Welcome to Week 62 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores where available. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 62.

William Byrd
Selected Keyboard Works:
     Pavan & Galliard, BK16
     Pavan & Galliard, BK23
     Ground, BK43
     Pavan & Galliard, BK14
     Pavan & Galliards “The Earle of Salisbury”, BK15 - score
     Pavan & Galliard “Sir William Petre”, BK3 - score
     Galliard “Mistress Mary Brownlo”, BK34 (T460) - score
[scores for all of the above can be found in volume one of this edition - BK numbers refer to the order they are presented in this collection]
     recommended recordings: Leonhardt; Moroney

John Taverner
Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas - score
     recommended recording: The Sixteen
Western Wind Mass - score
     recommended recording: Tallis Scholars

Cesar Franck
String Quartet - score

Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1
     recommended recording: Rostropovich with Philadelphia Orchestra

Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1954 album)
“What a Wonderful World” (1967 single)

Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
The Great Summit (originally issued as two albums: Together for the First Time (1961) and The Great Reunion (1963), both from the same recording sessions in 1961)

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

Welcome to Week 32 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 32.

John Dowland
Thou Mighty God - score
In Darkness Let Me Dwell - score - text
selections from Second Booke of Songes or Ayres - score - texts
selections from Third and Last Booke of Songes or Ayres - score - texts

Cesar Franck
6 Pieces d'Orgue - score

Francis Poulenc
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra - score
Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani - score
     note: Poulenc's works are not in the public domain in all countries, so please follow your own country's laws when deciding whether to download the scores.

Richard Strauss
Elektra - score - synopsis and libretto

Brian Eno
Here Come the Warm Jets
Another Green World
Before and After Science