Innocence and Experience
Music of innocence and experience, inspired by the poems of William Blake. With music by Liszt, Michael Price, Bernard Herrmann, Purcell, Tavener, Verdi, Shostakovich and P盲rt.
A Mixtape inspired by the theme of innocence and experience from William Blake's collection of poems of the same name. We begin with a demonic Mephisto Waltz and end with the peaceful innocence of Arvo P盲rt's Spiegel im Spiegel. Two of the works feature words by Blake himself - Speke, from an album by Michael Price called Tender Symmetry, and The Lamb in a gorgeous setting by Sir John Tavener. There's music from Bernard Herrmann's classic score for Taxi Driver. We hear part of Purcell's incidental music for Distressed Innocence (or the Princess of Persia), Verdi's song La seduzione, and a short extract from Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No 4
Performer: Dezso Ranki.- QUINTANA.
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Michael Price
Speke
Singer: Grace Davidson. Ensemble: Manchester Collective. Conductor: Michael Price. -
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Bernard Herrmann
Taxi Driver (Main Title)
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.- ARISTA.
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Henry Purcell
Distressed Innocence, Z.577: Air - Slow Air - Air - Hornpipe
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. -
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Giuseppe Verdi
La seduzione
Performer: Geoffrey Parsons. Librettist: Luigi Balestra. Singer: Margaret Price. -
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John Tavener
The Lamb
Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - Act I Scene i; Interlude
Orchestra: Bastille Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung. -
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Arvo P盲rt
Spiegel im Spiegel
Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simon Mulligan.
Broadcasts
- Wed 18 Dec 2019 19:00大象传媒 Radio 3
- Fri 9 Dec 2022 19:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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