Nobody could combine retro and radical like Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. He called for both old and new in his orchestral tone poem, "The Pines of Rome." Roman trumpets depicting the march of ancient soldiers along the Appian Way. And a newfangled audio recording of a real nightingale, which shocked audiences in 1924. In today's show, old meets new in a concert performance of Respighi's "Pines of Rome" from Amsterdam.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ottorino Respighi: Excerpts from Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner, conductor
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Excerpts from Missa Dei filii, ZWV 20
The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Ghent, soloists, Marcus Creed, conductor
Konzerthaus, Freiburg, Germany
Anonymous (arranged by Henrik Goldschmidt): En rose sa jeg skyde (I saw a Rose in Bud)
The Middle East Peace Orchestra, Danish Radio Vocal Ensemble, Henrik Goldschmidt, conductor
Christianskirken, Copenhagen, Denmark
Michael Praetorius: Lo, how a Rose e'er Blooming
The Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, Jameson Marvin, conductor
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hour 2
Kenneth Jennings: Noel: Christmas Eve
Charles Gray, viola, the St. Olaf Choir, Anton Armstrong, director
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Northfield, Minnesota
Delvyn Case: Rocket Sleigh
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Traditional (arranged by Reginald Jacques): Away in a Manger
New York Polyphony
Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Minneapolis
George Frideric Handel: Gavotte from Concerto Grosso in B-flat, Op. 3, No. 2, HWV 313
Ensemble Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini, director
Broadcasting Hall, Bremen, Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland
The Amstel Saxophone Quartet
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
John Vergin: Carol: There is no Rose of Such Virtue
In Mulieribus, Anna Song, director
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Portland, Oregon
Fulvio Caldini: Beata Viscera (Blessed is the Womb) and Clockwork Toccata
Quartet New Generation
Ojai Music Festival, Ojai, California
Anatoly Liadov: A Musical Snuffbox, Op. 32
Denis Matsuev, piano
Barbican Hall, London, England
Anonymous: Maria Virgo Semper Laetare
Ars Coralis Coeln, Maria Jonas, director
Frauenkirche, Nuremberg, Germany
Carolyn Jennings: A New Magnificat
The St. Olaf Combined Choirs, St. Olaf Orchestra, Sigrid Johnson, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Northfield, Minnesota
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