Song: Mirror of the World Radio Series
Program 1: A Diary of Our Times
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Composers and poets create a powerful diary through classic song—poetry set to music. Starting with Mozart and ending in the 21st century, a variety of intriguing songs open unique windows to particular moments in history. We hear a foretaste of the musicians, writers, and cultural currents that the next twelve programs will explore.
Host & Artistic Director:
Thomas Hampson
Co-Produced by the Hampsong Foundation and The WFMT Radio Network
Production Team:
Executive Producers: Thomas Hampson & Steve Robinson (The WFMT Radio Network)
Audio Producer: Carolyn Paulin (The WFMT Radio Network)
Coordinating Producer: Miriam Lewin
Project Manager: Christie Finn
Writer for A Diary of Our Times: Christie Finn
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Song listings with composer / poet, performers, CD label, and CD number:
Clip from “Feldeinsamkeit” (1900)
Composer: Charles Ives (1874-1954) | Text: Hermann Allmers (1821-1902)
From the album: Lieder: Ives, MacDowell, Griffes (1991)
Thomas Hampson, baritone | Armen Guzelimian, piano
Teldec 9031721682
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Clip from “Litany” (1987)
Composer: John Musto (b. 1954) | Text: Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
From the album: An AIDS Quilt Songbook: Sing for Hope (2014)
Sasha Cooke, mezzo soprano | John Musto, piano
GPR Records 12014
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Clip from “Nelly was a Lady” (1849)
Composer: Stephen Foster (1826-1864) | Text: Stephen Foster
From the album: Wondrous Free: Song of America II (2009)
Thomas Hampson, baritone | Craig Rutenberg, piano
Thomas Hampson Media (THM) 5432
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Clip from “Marc Chagall” (1956)
Composer: Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) | Text: Paul Éluard (1895-1952)
From the album: Francis Poulenc: Oeuvres Complètes
Gérard Souzay, baritone | Dalton Baldwin, piano
EMI Classics 972165
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“Das Veilchen” (“The Violet”) (1785)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) | Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
From the album: Icon: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (“Das Veilchen” recorded April 1955)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano | Walter Gieseking, piano
EMI Classics 18459
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“Der Zwerg” d. 771 (“The Dwarf”) (1823)
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828) | Text: Matthäus von Collin (1779–1824)
From the album: Nachtviolen – Schubert: Lieder (2014)
Christian Gerhaher, baritone | Gerold Huber, piano
Sony 2565057
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“Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen” (“He has come in storm and rain”), Op. 12, No. 1 (1841)
Composer: Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896) | Text: Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866)
From the album: Robert & Clara Schumann: Lieder (1997)
Barbara Bonney, soprano | Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Decca 452898
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“Die beiden Grenadiere” (“The Two Grenadiers”), Op. 49, No. 1 (1840)
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856) | Text: Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
From the album: Schumann: Liederkreis, Dichterliebe, etc. (1998)
Ian Bostridge, tenor | Julius Drake, piano
EMI Classics 56575
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“Nelly was a Lady” (1849)
Composer: Stephen Foster (1826-1864) | Text: Stephen Foster
From the album: Wondrous Free: Song of America II (2009)
Thomas Hampson, baritone | Craig Rutenberg, piano
Thomas Hampson Media (THM) 5432
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“Lok” (“Farmyard Song”), from Barnlige Sange (Children’s Songs), Op. 61, No. 3 (1894)
Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) | Text: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832-1910)
From the album: Grieg: Songs & Lieder (1993)
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano | Bengt Forsberg, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 437521
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“Chanson Triste” (“Sad Song”) (1868)
Composer: Henri Duparc (1848-1933) | Text: Henri Cazalis (1840-1909)
From the album: José van Dam et la Mélodie Française (2010)
José van Dam, bass-baritone | Marciej Pikulski, piano
Forlane 920637
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Clip from “Lob des hohen Verstandes” (“Praise of Lofty Judgement”), from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1896)
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) | Text: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
From the album: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Original Piano Versions (1993)
Thomas Hampson, baritone | Geoffrey Parsons, piano
Teldec 174726
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Clip from “La Flûte de Pan” (“The Flute of Pan”), from Chansons de Bilitis (1899)
Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918) | Text: Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925)
From the album: Marilyn Horne: The Complete Decca Recitals (2008)
Marilyn Horne, mezzo soprano | Martin Katz, piano
Decca 001089302
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“Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons” (“Christmas of the Homeless Children”) (1915)
Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918) | Text: Claude Debussy
From the album: Ravel, Debussy, Duparc (“Noël…” recorded in 1966)
Victoria de los Ángeles, soprano | Gonzalo Soriano, piano
EMI Great Recordings of the Century 45824
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“Tom Sails Away,” from Three Songs of the War (1917)
Charles Ives (1874-1954) | Text: Charles Ives
From the album: Charles Ives: An American Journey (2002)
Thomas Hampson, baritone | Michael Tilson Thomas, piano
RCA Victor Red Seal 63703
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“Sonnenuntergang” (“Sunset”) (1943)
Composer: Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944) | Text: Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843)
From the album: Ullmann, Mahler: Lieder (2006)
Roman Trekel, baritone | Burkhard Kehring, piano
Berlin Classics 1747
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“The Descendants,” from Satirï (Satires), “Pictures of the Past” (1960)
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) | Text: Alexander Glickberg, under the pseudonym Sasha Chorny (1880-1932)
From the album: Magdalena Kožená: Songs (2004)
Magdalena Kožená, mezzo soprano | Malcolm Martineau, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 471581
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“Litany” (1987)
Composer: John Musto (b. 1954) | Text: Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
From the album: An AIDS Quilt Songbook: Sing for Hope (2014)
Sasha Cooke, mezzo soprano | John Musto, piano
GPR Records 12014
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“Then,” from Aftermath (2002)
Composer: Ned Rorem (b. 1923) | Text: Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980)
From the album: Music @ Menlo: Voices of Our Time (2003)
Nathaniel Webster, baritone | Ani Kavafian, violin | David Finckel, cello | Gilbert Kalish, piano
Music @ Menlo Recording Series
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