Matthew Arnold’s darkly evocative Victorian poem "Dover Beach" has
inspired cultural references in everything from Ray Bradbury’s
"Farenheit 451" to Joseph Heller’s "Catch-22". It inspired Samuel Barber
too, and in 1931 he created a musical setting of the poem. This morning
we’ll hear Barber’s "Dover Beach" in a live performance from last
year’s Marlboro Music Festival.
Marlboro Month: Barber
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Playlist:
8:08 am
- Symphony #5 in D , Op. 2
- Composer: William Boyce
- Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
- Conductor: Neville Marriner
- CD/Album: "Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII"
- Record co./Cat #: Argo 417824
8:16 am
- An English Suite
- Composer: Hubert Parry
- Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: William Boughton
- CD/Album: "Finzi - Parry - Bridge"
- Record co./Cat #: Nimbus 5366
8:37 am
- The Magic Flute, K620: Ein Madchen oder Weibchen
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Soloists: Thomas Allen, baritone
- Conductor: Charles Mackerras
- CD/Album: "Mozart: Die Zauberflote (Highlights) - Mackerras"
- Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80345
- Note: (Act II - Papageno's aria: "A girl or little wife)
8:42 am
- Variations on "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen" in F , Op. 66
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Soloists: Emanuel Ax, piano ; Yo Yo Ma, cello
- CD/Album: "Beethoven: The Sonatas for Cello & Piano"
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 42446
- Note: (from Mozart's opera, "The Magic Flute"; Act I - duet w/Pamina & Papageno: "In men who feel love...")
9:02 am
- Il Signor Bruschino: Overture
- Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
- Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- CD/Album: "Rossini: Overtures"
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 415363
9:08 am
- Woodnotes: Part II
- Composer: Frank Nuyts
- Ensemble: Collegium Instrumentale Brugense
- Soloists: Robert Van Sice, marimba
- Conductor: Frank Nuyts
- CD/Album: "3 Marimba Concertos"
- Record co./Cat #: Et Cetera 1085
9:19 am
- Dover Beach
- Composer: Samuel Barber
- Ensemble: Marlboro Music Festival
- Soloists: Nathaniel Webster, baritone ; Elena Urioste, violin ; Helene Clement, viola ; Marcy Rosen, cello
- CD/Album: "Marlboro Music Festival on 8/1/2010"
- Record co./Cat #: Marlboro 2010-08-01
- Note: (Recorded at the Marlboro Music Festival, 8/1/2010 - setting of the poem by Matthew Arnold)
9:28 am
- Symphony #8 in G , Op. 88 , B 163
- Composer: Antonin Dvorak
- Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Bruno Walter
- CD/Album: "Dvorak-Symphony No. 8-Walter"
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 42038