Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. This morning we’ll highlight musical interpretations of natural world: birds, frogs,
insects, plants and flowers alike.
Earth Day (Early)
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Playlist:
8:08 am
- The Invisible City of Kitezh: Prelude - A Hymn to Nature
- Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
- Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
- CD/Album: "Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites"
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8327
8:13 am
- In Nature's Realm , Op. 63 , B 126
- Composer: Antonin Dvorak
- Ensemble: Prague Singers
- Conductor: Stanislav Mistr
- CD/Album: "Dvorak-Complete Choruses & Duets"
- Record co./Cat #: Brilliant Classics 92883
- Note: (On texts taken from poems by Vitezslav Halek: Music Descended in My Soul / Bells Ring at Dusk / The Rye Field / The Silver Birch / With Dance and Song)
8:27 am
- In Nature's Realm (Concert overture) , Op. 91 , B 168
- Composer: Antonin Dvorak
- Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Istvan Kertesz
- CD/Album: "Dvorak: Symphonies"
- Record co./Cat #: London 430046
8:42 am
- Concerto in A, "Die Relinge" (The Frogs)
- Composer: Georg Phillip Telemann
- Ensemble: New London Consort
- Conductor: Philip Pickett
- CD/Album: "Telemann: Wassermusik - Alster Overture"
- Record co./Cat #: London 455621
8:54 am
- Symphony #7: (4th mvmt) The Grasshoppers
- Composer: Kalevi Aho
- Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Osmo Vanska
- CD/Album: (BIS sampler CD)
- Record co./Cat #: Bis 1
9:02 am
- The Ranunculus (Spring)
- Composer: James Oswald
- Ensemble: The Broadside Band
- Conductor: Jeremy Barlow
- CD/Album: "Oswald: Airs for the Seasons-The Broadside Band"
- Record co./Cat #: Dorian 80164
9:06 am
- The Narcissus (Spring)
- Composer: James Oswald
- Ensemble: The Broadside Band
- Conductor: Jeremy Barlow
- CD/Album: "Oswald: Airs for the Seasons-The Broadside Band"
- Record co./Cat #: Dorian 80164
9:08 am
- The Crocus (Spring)
- Composer: James Oswald
- Ensemble: The Broadside Band
- Conductor: Jeremy Barlow
- CD/Album: "Oswald: Airs for the Seasons-The Broadside Band"
- Record co./Cat #: Dorian 80164
9:12 am
- From the Plant World (Suite for flute and piano)
- Composer: Theodor Blumer
- Soloists: John Bailey, flute ; Mark Clinton, piano
- CD/Album: "Music of Theodor Blumer, Vol. 3"
- Record co./Cat #: Crystal 757
9:35 am
- All Things Bright & Beautiful
- Composer: John Rutter
- Ensemble: The Cambridge Singers
- Soloists: City of London Sinfonia
- Conductor: John Rutter
- CD/Album: "Gloria: The Sacred Music of John Rutter"
- Record co./Cat #: Collegium 100
9:38 am
- For The Beauty Of The Earth
- Composer: John Rutter
- Ensemble: The Cambridge Singers
- Soloists: City of London Sinfonia
- Conductor: John Rutter
- CD/Album: "Gloria: The Sacred Music of John Rutter"
- Record co./Cat #: Collegium 100
9:42 am
- In a Summer Garden
- Composer: Frederick Delius
- Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra
- Conductor: Charles Mackerras
- CD/Album: "Delius: Orchestral Works"
- Record co./Cat #: London 460290