Classical Music with Shawn Evans - Wed, 03/06/2013
Absolutely no music about snow on today's program, although I'll have a few pieces about tears from John Dowland and what Benjamin Britten did with those pieces in the 20th century. At 2 PM, Glenn Winters will be by for Opera Talk with a preview of Virginia Opera's production of Andre Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire this weekend at Carpenter Theatre.
| Time | Artist | Album | Track | What's This? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:06 AM | Karen Johnson, Richmond Symphony, Daniel Meyer | live, local recording | Violin Concerto, op. 14 Composer: Samuel Barber | |
| 11:31 AM | Nicholas Unwin | Piano Music of Joaquin Nin | Three Spanish Dances Composer: Joaquin Nin | |
| 11:15 AM | Gilbert Rowland | Soler: Sonatas for Harpsichord | Sonatas in E minor and G minor Composer: Antonio Soler | |
| 12:08 PM | San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt | Bartok: Kossuth, Concerto for Orchestra | Kossuth Composer: Bela Bartok | |
| 12:32 PM | Paul O'Dette | Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 3 | Mr. Dowland's Midnight, Semper Dowland semper dolens Composer: John Dowland | |
| 12:44 PM | Alan Mandel | American Piano, Vol. 1 | A Streetcar Named Desire--Piano Sequences Composer: Alex North | |
| 12:59 PM | Alex North and His Orchestra | Crime Jazz: Music in the Second Degree | French Quarter--from Streetcar Named Desire Composer: Alex North | |
| 01:06 PM | Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic, Alfred Walter | Sporh: Symphonies 3 and 6 | Symphony #6 in G major "In the Style of Four Periods" Composer: Louis Spohr | |
| 01:38 PM | Charles Daniekls, David Miller | Stay Sweet Awhile | Flow my teares Composer: John Dowland | |
| 01:43 PM | Kim Kashkashian | Lachrymae | Lachrymae--Reflections on a Song of John Dowland Composer: Benjamin Britten |
The piece you heard was the Largo from Bach's Harpsichord Concerto in F minor as performed by The Swingle Singers on this recording:
http://www.amazon.com/Anyone-Mozart-Bach-Handel-Vivaldi/dp/B0000046Y7/re...
Although the performers are listed in the CD booklet, I'm not certain which soprano performed the piece.
Could you please tell me who was the lovely solo female singer (minimalist scat singer) that you referenced while taking about Streetcar Named Desire (as you were speaking about one of stella's solo, I think). She was not an opera singer, but one voice with one background bass. I'm probably not giving enough info, but I thought I would give it a try. I think the program was great, and I enjoyed listening to the commentary. Thank you!
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