Musica della sera

Classical Music 7:00-9:30pm

Playlist for Thursday, October 23, 2008

Hosted by Meera Collier-Mitchell

Time (approx.)	Composer	Selection	Performers	Record Title	Label
7:00	Sephardic ballad Anonymous	Durme, hermosa donzella Sleep, fair maiden Ay luna que reluzes Oh Moon, so Brightly Shining	Hespèrion XXI Montserrat Figueras, mezzo-soprano La Capella Reil de Catalunya Le Concert des Nations Jordi Savall, dir.	Invocation à la Nuit	Alia Vox
	Traditional Sephardic	Cuando el Rey Nimrod When King Nimrod
	T. Torrejón y Velasco Traditional Catalan	Rorro: Desvelado dueño mío El Mariner
7:30	Henry Purcell	A Dance for the Followers of Night Prelude (the Fairy Queen) A Fairies’ Dance
	John Blow (1649—1708)	Lysander I Pursue	Gabrielle McLaughlin, soprano Julia Wedman, violin Aisslinn Nosky, violin Felix Deak, Cello and Viola da gamba	I Furiosi Crazy	Dorian
	Robert Kyr (b. 1952) Text by Hildegard von Bingen (1098—1179)	I. Song to the Creator (O verbum Patris) II. Song of the Virgin to her Son (O fili dilectissime) III. Song to the Virgin (O Magna res)	Tapestry, Laurie Monahan, dir.	Celestial Light	Telarc
8:00	Samuel Claiborne	Alone	Samuel Claiborne, piano	The Annunciation: Piano Improvisations	Sonotrope Sound and Image
	Dmitry Bortniansky (1751—1825)	Let my Prayer Arise	Estonia Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier, cond.	The Powers of Heaven: Orthodox Music of the 17^th and 18^th Centuries	Harmonia Mundi
	Johannes M. Coenen (1825—1899)	Nocturne	Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Thierry Fischer, cond. Jacques Zoon, Flute	Flute Concertos from the Netherlands	NM Classics
	Mily Balakirev (1837—1910)	▪ In the Garden (Etude-idylle) ▪ Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)	Olga Kern, piano	Rachmaninov/Balakirev	Harmonia Mundi
8:30	Francis Poulenc (1899—1963)	Chansons Françaises: I. Margoton va t’a l’iau Margot went to the well II. La belle se sied au pied de la tour The maid sat at the foot of the tower III. Pilons l’orge Grind the Barley IV. Clic, clac, dansez sabots Click, clack, hear the clogs dance V. C’est la petit’ fill’ du prince It was the prince’s daughter VI. La belle si nous etions Pretty maid, if we were in the wood VII. Ah! mon beau laboureur Ah, kind sir! VIII. Les tisserands The weavers	The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, dir.	Cambridge Singers A Cappella	Collegium
	Hector Berlioz (1803—1869)	Herminie: Lyric scene for soprano and orchestra	Mireille Delunsch, soprano Orchestre des Champs Élysées, Phillipe Herreweghe, cond.	Berlioz: Nuits d’été, Herminie	Harmonia Mundi
9:00
	Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)	Nocturnes (2005) I. Sa nuits d’été Ranier Maria Rilke II. Soneto de la noche Pablo Neruda III. Sure on this shining night James Agee	Polyphony, Stephen Layton, cond.	Morten Lauridesen: Nocturnes	Hyperion