Ballet as we know it may have first emerged in the Italian Renaissance, but even today, modern composers are still writing for the art form. On the latest episode of Extra Eclectic, we hear a number of contemporary ballet scores, from Thomas Ades’ Dante, Joby Talbot’s Transit of Venus, Elena Kats-Chernin’s Wild Swans, and much more. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
Playlist
“Still Life” at the Penguin Cafe: Air a Danser
Simon Jeffes
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
BBC Concert Orchestra
Isobel Bradshaw, contralto
London/Decca 425218
Facades
Philip Glass
Michael Riesman, conductor
Glass Ensemble
Sony 62960
Green
Michael Torke
David Zinman, conductor
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Argo 452101
Reflections: Mnemosyne
Sufjan Stevens
Timo Andres, piano
Asthmatic Kitty 148
Corroboree: Dance to the Evening Star
John Antill
James Judd, conductor
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 570241
Wild Swans: Eliza’s Aria
Elena Kats-Chernin
Nicola Sweeney, violin
Signum 58
Orpheus Undone
Missy Mazzoli
Tim Weiss, conductor
Arctic Philharmonic
Bis 2572
A Ballet Through Mud: A Ballet Through Mud
RZA
Christopher Dragon, conductor
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
36 Chambers 22
Transit of Venus
Joby Talbot
Jess Gillam Ensemble
Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
DG 4851062
Violin Concerto: 3rd movement
John Adams
Kent Nagano, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Gidon Kremer, violin
Nonesuch 512396
Infra 5
Max Richter
Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Baltic Sea Philharmonic
DG 4860449
Dante: Paradiso
Thomas Ades
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Nonesuch 714908
DESH: Storm Engine
Jocelyn Pook
Bulgarian Orchestra
Labik Kamal, dotar
Pook Music 1
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