Aside from a roaring lion, what is a "lion's roar"? It's an unusual percussion instrument, and it roars in Patrick Dunnigan's bold arrangement of Renaissance dances. Fred Child explains what makes the lion roar, and we'll hear a full-throttle performance by the Dallas Wind Symphony, with drummers and brass players unleashed, and...the roaring lion.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Edward Elgar: "Sospiri"
The BBC Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andrew Davis
Francisco Correa de Arauxo: "Meditation on the Immaculate Conception"
Paul Leenhouts, recorder, and Gabriel Shuford, harpsichord
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
Michael Praetorius: "Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming"
The Oslo Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra with conductor Peter Szilvay and fiddler Ashild Breie Nyhus
Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Edward Elgar: Three movements from Symphony No. 1 in A-flat, Op. 55
The Aspen Concert Orchestra with conductor Christopher Seaman
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Bohuslav Martinu: "The Annunciation"
The Helsinki Chamber Chorus with conductor Nils Schweckendiek
Kallio Church, Helsinki, Finland
Bedrich Smetana: Allegro moderato from String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor
The Prazak String Quartet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Hour 2
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Intermezzo from the English Folk Song Suite
The University of Texas Wind Ensemble with conductor Jerry Junkin
Michael Praetorius: "In Dulci Jubilo"
Chanticleer
Stanford University, Stanford, California
Michael Praetorius: Four Dances from the Late Renaissance
The Georgia Guitar Quartet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Michael Praetorius: Courante from "Terpsichore"
Flute Force
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Tielman Susato (Arranged by Patrick Dunnigan): Selections from "The Danserye"
The Dallas Wind Symphony with conductor Jerry Junkin
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme," BWV 140
Pianist Awadagin Pratt
Wortham Theater Center, Houston
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Komm, Jesu, Komm," BWV 229
The Netherlands Chamber Chorus with conductor Klass Stok
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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