In 1936, Carlos Chavez wrote a symphony based on the melodies and percussive sounds of Mexican indigenous music, and now his piece is played around the world. On today's show, hear the Polish Radio Orchestra play Chavez's Symphony No. 2 (the Sinfonia India), from a concert in Warsaw, Poland.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Leos Janacek, arr. Eric Jacobsen, orch. Michael Atkinson: String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata": I. Adagio
The Knights | Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Album: The Kreutzer Project
Avie
Mihail Barca: Romanian Carols Choral Suite/We Walk and Carol
Elena Postelnicu, soprano | Romanian Radio Academic Choir | Ciprian Tutu, conductor
Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Romanian Radio, Bucharest, Romania
Costica Andrei: Carol Medley: Up at Sunrise/The Holy Lord
Romanian Radio Academic Choir | Ciprian Tutu, conductor
Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Romanian Radio, Bucharest, Romania
Carlos Chavez: Symphony No. 2 ‘Sinfonia India’
Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw | Christian Vasquez, conductor
Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Antonin Dvorak: Silent Woods for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68
Julia Bruskin, cello | The Knights
Skaneateles Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY
Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne, arr. Christina Courtin: Do You Hear What I Hear?
Wu Man, pipa | The Knights | Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Album: The Knights Before Christmas
Bright Shiny Things 159
Adolphe Adam, arr. Christina Courtin: O Holy Night
Gaby Moreno, vocals | The Knights | Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Album: The Knights Before Christmas
Bright Shiny Things 159
Hour 2
Robert Schumann: Romance No. 2
Albrecht Mayer, oboe | Markus Becker, piano
Album: Song of the Reeds
London/Decca 4783564
Debbie Friedman, arr. Sally Lamb McCune: Oseh Shalom
Colin Fowler, piano | Essential Voices USA | Judith Clurman, conductor
Album: Cherished Moments: Songs of the Jewish Spirit
Dorian
Paul Ben-Haim: Berceuse Sfaradite
Niv Ashkenazi, violin | Matthew Graybil, piano
Album: Niv Ashkenazi: Violins of Hope
Albany Records 1810
Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony
Toronto Chamber Orchestra | Kevin Mallon, conductor
Album: Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony
Naxos
Victor Herbert: March of the Toys from "Babes in Toyland"
WDR Radio Orchestra | Gordon Hamilton, conductor
Klaus von Bismarck Hall, WDR Broadcasting House, Cologne, Germany
John Frederick Coots & Haven Gillespie, arr. Howard Arman: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
WDR Chorus and WDR Radio Orchestra | Gordon Hamilton, conductor
Klaus von Bismarck Hall, WDR Broadcasting House, Cologne, Germany
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