Harpist Alexander Rider joins us to discuss Caplet: #301

Hosted by:

William Cromwell

Produced by:

KBOO

Program::

The Third Floor

Air date:

Sun, 05/02/2021 - 8:00am to 11:00am

Andre Caplet's Conte fantastique is the last hour's featured work, based on a short story by Poe: The Masque of the Red Death. Harpist Alexander Rider will stop by for few moments to discuss the work and the development of the harp in the 19th century.

TTF Program 301

May 2, 2021

Hour One

Gretchaninov: Weep not for me, O Mother (Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale, dir. Charles Bruffy) 5:20

Kabalevsky: Brooyoun Colas Breugnon (Russian National Orchestra, dir. Mikhail Pletnev) 4:47

Palestrina: Ad te levavi oculos meos (Sistine Chapel Choir, dir. Massimo Palombella) 4:53

Glazunov: The Seasons (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, dir. Jose Serebrier) 38:00

Hour Two

Handel: The Lord our enemy has slain, from Esther (The Sixteen, dir. Harry Christophers) 11:00

Gilles: Requiem (Anne-Marie Rodde, soprano; Jean Nirouet, alto; Martyn Hill, tenor; Ulrich Studer, bass; Peter Kooy, bass; Collegium Vocale Gent; Musica Antiqua Koln; dir. Philippe Herreweghe) 44:00

Hour Three

Bach: Cantata #150 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (Joanne Lunn, soprano; Daniel Taylor, alto; Paul Agnew, tenor; Panajotis Iconomou, bass; The Monteverdi Choir; The English Baroque Soloists; dir. John Eliot Gardiner) 14:26

Lewis: From Antique Dances, Master Kit’s Brawl (with harpist Alexander Rider) 2:51

Caplet: Conte fantastique for harp and string quartet (Laurence Cabel, harp; Ensemble Musique Oblique) 17:18

Chopin: Piano Sonata #2 in b-flat minor, op. 35 (Vladimir Horowitz) 22:00