One of the most meaningful concerts in the life of Josef Haydn took place in a darkened Spanish cathedral. It was music he wrote for a Good Friday service. Recently, poet Michael Dennis Browne wrote his own words to accompany Haydn's deeply thoughtful Good Friday music. "I surprised myself," he said, "just as the great Haydn surprised himself." We'll hear Haydn's "Seven Last Words of Christ," music with with new poetry by Browne, on Thursday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata in A major, Hob XVI:47 - I: Moderato (arr. Paul Galbraith)
Paul Galbraith, 8-string guitar
Traditional Corsican: Maria, le sette spade (Maria, the seven swords)
Members of L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar, artistic director
Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: L'Annonciation
Barbara Furtuna; Members of L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar, artistic director
Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour On the Cross - 3. Sonata II; 9. Il Terremoto
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Selections from All-Night Vespers, Op. 37
Sherry Olson, alto; Scott Tuomi, tenor; Portland Symphonic Choir; Steve Zopfi, artistic director
St. Mary's Cathedral, Portland, Oregon
Hour 2
J.S. Bach: Suite in G minor, BWV 995 - II. Allemande
Jason Vieaux, Guitar
Traditional: My Lord, What a Morning (arr. Glenn Haynes)
New Century Saxophone Quartet
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, Massachusetts
Johann Sebastian Bach: Selections from Saint Matthew Passion, Part 2, BWV 244
Christina Landshamer, soprano; Stefan Kahle, alto; Wolfram Lattke, tenor; Klaus Mertens, bass; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Thomanerchor; Georg Christoph Biller, conductor
St. Thomas' Church, Leipzig, Germany
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Tasmin Little, violin; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Marko Letonja, conductor
Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, Australia
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