert d'Astree with conductor Emmanuelle Haim
    The Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France
  • Malcolm Arnold
    "Three Sea Shanties"
    The Prairie Winds
    Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan
  • Gustav Mahler
    Adagietto in F from Symphony No. 5
    The Risor Festival Strings with harpist Sidsel Walstad
    Risor Chamber Music Festival, Risor, Norway

hour 2

  • William Grant Still
    "Summerland" from "Three Visions"
    Pianist Greg McCallum
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Giga from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
    Violinist Christian Tetzlaff
    Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  • Franz Schubert
    Overture to "Rosamunde," D. 644
    The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Roberto Abbado
    Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul
  • Robert Schumann
    Quintet for Piano, Two Violins, Viola and Cello in E-flat Major, Op. 44
    Pianist Joyce Yang and the Takacs String Quartet
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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