Spotlight on: David Randolph
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Conductor, author, teacher and radio host David Randolph joins us tonight to talk about his distinguished career and to celebrate the 60th anniversary of his debut on the WNYC airwaves. The founding conductor of the Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra (and conductor of the St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra since 1965), Randolph created a New York Holiday tradition with his record-breaking yearly performances of Handel's "Messiah" in Carnegie Hall.
Also, music from 17th-century Spain via Baroque specialist Jordi Savall and his ensemble Hesperion XX, offset by pianist Martin Jones with modern master Joaquin Turina's "Mujeres espanolas" (Spanish Women). Music by Felix Mendelssohn, Henry Cowell, and Aaron Copland round out the playlist as we bring the evening to a close with an arrangement for flute and harp of J.S. Bach's "Arioso" from his Cantata No. 156.
Also, music from 17th-century Spain via Baroque specialist Jordi Savall and his ensemble Hesperion XX, offset by pianist Martin Jones with modern master Joaquin Turina's "Mujeres espanolas" (Spanish Women). Music by Felix Mendelssohn, Henry Cowell, and Aaron Copland round out the playlist as we bring the evening to a close with an arrangement for flute and harp of J.S. Bach's "Arioso" from his Cantata No. 156.
