One featured work per hour this week, beginning with my favorite mass from Haydn, then a Sonata for violin and piano by Edvard Grieg in the second hour, and finally, a piano concerto by George Gershwin in this weekâs final hour. Along the way, weâll hear choral music by Handel and Gesualdo, arias for solo voice by Korngold and Purcell, and an instrumental work by Bach for double bass.
TTF Program 340 January 30, 2022 Hour One Mozart: Finale from Lucio Silla (Arnold Schoenberg Chorus; Concentus Musicus of Vienna Wien; dir. Nikolaus Harnoncourt) 3:24 Marianna Creti De Rocchis: Fantasia on Belliniâs Casta Diva (Claudia Antonelli, harp) 8:56 Korngold: Gluck, das mir verblieb (Beverly Sills, soprano; London Philharmonic Orchestra, dir. Julius Rudel) 7:59 Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai (Judith Nelson, soprano; Shirley Minty, contralto; Rogers Covey Crump, tenor; David Thomas, bass; The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; The Academy of Ancient Music; dir. Simon Preston) 27:48 Handel: Ye house Gilead, with one voice (The Sixteen, dir. Harry Christophers) 3:44 Hour Two Gesualdo: Madrigals from his third book of madrigals #âs 1-4 (Delitiae Musicae) 11:30 Purcell: Thy hand, Belinda -- when I am laid in Earth (Jessye Norman, soprano; English Chamber Orchestra; dir. Raymond Leopard) 5:28 Grieg: Sonata #1 in f major for violin and piano (Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin; Bella Davidovich, piano) 18:30 Haydn Wood: Fantasy-Concerto (English Northern Philharmonia, dir. David Lloyd-Jones) 14:04 Hour Three Bach: Suite for Solo Cello #5 -- transcribed for double bass (Edgar Meyer, bass) 23:30 Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F (Philippe Entremont, piano; The Philadelphia Orchestra, dir. Eugene Ormandy) 31:15ish
The Third Floor is a classical music program like no other, featuring a mix of choral, vocal, and instrumental music hand-picked by producer and host, Bill Cromwell. The Third Floor presents arias, motets, anthems, sonatas, concertos, suites, and symphonies for a rich listening experience. Bill Cromwellâs personal touch and infectious passion for classical music makes him an ideal listening companion for a unique classical music journey.
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