In 1933, Alan Hovhaness was a young composer fascinated by astronomy. While reading Dante's Divine Comedy he stumbled across the line: "O human race, born to fly upward..." That line sparked 50 years of musical ideas inspired by the idea of space travel. Listen for Star Dawn by Hovhaness on Monday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alan Hovhaness: Alleluia and Fugue for String Orchestra: Fugue
Philharmonia Orchestra; David Amos, conductor
Hovhaness: And God Created Great Whales
Crystal 810
Alan Hovhaness: Lake of Van Sonata
Sahan Arzruni, piano
Alan Hovhaness Centennial Celebration, First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA
Alan Hovhaness: "Star Dawn", Maestoso sostenuto from Symphony No. 53, Op. 377
United States Marine Band; Major Jason K. Fettig, conductor
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
Ernst von Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26
Daniel Phillips and Benny Kim, violins; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Eric Kim, cello; Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Hour 2
Max Reger: Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin, Op. 128: Movement 4
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Max Reger: Pictures at a Gallery
Beau Fleuve 4562
John Dowland: Four Galliards
Nigel North, lute
Minnesota Guitar Society, Sundin Hall, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
John Dowland (arr. Patrick Russ): Come again! Sweet love doth now invite
Kathleen Battle, soprano; Christopher Parkening, guitar
Kathleen Battle, Christopher Parkening - Pleasures of Their Company
CDC 47196
William Byrd: In nomine
Piffaro
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in E minor, Hob. XVI/34
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Live from WFMT, Levin Performance Studio, Chicago, IL
Franz Schreker: Prelude to a Drama
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York, NY
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