#3014: Happy Birthday, Emily Dickinson
Today is poet Emily Dickinson’s birthday. We’ll hear songs by the Sandpaper Dolls, Michael Gordon, John Adams, Simon & Garfunkel, David Sylvian, and Two Loons For Tea, all using Dickinson texts or inspired by the life of the reclusive 19th century writer.
PROGRAM # 3014 Observing Emily Dickinson’s Birthday (First aired on Thurs. 12/10/09)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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John Adams |
Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses |
Harmonium: Wild Nights, excerpt [2:00] |
Nonesuch #79549 |
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Michael Gordon, Bora Yoon, Courtney Orlando, Jennifer Charles, Leah Coloff |
Live on WNYC’s Soundcheck, 12/08/2008 |
Michael Gordon: Lightning at our feet - I Felt a Funeral in My Brain [4:29] |
Not commercially available. |
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Sandpaper Dolls |
Live @ 21C |
Hope is a thing with Feathers [2:56] |
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Marjolaine Raymond |
Chronos in U.S.A. |
Cheval Nommé (Emily Dickinson) [1:20] |
Cristal Records / Abeille Musique CRCD0822 |
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Ellika Hansen |
Reverie |
Longing [2:30] |
Gazell Records GAFCD-1087 |
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Simon & Garfunkel |
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme |
For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her [2:09] |
Columbia/Sony |
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John Adams, San Francisco Symphony and Chorus |
Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses |
Harmonium: Wild Nights [11:33] |
Nonesuch #79549 |
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David Sylvian |
Manafon |
Emily Dickinson [6:25] |
Sound CD ss016 www.samadhisound.com |
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Two Loons for Tea |
Looking For Landmarks |
Emily [5:32] |
Sarathan Records |
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Michael Gordon, Bora Yoon, Leah Coloff |
Lightning at our feet CDR |
Michael Gordon: Lightning at our feet – The day came slow [11:00] |
Not commercially available. |
