Novelists who have built their plots around great music. Join us as we step inside the minds of authors groping for the words to describe the feelings and emotions of the music. We begin with an inspiring mandolin, and the letters of T.S. Eliot. In Thursday’s program Bill tells the story of a violin maker and part-time sleuth with a nostalgic longing for Bach. Dvorák falls in love and an author reminisces about his father’s final journey with Beethoven. We end our travels through literature and music with a dream of the devil and E.M. Forster’s vision of Beethoven from Howard’s End.
You and the Night and the Music
Playlist
Episode 1
Schwartz, Arthur: “You and the Night and the Music” (excerpt)
Frank Sinatra
A Fine Romance – The Love Songs Of Frank Sinatra
Reprise Records 8122 73589 2
1:13
Persichini, Benedetto: Polcha variata
Alison Stephens, mandolin
Craig Ogden – Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Chandos 9780
3:19
Beethoven, Ludwig von: String Quartet #15 In A Minor, Op. 132, III, IV & V
Emerson Quartet
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor Op. 132
DG 447075
17:50, 8:13
Bach, JS: Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner; William Bennett, flute
Bach: Orchestral Suites No 2-4
EMI 86083
1:37, 7:15
Paganini, Niccolò: Op. 1, No. 9 Caprice from 24 Caprices
Julia Fischer, violin
Paganini: 24 Caprices
Decca 001465802
3:11
Sagreras, Julio: El Colibri (The Hummingbird)
Craig Ogden, guitar; Alison Stephens, mandolin
Craig Ogden – Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Chandos 9780
1:13
Episode 2
Schwartz, Arthur: You and the Night and the Music
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Kunzel
Route 66 – That Nelson Riddle Sound
Telarc 80532
1:12
Beethoven, Ludwig von: Violin Sonata #9 In A, Op. 47, Kreutzer, I (excerpts)
Itzhak Perlman, violin; Martha Argerich, piano
Music From Saratoga
EMI 56815
10:49, 7:54, 1:00
Janáček, Leos: String Quartet #1, Kreutzer Sonata, I, II, IV
Hagen Quartet
Janacek: String Quartets 1 & 2; Wolf: Italian Serenade
DG 427669
14:16
Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto No. 11 in E Minor, RV 277, Il favorito, III
The English Concert/Andrew Manze, Manze, violin
Concertos For The Emperor
HM 907332
4:44
Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto No. 10 in E Major, RV 271, L’amoroso, I (excerpt)
The English Concert/Andrew Manze, Manze, violin
Concertos For The Emperor
HM 907332
4:26
Episode 3
Schubert, Franz: Piano Quintet in A, D.667, The Trout, III & IV
Hagen Quartet, Schiff, piano; Posch, double bass
An Equal Music
Decca 466945
0:47, 12:44
Bach, J.S: Partita for Violin Solo No. 3 in E, BWV 1006
Philippe Honoré, violin
An Equal Music
Lon 466945
4:03
Schubert, Franz: String Quartet #14 In D Minor, D 810, Death &
the Maiden, I (excerpt), II (excerpt), III & IV
Emerson String Quartet
Schubert: Late Quartets, Quintet
DG 459151
:18, :36, 12:12
Schubert, Franz: “Der Tod und das Mädchen”, Op. 7, No. 3
Marian Anderson, alto; Franz Rupp, piano
Marian Anderson – Songs By Schubert & Schumann
RCA 63575
2:50
Sierra, Roberto: Concerto Barocco
Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia/Victor Pablo Perez; Manuel Baruecco, guitar
Concierto Barroco / Manuel Barrueco
Koch 7597
13:09
Episode 4
Schwartz, Arthur: “You and the Night and the Music” (excerpt)
Anita O’Day and the Three Sounds
Anita O’Day and The Three Sounds
Verve
1:40
Bach, JS: Partita in D Minor – Allemande
Arnold Steinhardt, violin
CD accompanies the book Violin Dreams
4:24
Smetana, Bedrich: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, From My Life, I.
Takács Quartet
String Quartet No.1 “From My Life” / String Quartet No.2
Lon 452349
6:52
Dvorák, Antonin: Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op. 104, B 191, III
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt Masur; Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello
Dvorák, Herbert: Cello Concertos
Sony 67173
12:55
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata #32 In C Minor, Op. 111, II
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
The Berlin Concert – Simone Dinnerstein
Telarc 80715
18:26
Episode 5
Tartini, Giuseppe: La Sonata Del Diavolo In G Minor, I. II. III.
Andrew Manze, violin
Tartini – The Devil’s Sonata
HM 907213
19:02
Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet In A, Op. 20 No. 6, II.
Hagen Quartet
An Equal Music
Decca 466945
5:23
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67, II. Andante
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan
Beethoven: Symphonies
DG 477751
10:00
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67, III. & IV
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert on Karajan
Beethoven: Symphonies
DG 477751
10:00
Mangore, Agustin Barrios: Las Abejas (The Bees)
Craig Ogden, guitar
Craig Ogden – Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Chan 9780
1:14