Weekend of August 1, 2009

Haydn's Creation, at the Proms

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And in 1798, Joseph Haydn told that story in music. Haydn's greatest work may have been his oratorio, "The Creation." Music that is at once reverent, and ravishingly beautiful. We'll hear Part One from Haydn's Creation in a glorious concert a week and a half ago at the 2009 BBC Proms, in London. Paul McCreesh conducting his Gabrieli Consort, and a massed ensemble of nearly 200 musicians and singers.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dances No. 3 in A flat major
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi
Stephan Langton
Veni, sancte spiritus, Pentecost Sequence (Based on chant sequence)
Amarcord Ensemble (Wolfram Lattke, tenor; Martin Lattke, tenor; Frank Ozimek, baritone; Daniel Knauft, bass; Holger Krause, bass)
Crypt, Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany
Piano Puzzler
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat (Eroica) Mvmts II, III, IV
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH

hour 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Daisies
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
Alessandro Scarlatti
Sinfonia IV in E minor
Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players; Gwyn Roberts & Richard Stone, artistic directors
Plays and Players Theatre Philadelphia, PA
Marin Marais
Les Folies d'Espagne
Davide Amadio, cello; Interpreti Veneziani Baroque Orchestra
Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond
Ponchielli
The Dance of Hours
Philadelphia Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan
Ordway Center, Saint Paul, MN

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