Two weeks ago, 250 musicians were assembled on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York. Not to mention an off-stage military band, horns on the 3rd balcony, and bells in the light boxes. The glorious sounds of Gustav Mahler's Resurrection Symphony filled up every nook and cranny in the hall. We'll have highlights in today's show, from that Carnegie Hall concert by Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Charles Gounod: Concert Waltz from Faust
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor
Maurice Ravel: Lullaby on the Name of Gabriel Faure
James Ehnes, violin, Andrew Armstrong, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Gabriel Pierne: Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
The Red Line Sax Quartet
Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival, Easton, Maryland
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26
Denis Matsuev, piano, the London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
Barbican Hall, London, England
Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thais
Simone Lamsma, violin, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Concert Choir, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hour 2
Joseph Haydn: Finale from Symphony No. 89 in F, Hob.I:89
The Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle, conductor
Traditional (Arranged by Bjarne Slogedal): For Guds folk er Hvilen Tilbake (For God's People there will be Rest)
Nordic Voices
RheinVokal Festival, Boppard, Germany
Marco dall'Aquilla: Fantasia No. 27
Paul O'Dette, lute
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
Gustav Mahler: Two movements from Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Westminster Symphonic Choir, soloists, Simon Rattle, conductor
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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