It's an ancient, simple story of boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy loses girl when she is abducted by pirates. Boy gets girl back, thanks to the intervention of a deity who is half-man and half-goat. OK, maybe the story of Daphnis and Chloe isn't so simple after all. But boy and girl live happily ever after in Maurice Ravel's ravishing, shimmering coming-of-age love story. The French National Orchestra plays Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2, from a concert in Paris.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Peasant Dance No. 7, Op. 72 (Rotnamsknut from Hallingdal)
Geir Botnen, piano
Valerie Coleman: Umoja
The Imani Winds
Brendle Recital Hall, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Alfred Paulsen: Norge, mitt Norge
The St. Olaf College Choir, Anton Armstrong, director
Boe Memorial Chapel, Northfield, Minnesota
Edvard Grieg: Jeg Elsker dig (I Love you), Op. 41, No. 3
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Opera House, Sydney, Australia
Edvard Grieg: Du Fatter ei Bolgeines Evige Gang (A Poet's Heart), Op. 52, No. 3
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Opera House, Sydney, Australia
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97 (Rhenish)
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Old Opera, Frankfurt, Germany
Hour 2
Georges Bizet: Carillon from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
The French National Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Henry Purcell: Excerpts from The Fairy Queen
The Portland Baroque Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
PT Young Artist-in-Residence: Alexander Malikov, piano
Franz Liszt: Dante Sonata
Alexander Malikov, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2
The French National Orchestra, Daniele Gatti, conductor
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
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