Robin Ticciati is an up-and-coming young British conductor. When Ticciati was a teenager, he studied conducting with Sir Colin Davis. Ticciati remembers Davis guiding him through Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations" during conducting lessons in Davis' garden. When they got to the gravely beautiful "Nimrod" variation, Davis stopped and said, "This is what music should mean to you." In today's show, Ticciati fills in for the ailing Colin Davis in a performance of, you guessed it, Elgar's "Enigma Variations," from a concert in London.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Traditional: Lo! he Comes with Clouds Descending
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow, director
Stephen Foster: Slumber My Darling
Alison Krauss, singer, Mark O'Connor, violin, Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Edgar Meyer, bass
Frederic Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
The Glass Duo
International Chopin Piano Festival, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
The London Symphony Orchestra, Robin Ticciati, conductor
Barbican Hall, London, England
Hour 2
Appalachian Traditional (arranged by John Rutter): I Wonder as I Wander
Seraphic Fire, Patrick Dupre Quigley, director
Traditional Scottish: The Jolly Beggar
The Boston Camerata, Joel Cohen, conductor
Samuel Barber: Essay No. 2, Op. 17
The French National Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
Traditional Spiritual (arranged by Rollo Dilworth): Sistah Mary
Chicago a cappella
Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, Illinois
Traditional (arranged by Stephen Paulus): Hallelu!
The Utah State University Chamber Singers, Rebecca Woodruff, harp, Cory Evans, director
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Hyde Park, Utah
Traditional French (arranged by Abbe Pellegrin): O Come Divine Messiah
The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles
The Priory of Our Lady of Ephesus, Gower, Missouri
Francois Couperin: Excerpts from Pieces de Clavecin, Sixieme Ordre in B-flat
Angela Hewitt, piano
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
Traditional (arranged by Christopher Aspaas): Love and Joy Come to you Medley
St. Olaf Combined Choirs, St. Olaf Orchestra, Christopher Aspaas, James Bobb, Sigrid Johnson, Anton Armstrong, and Steven Amundson, conductors
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Northfield, Minnesota
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