Classical Music with Shawn Evans - Wed, 07/27/2011
After some odds and ends in the first two hours, we'll have composers who ran afoul of the law of their day (many for what we'd now consider silly reasons), spent time in jail, and/or were what we might now actually call criminal. I have listed the "crimes," and if you don't get to hear the stories from the broadcast, I encourage you to look up them up to get the record straight. Coming up on Thursday, more "criminals" (which is a fascinating study in how "law" changes), plus some composers who were priests and a female composer who became a saint.
| Time | Artist | Album | Track | What's This? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:06 AM | Richmond Symphony Chorus | live, local recording | Das ist je gewisslich wahr Composer: Heinrich Schutz | |
| 11:15 AM | Stephan Schmidt, Quatuor Parissi | Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Chamber Works with Guitar | Guitar Quintet, op. 143 Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco | |
| 11:37 AM | Ivo Pogorelich | Scarlatti: Sonatas | Sonatas, K. 20, 135, 9, 119, 13 Composer: Domenico Scarlatti | |
| 12:08 PM | Yizhak Schotten, Katherine Collier | Viola 1919 | Sonata for Viola and Piano Composer: Rebecca Clarke | |
| 12:31 PM | Sergei Edelmann, Bamberg Symphony, Claus Peter Flor | Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos #1 and #2 | Piano Concerto #2 in D minor Composer: Felix Mendelssohn | |
| 01:06 PM | Oslo Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons | Wagner Overtures and Orchestra Music | Rienzi Overture Composer: Richard Wagner--spent a month in debtor's prison and a lifetime "on the run" for financial and political reasons | |
| 01:18 PM | Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Richard Auldon Clark | Henry Cowell | Persian Set Composer: Henry Cowell--served 4 years in San Quentin for "moral" charges, i.e. homosexuality | |
| 01:36 PM | Canadian Brass | English Renaissance Music | The Fitzwilliam Suite Composer: William Byrd (possibly collected by Francis Tregian, who was imprisoned for debt and Catholic sympathies by James I) | |
| 01:50 PM | Simon Preston | Orgelbuchlein BWV 599-644 | various chorale preludes Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach--imprisoned a month for wanting to leave his employer; he wrote this music while incarcerated | |
| 02:06 PM | Mannheimer Streichquartett | Ethel Smyth: Chamber Music | String Quartet in E minor (3rd and 4th movements) Composer: Ethel Smyth--served two months for support of women's suffrage and breaking windows for that cause | |
| 02:31 PM | Gregg Smith Singers | American Stravinsky | Star-Spangled Banner Composer: arranged by Igor Stravinsky--arrested for "tampering with national property" in his arrangment of the National Anthem | |
| 02:35 PM | Hilliard Ensemble | Gesualdo: Tenebrae | Miserere Composer: Don Carlo Gesualdo--had his wife and her lover killed; since he was a prince, this was considered legal | |
| 02:45 PM | The King's Noyse | Rosenmuler: 17th Century Instrumental and Vocal Music | Sonata III Composer: Johann Rosenmuller--accused of pederasty; he fled town | |
| 02:50 PM | John Williams | John Williams: Spirit of the Guitar--Music of the Americas | Venezuelan Waltzes Composer: Antonio Lauro--imprisoned for support of democracy against the military junta in Venezuela |
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