National Poetry Month - Seamus Heaney & Major Jackson
04/22/11 8:00AM
Today's 'poetic pairing' for National Poetry Month has Earth Day in
mind, with Seamus Heaney's "Death of a Naturalist" and Telemann's
concerto, "The Frog". Then around 8:30 I'll be joined in the studio by Major Jackson to talk about his recent book "Holding Company" and his life as a poet in Vermont.
Playlist
8:14am
The Frog Galliard
| Composer | John Dowland |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Scott Tennant, guitar |
| CD/Album | "Wild Mountain Thyme - Scott Tennant" |
| Record co./Cat # | Delos 3207 |
8:14am
Death of a Naturalist
| Composer | Seamus Heaney, poet and narrator |
|---|---|
| CD/Album | "Poetry on Record" |
| Record co./Cat # | Shout Factory 10029 |
8:16am
Concerto in A, "Die Relinge" (The Frogs)
| Composer | Georg Phillip Telemann |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | New London Consort |
| Conductor | Philip Pickett |
| CD/Album | "Telemann: Wassermusik - Alster Overture" |
| Record co./Cat # | London 455621 |
8:29am
St. John Passion, BWV 245: (Final chorus) Ruht wohl
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The Sixteen |
| Conductor | Harry Christophers |
| CD/Album | "In Memory of..." |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 241-18 |
8:36am
Conversation with Vermont poet Major Jackson
8:44am
Malaguena
| Composer | Isaac Albeniz |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Narciso Yepes, guitar |
| CD/Album | "Romance d'Amour" |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423699 |
8:58am
There Will Be Rest
| Composer | Frank Ticheli |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Conspirare |
| CD/Album | "through the green fuse" |
| Record co./Cat # | Clarion 915 |
| Note | (setting of a poem by Sara Teasdale) |
9:05am
Rosary Sonata #6: The Agony In The Garden
| Composer | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Julia Wedman, violin ; Felix Deak, viola da gamba ; Lucas Harris, lute ; Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord ; Julia Seeger Scott, harp |
| CD/Album | "Biber Mystery Sonatas - Julia Wedman" |
| Record co./Cat # | Sono Luminus 92127 |
9:14am
New England Triptych: #2 - When Jesus Wept
| Composer | William Schuman |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Howard Hanson |
| CD/Album | "Hanson Conducts Ives, Schuman, Mennin" |
| Record co./Cat # | Mercury 432755 |
9:22am
Miserere
| Composer | Gregorio Allegri |
|---|---|
| Conductor | Stephen Cleobury |
| Soloists | Choir Kings College, Cambridge |
| CD/Album | "Allegri: Miserere, etc.: Choir of King's College: Cleobury:" |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 47065 |
| Note | (motet setting of Psalm 51: "Have mercy on me, God") |
9:36am
Symphony #49 in f, "La passione"
| Composer | Franz Joseph Haydn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The English Concert |
| Conductor | Trevor Pinnock |
| Soloists | Simon Standage, violin |
| CD/Album | "Haydn: Symphonien Nr. 26 - 49 - 58" |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 427662 |