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Benjamin Britten
Choral Fixation this week includes an hour of American choral works and a birthday salute to Benjamin Britten, including a performance of his Spring Symphony, Op. 44.
Music featured this week:
Ned Rorem: Three Hymn Anthems - Harvard University Choir Murray - Forbes Somerville, conductor
John Adams: Harmonium - San Francisco Symphony - John Adams, conductor
George Rochberg: Behold, My Servant - William Ferris Chorale - Paul French, conductor
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium - Robert Shaw Chamber Singers - Robert Shaw, conductor
Cesar Franck: Panis Angelicus - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Andreas Delfs, conductor
Benjamin Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44 - Philharmonia Orchestra - John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Guillaume Machaut: En Amer a Douce Vie - Orlando ConsortÂ
Nils Vigeland: Miracles - Young People's Chorus of New York City - Francisco J. Nunez, conductor
Comments [2]
Great selections - I enjoyed John Adams' piece - he sees a great passion in Emily Dickinson - certainly she was a radical - in her time and even now.
Re: John Adams: Harmonium
This is sheer noise!
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