The Word Connection
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What's in a word? A challenge for a composer if it's just one that's repeated over and over
Setting words to music is a challenge for any composer, but consider the effort when it’s just one word.
How do you repeat a single word and not make it tedious? Or make an important word stand out, musically, among all the others?
In this hour, we’ll hear how it’s done—and done well—in famous works by Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Wagner, Bernstein, and more.
4:00 p.m.
Bach
Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
Arcangelo Orchestra and Chorus; Jonathan Cohen, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Vivaldi
Gloria RV 589- I. Gloria in excelsis Deo
Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
4:04 p.m.
Mozart
Mass in C Major K 317 Coronation; Gloria
Camerata Cassovia, Kosice Teachers' Choir and soloists; Johannes Wildner, conductor
4:08 p.m.
Poulenc
Gloria, FP 144 - 1. Gloria
Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Mozart
Mozart Mass n C, K 257, Credo Mass: Credo
King's College Choir and English Chamber Orchestra; Stephen Cleobury, conductor
4:20 p.m.
Wagner
Die Walkure, Act II Scene I; Hojotoho!; - Ride of the Valkyries
Stattskapelle Dresden and vocalists; Marek Janowski, conductor
4:26 p.m.
Bernstein
Maria
Studio orchestra, West Side Story soundtrack; Johnny Green, conductor Jim Bryant, vocalist
4:29 p.m.
Thompson
I Shall Not Die Without A Hope
"Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, New York Choral Society"; Richard Auldon Clark, conductor
4:31 p.m.
Bach
Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
Arcangelo Orchestra and Chorus; Jonathan Cohen, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Hovaness
Magnificat
St. John's Cathedral Orchestra and Choirs; Donald Pearson, conductor
4:37 p.m.
Rutter
Magnificat Anima Mea
"Choir of King's College, Cambridge; City of Bermingham Symphony Orchestra"; Stephen Cleobury, conductor
4:44 p.m.
Orff
Carmina Burana: In taberna quando sumus
"Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, Allmanna Sangen Ensemble"; Cecilia Rydinger Alin, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Thompson
The God Who Gave Us Life
"Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, New York Choral Society"; Richard Auldon Clark, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Thompson
I Shall Not Die Without A Hope
"Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, New York Choral Society"; Richard Auldon Clark, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Mozart
Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 158a: Alleluja
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Andre Previn, conductor Kathleen Battle, soprano
4:54 p.m.
Handel
Messiah - Part 2 - 42. ; Hallelujah; (Live In Dublin / 1992)
Academy & Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Bernstein
Maria
Studio orchestra, West Side Story soundtrack; Johnny Green, conductor Jim Bryant, vocalist
