This day is holy for two of the world's great religions, Judaism and Christianity. Jews observe the beginning of Passover at sundown tonight. And Christians call this day Good Friday, the day Jesus died on the cross. In today's show, music in observance of both traditions, including traditional Passover songs and highlights from the Bach St. John Passion.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Christoph Pez: Excerpts from Concerto Pastorale in F
Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie, conductor
Felix Mendelssohn: Song without Words in E, Op. 19b, No. 1
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
92nd Street Y, New York City
Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from St. John Passion, BWV 245
Les Violons du Roy, soloists, Bernard Labadie, conductor
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Hour 2
Salamone Rossi: En Kelohenu and Shir Hammaalot
Ensemble Salamone Rossi
Jonathan Leshnoff: The The Rabbi's Dance, from Yiddish Dance Suite
Gil Shaham, violin, Orli Shaham, piano
92nd Street Y, New York City
Traditional Jewish: Eliyahu HaNavi
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
Bruce Adolphe: Elijah the Prophet in the style of Robert Schumann
Bruce Adolphe, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Tigran Mansurian: Testament
The Rosamunde Quartet
James MacMillan: Tenebrae Responsory No. 2 (They Delivered me)
The Sydney Chamber Choir, Paul Stanhope, director
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney, Australia
Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa: Excerpts from Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday
The Sydney Chamber Choir, Paul Stanhope, director
Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney, Australia
Eric Ewazen: A River Valley Idyll for Chamber Orchestra
The Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra, Eric Ewazen, conductor
Doctorow Center for the Arts, Hunter, New York
Traditional Corsican: Maria
Barbara Furtuna and L'Arpeggiata
Zankel Hall, New York City
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