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Winter in Levering, Michigan
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Poetry and music for the season

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We'll explore and connect two forms of expression on today's show: poetry and music for the winter season.

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Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Parents and Grandfather
Berlin Philharmonic | Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Album: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Philips 420237

Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Miniature Overture
Berlin Philharmonic | Simon Rattle, conductor
Album: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
EMI 46385

Peter Tchaikovsky, arr. Duke Ellington and Jeff Tyzik: Nutcracker Overture
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra | Delta David Gier, conductor
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
Concert Record Date: 12/10/2016
Music: 03:23

Peter Tchaikovsky, arr. Michael Axtell: The Nutcracker Suite: II. March
The National Flute Choir | Amy Rice Blumenthal, conductor
Album: Here We Come a'FLUTING
ALRY 27

Henri Tomasi: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in C
Raymond Riccomini, trumpet | Texas Festival Orchestra | Linus Lerner, conductor
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX

Peter Tchaikovsky, arr. William Griffin: The Nutcracker, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Purdue Bells | Rhonda Blacklock, conductor
Purdue Musical Organizations 83rd Annual Purdue Christmas Show, Elliott Hall of Music, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Spanish Dance
Septura
Album: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Naxos 574157

Peter Tchaikovsky, arr. Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: The Nutcracker: Russian Dance
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Album: Dances From Renaissance To Nutcracker
Delos 3132

Peter Tchaikovsky, arr. James Newton Howard: Mouserinks from the Original Motion Picture The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Philharmonia Orchestra | Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Album: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Walt Disney Records

Peter Tchaikovsky, arr. The Cambridge Buskers: The Nutcracker: Chinese Dance
The Cambridge Buskers: Michael Copley, flute | Dag Ingram, accordion
Album: The Cambridge Buskers
DG 423400

Peter Tchaikovsky, arr. Vyacheslav Gryaznov: Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker
Vyacheslav Gryaznov, piano
Grand Piano Series, Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church, Naples, FL

Hour 2

David Dickau: Love Came Down at Christmas
Choral Arts Ensemble | Barbara Depman, conductor
Album: MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 4
MPR 20132

Xavier Montsalvatge: Cradle Song
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano | Sharon Isbin, guitar
Album: Alma Espanola
Bridge 9491

Felix Mendelssohn: Song without Words No. 36 "Cradle Song" Op. 67
Javier Perianes, piano
Album: Lieder Ohne Worte
Harmonia Mundi 902195

Pietro Yon: Gesu Bambino
Massed Choirs of St. Olaf College | The St. Olaf Orchestra | Sigrid Johnson, conductor
The 2014 St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Skoglund Center Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams" Movements 3 & 4
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra | Mariss Jansons, conductor
Album: Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies
Chandos 8672

Thomas Ravenscroft, arr. Abbie Betinis: Remember, O Thou Man
Jacqui Kerrod, harp | Katharine Dryden, viola | Pro Arte Singers | Arthur Sjogren, conductor
First Presbyterian Church, New Canaan, CT

Matthew Peterson: Corde Natus
St. Olaf Orchestra | Steven Amundson, conductor
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

Traditional, J. Scott Irvine: I Saw Three Ships
True North Brass:  Joan Watson, natural horn | Stuart Laughton, bodhran
Album: A True North Christmas
TNB 4

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