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May 2, 2022, 7:00 pm

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Listen your way through the works of composers inspired by well-known paintings and poems. Pianist Alicia de Larrocha will perform Goyescas, by Enrique Granados, a musical transcription of Francisco Goya’s paintings. This week’s music includes Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler (Matthias the Painter), and Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead. Many of these musical works have gone on to be the inspiration for new artistic creations. Art and music are one!

Playlist

Episode 1

Mussorgsky, Modest: Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpt)
Ashkenazy, piano
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
Decca 475 7717
:42

Granados, Enrique: Goyescas
I: “Flatteries”
II: “Fandango by Candlelight”
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Goyescas – Allegro De Concierto – Danza Lenta
RCA 60408RCA 60408
17:19

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario: Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Pintor from 24 Caprichos De Goya
Lily Afshar, guitar
Castelnuovo-tedesco: 24 Caprichos De Goya
Summit 167
3:06

Debussy, Claude: La Mer
Boston Symphony Orchestra /Monteux
Pierre Monteux Edition Vol 6 -Debussy, Liszt, Scriabin
RCA 61890
22:33

Granados, Enrique: Goyescas: “The Maha and The Nightingale.”
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Goyescas – Allegro De Concierto – Danza Lenta
RCA 60408RCA 60408
9:42

Episode 2

Respighi, Ottorino: Trittico Botticelliano; “La Primavera”
Orpheus Chamber Ensemble
Ancient Airs and Dances I. III. – Three Botticelli Pictures – The Birds
DG 437533
5:30

Respighi, Ottorino: Trittico Botticelliano; “L’ Adorazione dei Magi”
Orpheus Chamber Ensemble
Ancient Airs and Dances I.  III. – Three Botticelli Pictures – The Birds
DG 437533
8:32

Respighi, Ottorino: Trittico botticelliano; “La Nascita di Venere”
Orpheus Chamber Ensemble
Ancient Airs and Dances I.  III. – Three Botticelli Pictures – The Birds
DG 437533
5:23

Hindemith, Paul: Mathis der Maler: I.
San Francisco Symphony/ Blomstedt
Mathis Der Maler / Symphonic metamorphosis / Trauermusik
Decca 421523
8:16

Hindemith, Paul: Mathis der Maler: II. 
San Francisco Symphony/ Blomstedt
Mathis Der Maler / Symphonic metamorphosis / Trauermusik
Decca 421523
18:30

Satie, Erik: Gymnopédie: No. 3 Lent et grave

Thibaudet, piano
The Magic of Satie /Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Decca 470290
3:03

Episode 3

Mussorgsky, Modest: Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpt)
Ashkenazy, piano
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
Decca 475 7717
:34

Thomson, Virgil: “Bugles and Birds” – A Portrait of Pablo Picasso
Jacobs, piano
A Portrait Album
Nonesuch 79024
2:03

Hovhaness, Alan: Mysterious Mountain I, III & IV

Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Reiner
Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain; Prokofiev
RCA 61957
16:14

Schuller, Gunther: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee –
“Antique Harmonies”
“Abstract trio”
“Little Blue Devil”
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra/ Dorati
Gershwin, Copland, Schuller, Bloch / Dorati, Minneapolis
Merc 434329
7:29

Schuller, Gunther: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee:
“The Twittering-Machine”
“Arab Village”
“An Eerie Moment”
“Pastorale”
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra/ Dorati
Gershwin, Copland, Schuller, Bloch / Dorati, Minneapolis
Merc 434329
13:34

Paulus, Stephen: “Air on Seurat”
Dorothy Lewis, violoncello
Cary Lewis, piano
Paulus: Music of the night, Seven, / The Lanier Trio
Gasparo 301
6:39

Livingston/ Evans: Mona Lisa
Orchestra/ Baxter; Nat King Cole
Capitol Records from the Vaults Vol 7
Capitol 72435-28295-2-1
3:09

Episode 4

Reger, Max: Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin
Concertgebouw/ Järvi
Tone Poems
Chan 8794
25:16

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Isle of the Dead
Philadelphia Orchestra/ Ormandy
The Bells Op. 35, Isle of the Dead Op.29
Columbia masterworks ML 5043
20:00

Debussy, Claude: L’isle Joyeaux
Thibaudet, piano
Preludes, Piano Works / Jean Yves Thibaudet
Decca 452022
5:50

Mussorgsky, Modest: Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpt)
Ashkenazy, piano
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
Decca 475 7717
:45

Episode 5

Mussorgsky, Modest: Pictures at an Exhibition (opening)
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
Decca 475 7717
17:13

Mussorgsky, Modest: Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpts)
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
Decca 475 7717
00:41

Mussorgsky, Modest arr. Ravel, Maurice: Pictures at an Exhibition
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Solti
Mussorgsky/ Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition / Solti
Decca 400051
00:29

Mussorgsky, Modest arr. Ravel, Maurice:
Pictures at an Exhibition

Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Solti
Mussorgsky/ Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition / Solti
Decca 400051
33:31