Music can reflect our greatest hopes, our struggles, and our most profound revelations. The young Richard Strauss was aiming for all of that when he wrote his monumental piece, "Death and Transfiguration." On Tuesday's Performance Today, listen in and experience the emotions of a life on the cusp, from a concert in Copenhagen Denmark. You'll also hear music from "Considering Matthew Shepard", a deeply reflective composition by Craig Hella Johnson, featuring the vocal ensemble Conspirare.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Richard Strauss: Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Eivind Aadland, conductor
Storyteller
EMI 88328
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 18 in D Major, K. 576: Movement 2
Jonathan Biss, piano
Union College Concert Series, Union College Memorial Chapel, Schenectady, NY
Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Concert Hall, DR Concert House, Copenhagen, Denmark
Traditional: Two Traditional Works: (1) Lydar latt, 'Sounding Melody' (2) Tanzmelodie, 'Dance Melody'
Ragnhild Hemsing, violin and Hardanger fiddle
Schwetzingen Festival, Jagdsaal, Schwetzingen, Germany
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Wind Serenade in C minor: Movement 2
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Night Moods Soulful Serenade
DG 453903
Pietro Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra; Robert Manno, conductor
Windham Chamber Music Festival, Windham Civic Centre Concert Hall, Windham, NY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. WindSync): Fantasia in F minor for Organ, K. 608
WindSync
The Schubert Club, Saint Anthony Park United Church of Christ, St Paul, MN
Craig Hella Johnson: Considering Matthew Shepard (excerpts)
Vanguel Tangarov; Thomas Burritt; Mitch Watkins; Craig Hella Johnson; Stephen Redfield; Ames Asbell; Jessica Valls; Conspirare; Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Considering Matthew Shepard
Harmonia Mundi 80763839
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