Like a lot of great musical ensembles, the vocal ensemble Cantus started as a group of friends getting together to make music for the sheer joy of it. They turned professional a few years later. Now, they've been called the premier men's vocal ensemble in the country. They're also this year's PT Artists in Residence. In today's show, Cantus sings sacred choral music from the last 400 years.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Traditional Scottish (Arranged by Michael Hanawalt): Loch Lomond
Cantus, Michael Hanawalt, tenor
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, K. 27, L. 449, P. 83
Christian Zacharias, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79, No. 1
Christian Zacharias, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Perfchat with Cantus: Perfchat
Hans Leo Hassler: Cantate Domino
Cantus
First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Josquin des Prez: Absalon Fili Mi
Cantus
First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Leevi Madetoja: De Profundis I-IV
Cantus
First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Felix Mendelssohn: Lift Thine Eyes
Cantus
First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Zoltan Kodaly: Esti Dal
Cantus
First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Hour 2
Frederic Chopin: Waltz No. 4 in F, Op. 34, No. 3 (Grande Valse Brillante) and Waltz No. 19 in A Minor, Op. posth.
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Henri Kling: Two Little Finches
MGySgts. Cynthia Rugolo and Betsy Hill, piccolos, the President's Own United States Marine Band, Col. Michael J. Colburn, conductor
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Alexandria, Virginia
Isaac Albeniz: Torre Bermeja, from Twelve Characteristic Pieces, Op. 92, No. 12
Jason Vieaux, guitar
92nd Street Y, New York City
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo No. 2 in A, Op. 118
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
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