What music are you most thankful for? It's a harder question than it seems at first.
Tonight on Q2 we'll explore some of the music WQXR's hosts are most grateful for, like the Appalachia Waltz of Mark O'Connor, and the heartachingly beautiful Traumerei by Robert Schumann.
Also, a once-in-a-lifetime event...for composers. We'll hear Igor Stravinsky's one and only Mass, and Edvard Grieg's only Piano Sonata.
Playlist
"Kinderszenen": 'Traumerei' (Dreaming), Op. 15/7
Robert Schumann
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
London/Decca 466462
Lord, How Come Me Here
Traditional
Robert De Cormier Ensemble
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Hubert Laws, flute
Deutsche Grammophon 429790
Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F# Minor, BWV 858
Johann Sebastian Bach
Glenn Gould, piano
CBS/Sony 42266
Si Koul, Bata
Traditional
Kavkasia
Well-Tempered 5178
At the River
Charles Ives
Theo Bleckmann, voice, live electronics
Kneebody
Winter & Winter 910147
Cristo Redentor
Duke Pearson
Donald Byrd, trumpet
Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock, piano
Butch Warren, bass
Kenny Burrell, guitar
Lex Humphries, drums
Blue Note 99006
April in February
Misha Alperin
Misha Alperin, piano
ECM 1995
Two Waltzes on the Name of BACH
Nino Rota
Danielle Laval, piano
Valois 4698
Messe des Pauvres (Mass of the Poors)
Erik Satie
C. Bowers-Broadbent, organ
ECM 1495
"Appalachia Waltz"
Mark O'Connor
Mark O'Connor, violin
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Edgar Meyer, double bass
CBS/Sony 68460
Andante cantabile in D, Op. 11/1
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Bobby McFerrin, voice, etc
Bobby McFerrin, conductor
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
CBS/Sony 64600
Nobody Knows de Trouble I See
George Crumb
Barbara Ann Martin, soprano
James Freeman, conductor
Orchestra 2001
Bridge 9275
Mass
Igor Stravinsky
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
English Bach Festival Chorus
Trinity Boys' Choir
English Bach Festival Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 423251
Piano Sonata in E Minor, Op. 7
Edvard Grieg
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Virgin 59300
Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
Johann Sebastian Bach
Glenn Gould, piano
CBS/Sony 42266
Comments [9]
That was inspiring,
Its good to remember the help of others....
Thanks for bringing this up
Thanks a million, my dear man!! I followed your advice and came here and as you said it would, it is. I found it: it's Andante Cantabile by Tchaikovshy, with Bobby MacFerrin.s voice!! Now how do I order this? There is no link to Archiv Music here. Amazon perhaps? Or search Archiv?
You spoke to me tonight Terrance! The music stripped away layers of stress. I can't thank you enough for the positive music!
Alison (fellow Buckeye ;) )
I feel like a kid in a candy store. Here's one last entry: a number of composers have written just one violin concerto, including, if I'm not mistaken, Dvorak, Schumann, Brahms, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. O.K., that's all I got :) Thanks. This has been fun.
Sticking with operas as the genre, another one-opera pony was Franz Liszt, whose sole contribution in this category was "Don Sanche."
In answer to your question re a composer who wrote only one piece in a particular genre, Gershwin comes to mind for his only opera, "Porgy and Bess."
Regarding composers of one work in a genre, I was going to cite Carlos Chavez as having written only one symphony, the "Sinfonia India", but a check of the website devoted to Chavez revealed that he wrote six -- count 'em six -- symphonies! So thanks for the idea that led to this discovery on my part.
And thanks for your wonderful music -- am drinking in the "Gloria" from Stravinsky's Mass at the moment.
What a beautiful program this is tonight. I will make a point of listening more to Terrence McKnight.
White living in San Francisco and strolling through the Cannery, I heard this most moving music echoing through the brick lined walls. I tracked it to a small shop and discovered it was Vivaldi's Gloriae. I bought a version but somehow, it wasn't the same. Went back and found out (and purchased) it was an Erato label (ECD 88179) RV589. Now it starts my Sunday mornings as I prepare my traditional steak and omelet. Highly, highly recommended.
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