Listen "Music for a While #17: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"
Episode Synopsis
Jay begins with a Schubert work, and some singers and pianists who have performed it. He moves on to a funky, frenetic thing called “Techno-Parade.” Later, there is some Wagner by a great new singer. There is some immortal Rachmaninoff. And, at the very end, a song by the late Jerry Herman: “It’s Today,” from “Mame.” A diverse, appetizing musical menu.
Tracks played:
Schubert, “Winterreise,” Schäfer and Schneider
Schubert, “Winterreise,” Hotter and Raucheisen
Schubert, “Winterreise,” Schreier and Eschenbach
Connesson, “Techno-Parade”
“The Lark in the Clear Air” (arr. Michael McHale)
Wagner, “Dich, teure Halle,” from “Tannhäuser”
Rachmaninoff, “Let Now Thy Servant Depart in Peace,” from “Vespers”
Herman, “It’s Today,” from “Mame”
Tracks played:
Schubert, “Winterreise,” Schäfer and Schneider
Schubert, “Winterreise,” Hotter and Raucheisen
Schubert, “Winterreise,” Schreier and Eschenbach
Connesson, “Techno-Parade”
“The Lark in the Clear Air” (arr. Michael McHale)
Wagner, “Dich, teure Halle,” from “Tannhäuser”
Rachmaninoff, “Let Now Thy Servant Depart in Peace,” from “Vespers”
Herman, “It’s Today,” from “Mame”
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