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Week 22: Where Jazz and Classical Meet 

Welcome to Week 22 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 22.

Vexilla Regis Prodeunt (plainchant) - text - score
Alma Redemptoris Mater (plainchant) - text - score
Veni Sancte Spiritus (plainchant) - text - score
Victimae Paschali Laudes (plainchant) - text - score
Veni Creator Spiritus (plainchant) - text - score

Paul Hindemith
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano - score (only public domain in Canada)
     recommended recording: Gilbert Johnson/Glenn Gould
Kleine Kammermusik (Op. 24 No. 2) - score (public domain in US & Canada, but not EU)
     recommended recording: Bergen Wind Quintet

Georg Philipp Telemann
12 Fantasias for Flute (unaccompanied) - score
     recommended recording: Claire Guimond

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 8 - score - text
      recommended recording: Chicago Symphony/Solti

Frank Zappa
Freak Out! (Mothers of Invention)
We're Only In It For The Money (Mothers of Invention)
Hot Rats

Week 21: What is a Monodrama? 

Welcome to Week 21 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 21.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin - score - libretto & synopsis
     recommended audio recording: conducted by Levine
     video recommendation: Kirov Opera 1950

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 12 - score
     recommended recordings: Bilson (fortepiano) with English Baroque/Gardiner; Kocsis with Liszt Chamber Orchestra/Rolla

Frederyk Chopin
Ballade No. 1 - score
      recommended recordings: Egorov; Pollini
Ballade No. 2 - score
     recommended recordings: Cortot; Rubinstein

Gunther Schuller
Suite for Wind Quintet
Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra

Duke Ellington
Ellington at Newport (1956) - the complete concert is on the playlist.
Such Sweet Thunder - the tracks of the original LP are on the playlist first; bonus tracks are found after the extra recordings of Mozart and Chopin.
Money Jungle - same as with Such Sweet Thunder.