Italian composer Ottorino Respighi was a fan of Renaissance paintings and music. In 1927, he set three paintings by Sandro Botticelli to music. On Monday's Performance Today, hear Respighi's Botticelli Tryptich, from a concert in Bellingham, Washington.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3: Movements 1 & 4
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Respighi: Belfagor Overture; Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome
EMI 86549
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Major, K 370-368b
Jonathan Fischer, oboe; Jonathan Crow, violin; Phillip Ying, viola; Bion Tsang, cello
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Traditional (arr. John Wasson): Christmas Carol Medley
Dallas Brass; Mike Levine, conductor
Beaches fine Arts Series, St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
John Rutter: Angels' Carol
Spivey Hall Children's Choir; Judy Mason, piano; Martha Shaw, conductor
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Ottorino Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano, P. 151
Bellingham Festival Orchestra; Michael Palmer, conductor
Bellingham Festival of Music, Western Washington University Concert Hall, Bellingham, WA
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Chris Thile, mandolin; Edgar Meyer, double bass
Bach Trios
Nonesuch 5589332
Traditional: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - A Virgin Most Pure
Adagio Trio
Winter Gift
Adagio Trio 2
Traditional (arr. Stewart Goodyear): Good King Wenceslas
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Imagine Christmas
Sono Luminous DSL-92216
Traditional (arr. David Wilcocks): Ding Dong Merrily On High
St. Paul's Choir School; John Robinson, conductor
Christmas in Harvard Square
London/Decca 20969
Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21: Movements 2 & 3
Orli Shaham, piano; Aspen Chamber Symphony; David Robertson, conductor
Aspen Chamber Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; William Christie, conductor
Prague Spring International Music Festival, Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague
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