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.
Where In The World…?
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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