Welcome to Week 33 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.
The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores, opera libretto and synopsis, and other helpful information. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 33.
John Dowland
selected solo lute music - scores
recommended recordings: McFarlane; Lindberg; O'Dette
Cesar Franck
Les Eolides - score
recommended recording: Liege Philharmonic/Paul Strauss
Gyorgy Kurtag
The Sayings of Peter Bornemisza - texts - link to publisher's site with score samples
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata - score - synopsis and libretto
recommended audio recordings: conducted by Kleiber; conducted by Bonynge
recommended videos: stage performance conducted by Patane; Zefirelli film conducted by Levine
Brian Eno
Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Brian Eno and David Byrne
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Laurie Anderson
Big Science