It takes a lot of work to put together the themed episodes that make up so much of this series so sometimes it’s nice to to take a break and just a wander through the sunlit forests of musical imagination with no particular destination in mind. So with that out of the way, here’s an episode of theme free All-Sorts.
Antonín Dvorák · Boston Symphony Orchestra Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act I: Song to the Moon
La Belle Alliance perform Christopher Adams - Release
Marko Topchii performs Regino Sainz de la Maza - Rondeña
The Alex Lindsay String Orchestra performs Larry Pruden - Dances of Brittany, for string orchestra
Elly Ameling performs Henri Duparc - Chanson triste
USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra performs Edison Denisov - Peinture
The Australian Voices perform Aija Dragun - Situ Koku
Alter Ratio performs Alexey Retinsky - Salve Regina
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Ep 126 - The Cambridge Summer School of Music
From 1946 to 1986 the Cambridge Summer School of Music was one of the nations most important arts events. Composers, students, musicians, music teachers and interested amateurs gathered at St Peters College just outside of Cambridge for a week of musical immersion. On a hot and humid Waipa day in January 1947 photographer Kathleen Reardon snapped a group of young composers sitting on the steps to the main building - Ronald Tremain, Edwin Carr, Carraigh Thompson, Ronald Dellow, Larry Pruden and Dorthea Franchi. Curiosity piqued, I wanted to know more about those young composers so this episode will be exploring something of their lives and music and keeping true to the spirit of the photo, I’ve endeavoured to find recordings of works composed closest to that time.
John Rimmer - Clouds over Pirongia
The NZSO performs Ronald Tremain - Symphony for Strings
The NZSO performs Larry Pruden - Harbour Nocturne for Orchestra
The Queensland Symphony performs Edwin Carr - Mardi Gras Overture
Ronald Dellow - Three Studies for Recorder
The NZBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dorothea Franchi performs Dorothea Franchi - Do-Wack-A-Do Suite for Orchestra.
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Ep 125 - Thoughtful and Reflective
This week, kick back, shut your eyes and let the music carry you away.
Xuefei Yang performs Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence.
Caroline Shaw - The Mona Lisa, from the Ken Burns film Leonardo da Vinci (Original Score)
Arnold Bax ~ Elegiac Trio
The Chamber Choir of Europe performs Brahms - Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, Op. 29
Seong-Jin Cho performs Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte 6:28
Sabine Devieilhe performs George Frideric Handel - Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act III: Piangerò la sorte mia
The Tenebrae Choir performs Paul Mealor - Ubi Caritas
David Bedford - Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves
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Ep 124 - Guitar All Around the World
This week its all about the classical guitar and we’ll be visiting with virtuoso guitarists from Croatia, Portugal, Brazil, Spain, Aotearoa NZ, New York, Ukraine, Australia, Russia and China.
rina Kulikova performs Konstantin Vassiliev - 3 Lyric Pieces:
No.1: Elegie in memoriam Sergey Rachmaninov
From his album Van Gough Fire - Marko Topchii performs Antonio Ruiz-Pipó -Canción y Danza No. 1
Philip Norman - Inception for Infinity for Solo Guitar and String Orchestra
Aleksandr Tsiboulski performs Peter Sculthorpe - From Kakadu: 1. Grave
Matthew Marshall performs Michael Calvert’s Gaston in Love from the album Rhapsody on a Riff
Carlos Paredes - Canção Verde Anos (The Green Years Song)
Xuefei Yang performs Mark Houghton - Dance of the Orient
Ana Vidovic performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s - Lute Partita in E Major, BWV 1006a (arr. W. Despalj) : I. Preludio
Andrés Segovia performs Francisco Tárrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Julian Bream and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn - Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra
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Ep 123 - Music All Around the World
No big themes this week, just a selection of the interesting and unusual from all around the world with a focus on Chickasaw composer Jerod Tate’s Fire and Light, a work that explores Chickasaw identity and culture (The Chickasaw are indigenous to the South Western regions of the USA).
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate - Lowak Shoppala', Act I: I. Fire and Light.
Phillip Martin performs Edward MacDowell - Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: I. To a Wild Rose
Dubravka Srebotnjak performs Christian Sinding - Rustle of Spring Op. 32 No. 3
The Canby Singers perform Claudio Monteverdi - Zefiro Torna
Takashi Yoshimatsu - Symphony No. 1, Op. 40 "Kamui-Chikap Symphony": V. Rainbow
Bella Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances for Orchestra
Meredith Monk - Book of Days: Early Melody
Miriam Margolyes performs Francis Poulenc -The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant: I. The Story of Babar
ZOFO Piano Duet perform David Lang - Gravity
Jerod Tate - Lowak Shoppala', Act I: III. Shell Shaker
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