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Week 69: Music or Muddle? 

Welcome to Week 69 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 69.

Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas - score - libretto and synopsis
     recommended audio recording: conducted by Leppard, starring Norman; conducted by Haim starring Graham
     video recommendation: I'm watching a film version conducted by Hickox and starring Ewing.

William Byrd
Selected Keyboard Works:
     Pavan & Galliard, BK29
     Pavan & Galliard, BK30
     Pavan & Galliard, BK31
     Pavan & Galliard “Kinbrugh Good”, BK32
     Pavan, BK74
     Pavan, BK17
     Pavan & Galliard “The Passing Measures”, BK2
[scores for all of the above can be found in this edition (all except BK74 are in Volume 1)- BK numbers refer to the order they are presented there]
     recommended recording: Moroney

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25 - score
     recommended recordings: Schiff with Camerata Salzburg/Vegh; Fleisher with Cleveland Orchestra/Szell

Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No. 2 - score
     recommended recordings: Collard et al; Ax/Stern/Laredo/Ma

George Benjamin
Ringed by the Flat Horizon - program notes and score
Antara - program notes and score

John Coltrane
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
A Love Supreme (1965)