Blue Heron Sings John Mason

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The Boston-based Blue Heron Renaissance Choir is directed by Scott Metcalfe, son of William and Elizabeth Metcalfe, prominent Burlington-area musicians.  We’ll listen to Blue Heron sing a latin motet by Englishman John Mason.

Also today, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 and Franz Schmidt’s Symphony No. 3.

 

 

 

Playlist:
10:01 am
  • Le Temple de la Gloire: Suite (instrumental only)
  • Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
  • Ensemble: Tafelmusik
  • Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
  • CD/Album: Jean-Philippe Rameau - Dardanus - Le Temple de la Gloire
  • Record co./Cat #: CBC (RCI) 5229
10:33 am
  • Cello Sonata #1 in F , Op. 5/1
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Zuill Bailey, cello ; Simone Dinnerstein, piano
  • CD/Album: Zuill Bailey - Simone Dinnerstein - Beethoven
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80740
11:01 am
  • Quales sumus O miseri ("What are we, O wretches")
  • Composer: John Mason
  • Ensemble: Blue Heron Renaissance Choir
  • Conductor: Scott Metcalfe
  • CD/Album: Peterhouse Partbooks, Vol 1: Aston, Jones & Mason
  • Record co./Cat #: Blue Heron 1002
11:15 am
  • Symphony #5 in Bb , Op. 100
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Paavo Jarvi
  • CD/Album: Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite / Symphony No. 5
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80683
12:01 pm
  • Echo Almaine
  • Composer: Francis Pilkington
  • Soloists: Scott Lemire, lute ; Seth Warner, lute
  • CD/Album: The Leaves be Green: English Lute Duets
  • Record co./Cat #: Lemire/Warner 2003
12:02 pm
  • My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
  • Composer: John Dowland
  • Soloists: Scott Lemire, lute ; Seth Warner, lute
  • CD/Album: The Leaves be Green: English Lute Duets
  • Record co./Cat #: Lemire/Warner 2003
12:04 pm
  • Merry Moode
  • Composer: Anon. (16th century English)
  • Soloists: Scott Lemire, lute ; Seth Warner, lute
  • CD/Album: The Leaves be Green: English Lute Duets
  • Record co./Cat #: Lemire/Warner 2003
12:06 pm
  • A Toy
  • Composer: Thomas Robinson
  • Soloists: Scott Lemire, lute ; Seth Warner, lute
  • CD/Album: The Leaves be Green: English Lute Duets
  • Record co./Cat #: Lemire/Warner 2003
12:08 pm
  • The Leaves be Green
  • Composer: John Johnson
  • Soloists: Scott Lemire, lute ; Seth Warner, lute
  • CD/Album: The Leaves be Green: English Lute Duets
  • Record co./Cat #: Lemire/Warner 2003
12:13 pm
  • Piano Concerto #12 in A , K 414
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Leon Fleisher, piano
  • Conductor: Leon Fleischer
  • CD/Album: Leon Fleisher: Mozart Piano Concertos
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 43505
12:40 pm
  • Poeme for Violin & Orchestra
  • Composer: Ernest Chausson
  • Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  • Soloists: Leila Josefowicz, violin
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • CD/Album: Leila Josefowicz: Bohemian Rhapsodies
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 454440
1:01 pm
  • Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen ("How amiable are thy dwellings")
  • Composer: Heinrich Schutz
  • Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir
  • Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
  • CD/Album: Gabrieli-Monteverdi-Schutz-Poulenc-Tavener and more
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 446116
1:10 pm
  • Symphony #3 in A
  • Composer: Franz Schmidt
  • Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • CD/Album: Schmidt: Symphony 3/Hindemith: Concerto for Orch.
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 9000
1:55 pm
  • Horch, horch, die Lerch ("Hark, hark, the Lark")
  • Composer: Franz Schubert
  • Arranger: arr. Franz Liszt
  • Soloists: Jorge Bolet, piano
  • CD/Album: Liszt: Piano Works Vol. 2
  • Record co./Cat #: London 414575
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