#3004: Music for Angels

New Sounds | Feb 7, 2011

For this New Sounds program, listen to some celestial music, but also works that are much darker. We'll hear a bit of the flowing, dreamlike and epic "Angel of Light" by Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara along with an excerpt from Jürgen Knieper's original score for the film "Wings of Desire."

There's also music by George Crumb, his "Black Angels," a voyage of a soul fallen from grace, inspired by the Vietnam War. Plus, a 1970's collaboration between David Bedford and Mike Oldfield, called "Instructions for Angels." And more.

PROGRAM #3004, "Angelic" Music (First aired on Tues. 11-17-09)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Jurgen Knieper	Wings of Desire	Skies of Berlin, Cathedral of Books, Glacial Valley [11:38]	Elektra/Nonesuch #79210** www.nonesuch.com
David Bedford	David Bedford	The Dazzling Burden/Be Music, Night [5:25]	Virgin #V-2090 LP (1976.) Reissued on CD and available as an import at Amazon.com* or download from iTunes
Kronos Quartet	25 Years (boxed set)	Disc 7; George Crumb: Black Angels -Part II, excerpt [1:30] and Part III [7:16]	Nonesuch 79504** www.nonesuch.com
Rhys Chatham	An Angel Moves Too Fast To See	An Angel Moves Too Fast To See: Prelude [7:35]	Table of the Elements TOE802CD www.boomkat.com
Einojuhani Rautavaara/ Leif Segerstam, cond. Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra	Symphony No. 7 'Angel Of Light'	Tranquillo, excerpt [10:00]	Ondine 869 www.ondine.net
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson	Angels of the Universe	Schiller In China, excerpt [2:00]	Fat Cat #CD01P www.fat-cat.co.uk

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