Name this Tune
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
It’s not “Kismet,” but you will recognize the famous ‘This Is My Beloved’ when listening to a Borodin string quartet during this evening’s first hour...
Evening Music opens with Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto” No. 3, Gustav Leonhardt conducting those fabulous Kuijken family members, Sigiswald and Wieland, who play Baroque violin and cello respectively, along with Lucy van Dael on Baroque viola, Anner Bylsma on Baroque cello, and a good many other celebrated original-instrument soloists.
Alexander Borodin dedicated his String Quartet No. 2 to his wife Ekaterina, and the work is supposed to evoke the idyllic weeks after they first met in the summer of 1861. No wonder the third-movement Notturno turned up as “This Is My Beloved” in the Broadway reincarnation of this gorgeous music.
Leonard Bernstein is being celebrated at Columbia University’s Miller Theater on September 18th; the music performed will include ‘Three Dance Episodes’ from “On the Town.” But you can hear five “On the Town” dances this evening, the RCA Orchestra being conducted by Bernstein himself.
John Tavener’s “Funeral Canticle,” with it’s repeated “Remember eternal things...”, offers solace as we approach another anniversary of 9/11. Paul Goodwin conducts the Academy of Ancient Music; George Mosely is the baritone.
Evening Music opens with Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto” No. 3, Gustav Leonhardt conducting those fabulous Kuijken family members, Sigiswald and Wieland, who play Baroque violin and cello respectively, along with Lucy van Dael on Baroque viola, Anner Bylsma on Baroque cello, and a good many other celebrated original-instrument soloists.
Alexander Borodin dedicated his String Quartet No. 2 to his wife Ekaterina, and the work is supposed to evoke the idyllic weeks after they first met in the summer of 1861. No wonder the third-movement Notturno turned up as “This Is My Beloved” in the Broadway reincarnation of this gorgeous music.
Leonard Bernstein is being celebrated at Columbia University’s Miller Theater on September 18th; the music performed will include ‘Three Dance Episodes’ from “On the Town.” But you can hear five “On the Town” dances this evening, the RCA Orchestra being conducted by Bernstein himself.
John Tavener’s “Funeral Canticle,” with it’s repeated “Remember eternal things...”, offers solace as we approach another anniversary of 9/11. Paul Goodwin conducts the Academy of Ancient Music; George Mosely is the baritone.
