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Ready to travel? Thought so. Today’s stops include a very celebratory
Egypt; "Africa" (by Camille Saint-Saens); and music from right here in
Vermont – as we remember the rich and vibrant life of Blanche Moyse,
who passed away this week.

Playlist:
8:02 am
  • Aida: (Act II) Grand March
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Bologna Comic Opera Theatre Orchestra
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • CD/Album: "Verdi: Ballet Music"
  • Record co./Cat #: London 425108
8:08 am
  • Aida: Gloria all'Egitto
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: John Alldis Choir
  • Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf
  • CD/Album: "Opera Choruses"
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 60205
  • Note: (Act II: Triumphal March - "Glory to Egypt")
8:17 am
  • Africa
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Conductor: Sakari Oramo
  • CD/Album: "Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra"
  • Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 67332
8:31 am
  • On the Cold Ground/Glory of the Sun
  • Composer: Anonymous (published in the John Playford "English Dancing Master", 1651)
  • Ensemble: The Dufay Collective
  • CD/Album: "Johnny, Cock Thy Beaver"
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 9446
8:44 am
  • Norfolk Rhapsody #1
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Bernard Haitink
  • CD/Album: "Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, etc."
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 55487
9:07 am
  • Fidelio: Overture , Op. 72c
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • CD/Album: "Beethoven: Ouverturen"
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429762
9:18 am
  • St. Matthew Passion: Erbarme dich , BWV 244 ("Have mercy, my God")
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Ensemble: New England Bach Festival Orchestra
  • Soloists: Mary Westbrook-Geha, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Blanche Moyse
  • CD/Album: "J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion"
  • Record co./Cat #: NEBF 99
  • Note: (Recorded live in October, 1999 at Persons Auditorium, Marlboro College, Marlboro VT)
9:28 am
  • Divertimento ("St. Anthony Chorale")
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin
  • CD/Album: "Ensemble Wien-Berlin"
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 39558
9:43 am
  • The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
  • Composer: John Adams
  • Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony
  • Conductor: Edo de Waart
  • CD/Album: "Late in the 20th Century - An Elektra/Nonesuch New Music Sampler"
  • Record co./Cat #: Nonesuch 79171

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