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September 7, 2009
'Happy-to-be-Alive Music'
American composer Christopher Theofanidis says it was "almost embarrassing" to compose a piece with "three happy movements." But he'd written a series of works with dark undercurrents, and wanted to create what he calls "uplifting, happy-to-be-alive music." The result was "Visions and Miracles," his 1997 piece for string orchestra. We have a concert performance from the 2009 Strings Festival, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Mark O'Connor
Caprice No 3 in A Major
Mark O'Connor, violin
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Hildegard von Bingen
concluding verse from the hymn Cum Vox; Sanguinis ("With a Voice of Blood")
Anonymous 4
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Christopher Theofanidis
Visions and Miracles
Strings Festival Orchestra; Andres Cardenes, conductor
Strings Music Festival, Strings Festival Pavilion, Steamboat Springs Colorado
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Traditional
Misty Moonlight Waltz
Mark O'Connor's Appalachia Waltz Trio
The Farmers' Museum, Cooperstown
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Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger
Gagliarda prima + Corrente sesta
Chatham Baroque
Synod Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
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Anton Webern
Im Sommerwind, idyll for orchestra
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Susanna Malkki, conductor
Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland
hour 2
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J.S. Bach
Suite in g minor, BWV 995 (transp. a minor) --II. Allemande
Jason Vieaux, Guitar
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Steve Laven
Beyond the Odyssey
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Tanya Ratner
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church
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Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Poem for Solo Flute and Orchestra
Christina Jennings, flute; River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Scott Yoo, cond.
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church
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Pat Metheny
Five Songs in Baroque Style (arr. Jason Vieaux)
Jason Vieaux, guitar
92nd Street Y, Theresa L. Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York, NY
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Autumn Song, from 'Sixteen Songs for Children, op. 54'
Alexander Sevastian, accordion
Salao Nobre Governo Civil, Castelo Branco
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Sergei Prokofiev
Autumn, Op. 8
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; David Robertson, conductor
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
