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The Orpheus myth

A sequence of music inspired by the Orpheus myth. Offenbach and Gluck bookend music by Luiz Bonfa, Johann Johannsson, David Sylvian, Beethoven, Schubert and Monteverdi.

Music inspired by the Orpheus myth. We start with the Can-Can from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld. Carnival Morning by the Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfa, the theme from the film Black Orpheus leads to Johann Johannsson's Orphic Hymn from his album Orphee. We hear part of David Sylvian's Orpheus from his album Secrets of the Beehive. Next, the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 4, which has been seen as a description of Orpheus taming the Furies. We end with two songs, Schubert's Lied des Orpheus D474 and Gluck's Che faro senza Euridice from his opera Orfeo ed Euridice. These are separated by a Toccata from Monteverdi's Orfeo.

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Tue 10 Dec 2019 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Can-Can (Orpheus in the Underworld)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • William Tell and other favourites: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Kunzel.
    • Telarc.

  • Luiz Bonf谩

    Manh茫 de Carnaval

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Ernst Ottensamer. Performer: Franti拧ek J谩no拧ka.
    • DG.

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    Orphic Hymn

    Ensemble: Theatre of Voices. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • David Sylvian

    Orpheus

    Singer: David Sylvian.
    • Virgin.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emil Grigoryevich Gilels. Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Sviatoslav Knushevistsky. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Leopold Ludwig.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Lied des Orpheus D474

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Brigitte Fassbaender.
    • HYPERION.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo: Toccata

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Naive.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che faro senza Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: I Barocchisti. Director: Diego Fasolis.
    • Erato.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Dec 2019 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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