Works of Vocal Origin
David devotes this program to instrumental works that have a vocal origin. We hear the following:
Excerpt from Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Ralph Von Williams. This is followed by a church recording of the melody in its original setting for voices as Tallis wrote it.
Schubert's song, Die Forelle (the trout) and his Trout Quintet. Die Forelle sung by Marian Anderson.
Excerpts from A Hero's Life by Strauss; Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto.
Closing movement from String Quartet #1 by Benjamin Britten performed on an Esoteric LP by Galamere Quartet.
A canzona for brass instruments by Giovanni Gabrielli performed by the New York Brass Ensemble under the direction of Samuel Baron for Esoteric Records.
Excerpt from the scherzo of Mahler's Second Symphony and then the song, "Saint Francis and the Fishes" which the music in the symphony is based. The selection was recorded for Vanguard by Lorna Sydney with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra under the direction of Felix Prohaska.
WNYC archives id: 53619
