A century ago, English composer Gustav Holst looked at the night sky, thought about what it means, and turned it into music. On Friday's Performance Today, conductor Carlos Kalmar leads the Oregon Symphony in a performance of The Planets by Gustav Holst.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Traditional (arr. John Clark): O Holy Night
Imani Winds
This Christmas with Imani Winds
Koch 7748
Traditional (arr. Imani Winds): Go Tell It On the Mountain
Imani Winds
UChicago Presents, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Ji-Won Song, Max Yiming Mao, Kenneth Naito, Noelle Naito, violins; Molly Wise, viola; Noemie Raymond-Friset, cello
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Fine and Performing Arts Department, Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC, Baltimore, MD
Kip Winger: Conversations with Nijinsky
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
The Nashville Symphony, Laura Turner Hall Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN
Ola Gjeilo: The Rose
Ola Gjeilo, Piano; The Choir of Royal Holloway; Rupert Gough, conductor
Winter Songs
Decca 4816326
Traditional (arr. Ola Gjeilo): The First Nowell
The Choir of Royal Holloway; Rupert Gough, conductor
Winter Songs
Decca 4816326
Ola Gjeilo: Across the Vast, Eternal Sky
Ola Gjeilo, Piano; The Choir of Royal Holloway; Rupert Gough, conductor
Winter Songs
Decca 4816326
Hour 2
Gustav Holst: Second Suite in F, Op. 28, No. 2 Movement 1 March
Cleveland Symphonic Winds; Frederick Fennell, conductor
Holst, Handel, Bach / Fennell, Cleveland Symphonic Winds
Telarc 80038
Leroy Anderson (arr. Greg Anderson): Sleigh Ride: A Holiday Excursion for Five Pianos
The 5 Browns: Ryan Brown, Melody Brown, Gregory Brown, Deondra Brown, and Desirae Brown, piano
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Irving Berlin (arr. Sebastian Krause): White Christmas
Calmus Vocal Ensemble
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Gustav Holst: The Planets (selected movements)
Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
Alfred Burt: Star Carol
St. Olaf Cantorei; James E. Bobb, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Philipp Nicolai/Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Ann Cameron Pearce): How Brightly Shines the Morning Star
The National Flute Choir; Amy Rice Blumenthal, conductor
Here We Come a'FLUTING
ALRY 27
Traditional Spiritual: Beautiful Star
Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Mats Bergstrom, guitar
Barbara Hendricks: Shout for Joy
Arte Verum 9
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