Joy!
Hello, good afternoon, and welcome to Joy! , today's episode of Resounding Echoes . Apologies if my voice is not the best today - I came down with something a few days ago, but I will try to do my best. Today's programme was all set to be a short and joyous affair - that was until last Monday, the twenty-first, when I read something very disappointing and unacceptable on this website ...
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Joy!
Alexander Tcherepnin: Symphony No 1 (1927)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Lan Shui
Ruth Crawford : Joy (1929)
Jan DeGaetani, soprano / Gilbert Kalish, piano
Alban Berg : Der Wein (1929)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo; Wiener Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
Olivier Messiaen : Preludes (1929)
Peter Hill, piano
Nikos Skalkottas : String Quartet No 1 (1928)
New Hellenic Quartet
Ruth Crawford: Preludes (1929)
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
Amy Beach : String Quartet (1929)
Quatuor Sine Qua Non
Ernst Krenek : Reisebuch aus den Österreichischen Alpen (1929)
Markus Köhler, tenor; Reinhard Schmiedel, piano
The music at the very start and end of this programme has been created specially for the Resounding Echoes series by Swiss composer Daniel Schorno .
There's further information here about Caroline Elkins' book Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire (2022) , you can listen to Robert's previous programme, What's in a Name? here and Roderic Dunnett's 1999 article about Wexford Festival Opera is here .
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