Mostly Mozart (Fringe) Festival : #2502 “Rock Me Amadeus,” Part 2
As part of our week-long Mostly Mozart fringe festival to augment Mostly Mozart on WQXR, listen to Part 2 of the multi-part series “Rock Me Amadeus.”
New Sounds continues the mistreatment of Mozart's music with work from the influential Dutch composer Louis Andriessen - his score “M is for Man, Music, Mozart.” Despite the “Mozart” in the title, there's a strong undercurrent of jazz in the piece. Plus, hear Brubeck's classic "Blue Rondo a la Turk," and American composer Robert Moran's Agnus Dei for Mozart’s unfinished Requiem. Rounding out the show, the world music band Brave Combo offers a somewhat kooky and rollicking polka version of Mozart’s “Rondo A La Turca.” And more.
Program #2502, Rock me Amadeus, Part 2 (First aired 1/25/06)
ARTIST: Missterious
WORK: Rock Me Amadeus [1:30]
RECORDING: Rock Me Amadeus single
SOURCE: Artefix Music Agency / IODA released Jan. 2003
INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, and Spotify
ARTIST: Orkest de Volharding; Jurjen Hempel, cond.
WORK: Louis Andriessen: 3 Instrumentals [14:52]
RECORDING: DeStijl/M Is for Man, Music, Mozart
SOURCE: Nonesuch 79342
INFO: nonesuch.com
ARTIST: Michael Nyman
WORK: In Re Don Giovanni [2:31]
RECORDING: Michael Nyman Live
SOURCE: Virgin/Venture #924
INFO: Out of print. Info at Michaelnyman.com
ARTIST: Brave Combo
WORK: Mozart: Rondo a la Turca [1:50]
RECORDING: Box of Ghosts
SOURCE: Rounder #9064
INFO: www.rounder.com
ARTIST: Dave Brubeck Quartet
WORK: Blue Rondo a la Turk [6:42]
RECORDING: Time Out
SOURCE: Columbia/Legacy #65122
INFO: Available at Amazon.com, AppleMusic, and Spotify
ARTIST: Hughes de Courson et al
WORK: Ikhtitaf Fi Assaraya (Abduction from the Seraglio) [6:38]
RECORDING: Mozart L’Egyptien
SOURCE: Virgin Classics #71727
INFO: French import CD. Available at Amazon.com, Spotify, AppleMusic
ARTIST: Robert Moran / Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
WORK: Agnus Dei [6:11]
RECORDING: Private tape
SOURCE: Not commercially available.
INFO: allmusic.com/artist/robert-moran
ARTIST: Various Artists: Steve Erquiaga
WORK: Lacrymosa from Requiem [3:11]
RECORDING: A Different Mozart
SOURCE: Imaginary Road /Phillips #534065
INFO: Available via Amazon.com AppleMusic or Spotify
