Although a concerto is usually a piece of music for one or more solo instruments accompanied by a full orchestra, several composers have written works with the apparently contradictory title Concerto for Orchestra. As with Bela Bartok’s most famous example, it’s usually a piece that gives each section of the orchestra a turn in the spotlight — and there’s a new one, from American composer Kevin Puts, that Steve Seel shares with us on the latese episode of Extra Eclectic. On the second hour of the program, it's water-themed works, including John Luther Adams’ Become River and Bryce Dessner’s St. Carolyn by the Sea.
Playlist
October
Eric Whitacre
Joby Burgess, marimba
Signum 625
Repose
Hugi Gudmundsson
Hordur Askelsson, conductor
Schola Cantorum Reykjavik
Bis 2200
Concerto for Orchestra
Kevin Puts
Stephane Deneve, conductor
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Delos 3620
Kinds of Light: Twilight
Michael Gilbertson
Akropolis Reed Quintet
New Focus 292
Meditations on Rilke: Herbst (Autumn)
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
San Francisco Symphony
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Pentatone 7355
Ophelia
Paola Prestini
Caitlin Sullivan, cello
New Amsterdam 113
Become River
John Luther Adams
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Seattle Symphony
Cantaloupe 21161
Water
Olivier Messiaen
Maya Beiser, cello
Islandia 1
The Haunted Ocean
Max Richter
Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Baltic Sea Philharmonic
DG 4860449
Incantation for a Stormy Sea
Veljo Tormis
Cantus
Cantus 1206
St. Carolyn by the Sea
Bryce Dessner
Andre de Ridder, conductor
Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra
Bryce Dessner, guitar, Aaron Dessner, guitar
DG 20031
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