Musica della Sera

Classical Music 7:00-9:30pm

Hosted by: Meera Collier-Mitchell

Thursday, April 6, 2007

Time (approx.)	Composer	Selection	Performers	Record Title	Label
7:00	Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)	Doctor Gradus ad Parnussum from Children’s Corner	Bela Fleck, banjo Joshua Bell, violin Gary Hoffman, cello	Perpetual Motion	Sony Classical
	John Rutter (b. 1945)	Five Childhood Lyrics Monday’s Child The Owl and the Pussy-Cat Windy Nights Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Sing a song of sixpence	The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, conductor	Fancies	Collegium Records
	Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)	Fest- und Gedenksprüche (“Festival and Commemoration Sayings”) Unsere Väter hofften auf dich Vie ein starker Gweappneter Wo is ein so herrlich Volk		A Banquet of Voices
7:30	Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958)	Romance and Pastorale Romance: Andantino Pastoral: Andante con moto Romance: Andantino	The Nash Ensemble	The Early Chamber Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams	Hyperion
	Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)	Nocturnes, Op. 33 No. 1, in E flat minor: Lento No. 2, in B major: Andantino espressivo—Allegro ma non troppo No. 3, in A flat major: Andante con moto	Sally Pinkas, piano	Gabriel Fauré: Nocturnes	Musica omnia
	Billy Joel	Invention in C Minor, Op. 6	Richard Joo, piano	Fantasies & Delusions	Sony Classical
8:00	Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)	La clemza di Tito: Se mai senti spirati sul volto Paride ed Elena: Le belle immagini d’un dolce amore	Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano Prague Philharmonia, Michel Swierczewski, cond.	Le Belle Immagini	Deutsche Grammophon
	Naomi Stephen (b. 1938)	Spring Song	I Cantori, Edward Cansino, Conductor	A Choir of Angels	Civic Classics
	Don Hernando Franco (c. 1610)	Sancta Maria
8:30	Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)	Freide auf Erden (Peace on Earth), Op. 13	Robert Shaw Festival Singers	Evocation of the Spirit	Telarc
	Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)	Summa (Credo)	Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, cond	De Profundis	Harmonia mundi
	Ralph Vaughan Williams	Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes (Household Music) Crug-y-bar Fantasia: Andante sostenuto St Denio Scherzo: Allegro vivace Aberystwyth Variations	The Nash Ensemble	The Early Chamber Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams	Hyperion
9:00	Meiron Williams	Aros mae’r mynyddau mawr “The great mountains remain” Gwynfyd “Bliss” Ora Pro Nobis Welsh prayer for those in peril	Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone Annette Bryn Parri, piano	Songs of my Welsh Home	Marquis Classics
	Roger Stratton	Like Ghosts of Eagles	The Earlham College Concert Choir, Daniel Graves, cond.	Singing Out of the Silence	Earlham College Press
	Ralph Vaughan Williams	Three Shakespeare Songs Full Fathom Five The Cloud-capp’d Towers Over Hill, Over Dale	RIAS Kammerchor, Marcus Creed, dir	Sacred & Profane	Harmonia Mundi
	Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)	Lyric Pieces Op. 65 No. 6 Op 43 Nos. 1 & 6	Leif Ove Andsnes	Leif Ove Andsnes: A Portrait	EMI Classics