ウィークエンドサンシャイン
ブロードキャスター、ピーター・バラカンのナビゲートで送るウィークエンド・ミュージックマガジン。独特の嗅覚とこだわりの哲学でセレクトしたグッド・サウンドと、ワールドワイドな音楽情報を伝える。
http://www4.nhk.or.jp/sunshine/
放送日： 2013年 5月18日（土）
放送時間： 午前7:20〜午前9:00（100分）
ピーター・バラカン
THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST
（曲名／アーティスト名／アルバム名）
01. Freedom / Richie Havens // Woodstock -40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm
02. Handsome Johnny / Richie Havens // Mixed Bag
03. Street Boy / Rodriguez // Searching For Sugar Man
04. New Frontier / Donald Fagen // The Nightfly
05. Take 5 / Ceramic Dog // Your Turn
06. No One Knows Nothing Anymore / Billy Bragg // Tooth & Nail
07. I Ain't Got No Home / Billy Bragg // Tooth & Nail
08. Tomorrow's Going To Be A Better Day / Billy Bragg // Tooth & Nail
09. Revolution / Dr. John // Locked Down
10. Kanashagama / Blue Asia // Radio Myahk
11. Nishihara No Kuichah / Blue Asia // Radio Myahk
12. A Case Of You / Prince // A Tribute To Joni Mitchell
13. Kiss / Steinar Raknes // Stillhouse
14. Calling You / Petra Haden with Brad Mehldau // Petra Goes To The Movies
15. Goldfinger Main Title / Petra Haden // Petra Goes To The Movies
16. Downtown Rockers / Tom Tom Club // Downtown Rockers
17. Kissin' Antonio / Tom Tom Club // Downtown Rockers
世界の快適音楽セレクション
"快適音楽"を求めるギターデュオのゴンチチによる、ノンジャンル・ミュージック番組。
http://www4.nhk.or.jp/kaiteki/
放送日： 2013年 5月18日（土）
放送時間： 午前9:00〜午前11:00（120分）
ゴンチチ
湯浅学
− 結ぶ音楽音楽 −
「Ｓからの小包」 （ゴンチチ）
（３分３０秒）
＜ＥＰＩＣ／ＳＯＮＹ ＥＳＣＢ１０６１＞
「ウィル・ビー・トゥゲザー・アゲイン」
（フォー・フレッシュメン）
（３分０６秒）
＜ＣＡＰＩＴＯＬ ＣＤＰ７９３１９７２＞
「ア・タイトロープ・ダンス」 （パズル・ミューテソン）
（２分５２秒）
＜ＢＥＤ ＲＯＯＭ ＨＶＡＬＵＲ１１ＣＤ＞
「ディドゥ・ユー・ノウ」 （ドン・マクリーン）
（４分０４秒）
＜ＢＧＤ ＲＥＣ． ＢＧＯＣＤ２４７＞
「天と地を結ぶ弦」 バーバー作曲
（１分１４秒）
（ソプラノ）チェリル・ステューダー
（ピアノ）ジョン・ブラウニング
＜ＰＯＬＹＤＯＲ ＰＯＣＧ１７８７，１７８８＞
「ＭＫの結婚」 （Ｄ．Ｏ．ミシアーニ＆シラティ・ジャズ）
（５分０８秒）
＜ＳＴＥＲＮＳ ＭＵＳＩＣ ＳＴＣＤ３０５１＞
「パス・オブ・ネイル」
（ザ・スペクトラル・ライト＆ムーンシャイン・ファイアーフライ・スネイクオイル・ジャンボリー）
（１分５６秒）
＜ＤＡＲＫ ＨＯＬＬＥＲ ＲＥＣ． ＨＯＬＬＲ９９１＞
「結び目」 （ジャコー・ド・バンドリン）
（２分１６秒）
＜ＯＭＡＧＡＴＯＫＩ ＳＣ−３１４２＞
「あやとりの歌」 （カウナク・ミキガク）
（０分３８秒）
＜ＶＩＣＴＯＲ ＶＩＣＧ−５３３３＞
「夢の中の約束」 （エルフィ・スカエシ）
（３分５５秒）
＜ＢＲＡＶＯ ＭＵＳＩＣ ＢＭＣＤ０１０４４＞
「クンビア＆ジャズ・フュージョン」 （チャールズ・ミンガス）
（１２分４４秒）
＜ＡＴＬＡＮＴＩＣ ＳＤ８８０１＞
「アイム・オールド・ファッションド」
（トミー・フラナガン・トリオ）
（５分３９秒）
＜ＴＩＭＥ ＬＥＳＳ ＪＡＺＺ ＬＥＧＡＣＹ ＴＪＬ７４５０８＞
「ユニティ・パート１」
（ジェームズ・ブラウン＆アフリカ・バンバータ）
（３分２３秒）
＜ＳＯＮＹ ＭＵＳＩＣ ＳＲＣＳ６３２１＞
「ルート６６」 （スティーブ釜萢）
（３分４１秒）
＜キングレコード ＶＳＣＤ−３０６＞
「野に咲く花のように」 （ダ・カーポ）
（２分４５秒）
＜日本コロムビア ＫＣＤ−１０１７＞
「リトル・レッド・リボン」 （ジャッキー・テラソン）
（３分４２秒）
＜ＭＵＳＩＣ ＦＲＯＭ ＥＭＩ ０９４６３６１１８５２６＞
「チャペル・オブ・ラヴ」 （ディキシー・カップス）
（２分４５秒）
＜ＶＡＲＥＳＥ ＳＡＲＡＢＡＮＤＥ ３０２０６６３７５ ２＞
「レッツ・ゲット・トゥゲサー」 （キングストーン・トリオ）
（２分３０秒）
＜ａｃｅ ＣＤＣＨＤ１２０４＞
「帰り道は君と一緒」 （ゴンチチ）
（１分５０秒）
＜ＥＰＩＣ ＥＳＣＬ３７３８＞
「復讐」 （生田恵子）
（３分１０秒）
＜ＶＩＣＴＯＲ ＶＩＣＧ−６０２２７＞
「日暮れの子供たちの手を引いて」 （友部正人）
（５分０５秒）
＜友部正人オフィス ＴＭ−０１６＞
Jazz Record Requests
Make a request...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Sat 18 May 2013
17:00
BBC Radio 3
Alyn Shipton presents requests, including Stan Getz, Stan Kenton and Dave Brubeck.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01shxt7
Alyn Shipton presents a selection of listeners' requests, including music by Stan Getz, Stan Kenton and Dave Brubeck.
Music Played
01. Birdland (Live)
Weather Report
Composer: Zawinul Performers: Joe Zawinul, keyboards; Wayne Shorter, ts, ss; Jaco Pastorius, eb; Peter Erskine, d. 29 Sep 1978.
Live in Offenbach, MIG, 80092 CD 2 Track 5 (6.49)
02. The Peanut Vendor
Stan Kenton
Composer: Simons, Sunshine, Gilbert Performers: Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, Al Porcino, Ken Hanna, t; Eddie Bert, Harry Betts, Milt Bernhardt, Harry Forbes, Bart Varsalona, tb; George Wiedler, Art Pepper, Warner Wiedler, Bob Cooper, Bob Gioga, reeds; Laurindo Almeida, g Eddie Safranski, b; Shelly Manne, d; Jack Sonstanzo, Rene Touzet, Jose Mangual, Machito, perc. 6 Dec 1947.
Stan Kenton Story, Proper, Properbox 13 CD 4 Track 18 (2.45
- アーティスト: Stan Getz
- 出版社/メーカー: Verve
- 発売日: 1997/06/24
- メディア: CD
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Stan Getz
Composer: Sauter Performers: Stan Getz, ts; John Neves, b; string ensemble including members of the Beaux-Arts Quartet; Hershy Kay, d. July 1961.
Focus, Verve, 821 982-2, Track 7 (6.03)
04. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
Chris Barber
Composer: McHugh / Fields Performers: Pat Halcox, t; Chris Barber, tb; John Crocker, as; Johnny McCallum, g; John Slaughter, g; Jackie Flavelle, b; Graham Burbidge, d. February 1975.
Chris Barber in Switzerland, Lake, 208 CD 2 Track 1 (5.08)
05. Panama
Terry Lightfoot
Composer: Tyers Performers: Kenny Ball, t; John Bennett, tb; Terry Lightfoot cl; Colin Bates, p; Paddy Lightfoot, b; Bill Loch, d. 24 July 1958
Tradition in Colour, Lake, 212 Track 15 (3.12)
06. Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me)
Humphrey Lyttelton / Wally Fawkes Troglodytes
Composer: Hanley / McDonald / Goodwin Performers: Humphrey Lyttelton, t; Wally Fawkes, cl; Keith Nichols, tb; Stan Greig, p; Paul Sealey, bj; Jack Fallon, b; Colin Bowden, d. 4 Jan 1992.
Harking Back With Humph, Lake, 315 Track 5 (4.44)
07. On The Sunny Side of the Street
Sonny Rollins / Dizzy Gillespie / Sonny Stitt
Composer: Fields / McHugh Performers: Dizzy Gillespie, t, v; Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, ts; Ray Bryant, p; Tommy Bryant, b; Charlie Persip, d. 19 Dec 1957.
Sonny Rollins’ finest hour, Verve, 314 589413-2 Track 3 (5.42)
08. Nice Work if You Can Get It
Jeri Southern
Composer: Gershwin Performers: Jeri Southern, p, v; John Kitzmiller, b. 1959
Meets Cole Porter / At The Crescendo, EMI Capitol, ST 1278 Track 21 (2.05)
09. Lamento
Dave Brubeck
Composer: Brubeck Performers: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Gene Wright, b; Joe Morello, d. 1962
Bossa Nova USA, CBS, 62127, Side 2, Track 4 (4.48)
10. Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud
Shorty Rogers
Composer: Rogers Performers: Shorty Rogers, Conrad Gozzo, Maynard Ferguson, Tom Reeves, John Howell, t; Milt Bernhardt, John Halliburton, Harry Betts, tb; John Graas, frh; Gene Englund, tu; Art Pepper, Bud Shank, as; Jimmy Giuffre ts; Bob Cooper, bs; Marty Paich, p; Curtis Counce, b; Shelly Manne, d. 2 April 1953.
Four Classic Albums, Avid, 1041 CD 1 Track 12 (2.42)
11. Three Dances
Duke Ellington
Composer: Ellington Performers: Duke Ellington, p; Rex Stewart, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson, t; Shelton Hemphill, Ray Nance, t; Joe Nanton, Claude Jones, tb; Lawrence Brown, tb; Johnny Hodges, Al Sears, , Jimmy Hamilton, Harry Carney ,Otto Hardwicke, reeds; Fred Guy, g; Junior Raglin, b; Hillard Brown, d. 19 Dec 1944.
Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944, Prestige, 2PCD 24073 CD 2 Track 3 (6.29)
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz does exactly what it says on the tin: a weekly programme in which Geoffrey Smith shares his passion for jazz, through an exploration of its great writers, singers and players, as told from his own individual perspective. Having spent more than twenty years as host to Jazz Record Requests, reading listeners' letters and observing their passion for all types of jazz, Geoffrey Smith goes solo in this new series, exploring and illuminating the story of great jazz across its entire range, through personally-selected sequences of tracks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01h5z0s
Woody Herman
Sun 19 May 2013
00:00
BBC Radio 3
Geoffrey Smith celebrates clarinettist, saxophonist and bandleader Woody Herman.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01shy0d
Geoffrey Smith's Jazz, a personal journey taking in great musicians and great music.
An icon of big band jazz, Woody Herman kept his Herds on the road for forty years, launching stars like Stan Getz and classics like "Four Brothers". On the centenary of Herman's birth, Geoffrey celebrates a great jazz impresario and inspiration.
Music Played
01. Apple Honey
Woody Herman
Composer: Herman Performers: Woody Herman, cl, as, voc; Sonny Berman, Chuck Frankhouser, Ray Wetzel, Pete Candoli, Carl Warwick, t; Ralph Pfeffner, Bill Harris, Ed Kiefer, tb; Woody Herman, cl;, as, voc; Sam Marowitz, John La Porta, cl,as; Flip Philips, Pete Mondello, ts; Skippy De Sair, bs; Marjorie Hyams, vib; Ralph Burns, p; Billy Bauer, g; Chubby Jackson, b; Dave Tough, d. 19 February 1945
The Woody Herman Story, Proper, P1158. Tr. 11 (3.18)
02. Caldonia
Woody Herman
Composer: Moore Performers: Woody Herman, cl, as, voc ; Frances Wayne, voc; Sonny Berman, Chuck Frankhouser, Ray Wetzel, Lete Candoli, Carl Warwick, t; Ralph Pfeffner, Bill Harris, Ed Kiefer, tb; Sam Marowitz, John La Porta, cl,as; Flip Philips, Pete Mondello, ts; Skippy De Sair, bs; Marjorie Hyams, vib; Ralph Burns, p; Billy Bauer, g; Chubby Jackson, b; Dave Tough, d. 26 February 1945
The Woody Herman Story, Proper, P 1158. Tr. 14 (3.01)
03. The Good Earth
Woody Herman
Composer: Hefti Performers: Sonny Berman, Neal Hefti, Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Irv Lewis, t; Ralph Pfeffner, Bill Harris, Ed Kiefer, tb; Woody Herman, cl, as, voc; Sam Marowitz, John La Porta, cl, as; Flip Phillps. Pete Mondello, ts; Skippy De Sair, bs; Tony Aless, p; Billy Bauer, g; Chubby Jackson, b; Dave Tough, d. 10 August 1945
The Woody Herman Story, Proper, P 1158. Tr. 19 (2.33)
04. Your Father’s Moustache
Woody Herman
Composer: Harris, Herman Performers: Sonny Berman, Neal Hefti, Irv Lewis, Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli, Ray Linn, tp; Ralph Pfeffner, Bill Harris, Ed Kiefer, tb; Woody Herman, cl, as vac; Sam Marowitz, John La Porta, cl, as; Flip Philips, Pete Mondello, ts; Skippy De Sair, bs; Tony Aless, p; Billy Bauer, g; Chubby Jackson, b; Buddy Rich, d; Red Norvo, vib. 5 September 1945
The Woody Herman Story, Proper, P 1158. Tr.23 (3.22)
05. Lady McGowan’s Dream
Woody Herman
Composer: Burns Performers: Sonny Berman, Cappy Lewis, Conrad Gozzo, Pete Candoli, Shorty Rogers, tp; Neal Reid, Ralph Pfeffner, Bill Harris, Ed Kiefer, tb; Woody Herman, cl, as; Sam Marowitz, John La Porta, cl, as; Flip Philips, Mickey Folus, ts; Sam Rubinowitch, bs; Jimmy Rowles, p; Chuck Wayne, g; Joe Mondragon, b; Don Lamond, d; Red Norvo, vib. 18 September 1946
The Woody Herman Story, Proper, P 1159. Tr. 14 (5.15)
06. Keen and Peachy
Woody Herman
Composer: Burns, Rogers Performers: Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Stan Fishelson, Shorty Rogers, Marky Markowitz, tp; Earl Swope, Ollie Wilson, Bob Swift, tb Woody Herman, cl, as, voc; Sam Marowitz, as; Herbie Steward, as, ts; Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, ts; Serge Chaloff, bs; Fred Otis, p; Gene Sargent, g; Walt Yoder, b; Don Lamond, d. 22 December 1947
The Woody Herman Story, Proper, 1160. Tr.2 (2.52)
07. Four Brothers
Woody Herman
Composer: Giuffre Performers: Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Stan Fishelson, Shorty Rogers, Marky Markowitz, tp; Earl Swope, Ollie Wilson, Bob Swift, tb Woody Herman, cl, as, voc; Sam Marowitz, as; HErbie Steward, as, ts; Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, ts; Serge Chaloff, bs; Fred Otis, p; Gene Sargent, g; Walt Yoder, b; Don Lamond, d. 27 December 1947
The Woody Herman Story, Proper, 1160. Tr. 5 (3.19)
08. Early Autumn
Woody Herman
Composer: Burns Performers: Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Stan Fishelson, Red Rodney, Shorty Rogers, tp; Earl Swope, Bill Harris, Ollie Wilson, Bob Swift, tb; Woody Herman, cl, as, v; Sam Marowitz, as; Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Stan Getz, ts; Serge Chaloff, bs; Lou Levy, p; Chubby Jackson, b; Don Lamond, d; Terry Gibbs, vib. 29 December 1948
The Woody Herman Story, Proper, P 1160. Tr. 11 (3.09)
09. Long, Long Night
Woody Herman
Composer: Pierce Performers: Woody Herman, as, cl, voc; Don Fagerquist, Doug Mettome, Roy Caton, Shorty Rogers, t; Phil Urso ,ts; Herb Randel, Urbie Green, Jerry Dorn, tb; Nat Pierce, p. Around 1955
N/A, Capitol, CL 14299 (2.51)
10. Hallelujah Time
Woody Herman
Composer: Peterson Performers: Woody Herman, cl, as; Bill Chase, Billy Hunt, Paul Fontaine, Gerald Lamy, Danny Nolan, t; Phil Wilson, Henry Southall, Kenny Wenzel, tb; Sal Nistico, Carmen Leggio, John Stevens, ts; Nick Brignola, bs; Nat Pierce, p, arr; Chuck Andrus, b; Jake Hanna, d. November 1963
Woody Herman 1964, Philips, BL 7608. S1/1 (3.23)
11. Jazz Hoot
Woody Herman
Composer: Holman Performers: Woody Herman, cl, as; Bill Chase, Billy Hunt, Paul Fontaine, Gerald Lamy, Danny Nolan, t; Phil Wilson, Henry Southall, Kenny Wenzel, tb; Sal Nistico, Carmen Leggio, John Stevens, ts; Nick Brignola, bs; Nat Pierce, p, arr; Chuck Andrus, b; Jake Hanna, d. November 1963
Woody Herman 1964, Philips, BL 7608 S1/3 (4.30)
12. Deep Purple
Woody Herman
Composer: DeRose, Parish Performers: Woody Herman, cl, as; Bill Chase, Billy Hunt, Paul Fontaine, Gerald Lamy, Danny Nolan, t; Phil Wilson, Henry Southall, Kenny Wenzel, tb; Sal Nistico, Carmen Leggio, John Stevens, ts; Nick Brignola, bs; Nat Pierce, p, arr; Chuck Andrus, b; Jake Hanna, d. November 1963
Woody Herman 1964, Philips, BL 7608. S1/2 (3.42)
13. After You’ve Gone
Woody Herman
Composer: Creamer, Layton Performers: Woody Herman, cl, as; Bill Chase, Billy Hunt, Paul Fontaine, Gerald Lamy, Danny Nolan, t; Phil Wilson, Henry Southall, Kenny Wenzel, tb; Sal Nistico, Carmen Leggio, John Stevens, ts; Nick Brignola, bs; Nat Pierce, p, arr; Chuck Andrus, b; Jake Hanna, d. November 1963
Woody Herman 1964, Philips, BL 7608. S2/2 (5.08)
Private Passions
Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnv3
Harriet Harman
Sun 19 May 2013
12:00
BBC Radio 3
Michael Berkeley's guest is Shadow Deputy Prime Minister Harriet Harman.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01shy0q
Michael Berkeley's guest is Harriet Harman MP, who has been a member of Parliament since 1982, first for Peckham, and since 1997 for Camberwell and Peckham. She entered Parliament as one of only 10 Labour women MPs. She has been Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2007 and is currently the Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. She is currently the longest continuously-serving female MP. A lawyer by profession, she was first appointed to the Cabinet in Tony Blair's government as the first-ever Minister for Women and Secretary of State for Social Security. In 2007 she was elected as the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and served under Gordon Brown as Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women and Equality. On Brown's resignation she became Acting Leader and Leader of the Opposition until Ed Miliband was elected Leader.
Her musical choices include extracts from West Side Story and Oklahoma, Mozart's Gran Partita, K361, Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's Castle and Britten's Turn of the Screw.
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
00:03
Béla Bartók
Duke Bluebeard's Castle (Fifth Door)
Bluebeard's Castle: Fourth Door (The Secret Garden)
John Tomlinson (Bluebeard), Anne Sofie von Otter (Judith), Berlin PO/ Bernard Haitink
CD/Record number:EMI 556162-2
00:11
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in B flat major K361, 'Gran Partita' (III. Adagio)
Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
CD/Record number:TELDEC 2292-46471-2
00:20
Reynaldo Hahn
À Chloris
Philippe Jaroussky (counter tenor), Jerome Ducros (piano)
CD/Record number:VIRGIN 216621-2
00:25
Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (Sacrificial Dance)
Los Angeles PO/Esa-Pekka Salonen
CD/Record number:DG 477 6198
00:33
Leonard Bernstein
Mambo (from the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story)
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel
CD/Record number:DG 477 7457
00:37
Rodgers and Hammerstein
People will Say we're in Love (Oklahoma)
Julian Ovenden and Sierra Boggis (vocals), John Wilson Orchestra/John Wilson
CD/Record number:EMI 3193012
00:46
Benjamin Britten
The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 (Act I, Scene 8 : At Night)
Ian Bostridge (Peter Quint), Julian Leang (Miles), Vivian Tierney (Miss Jessel), Caroline Wise (Flora), Joan Rodgers (The Governess), Jane Henschel (Mrs Grose), Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Harding
CD/Record number:VIRGIN 545521-2
http://www.classicarts.co.uk/passions-thisWeek.asp
Words and Music
A sequence of music interspersed with well-loved and less familiar poems and prose read by leading actors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x35f
Richard Wagner: Transformations and Transfigurations
Sun 19 May 2013
18:30
BBC Radio 3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01shy5k
The much loved actors Juliet Stevenson and Michael Pennington present a selection of prose and poetry combined with music, evoking the spirit and art of Richard Wagner.
As part of BBC Radio 3's bicentennial celebrations of the birth of Richard Wagner, this edition of Words and Music does homage to one of the most outstanding of all Romantic composers - the man, it is claimed, who stands alongside Jesus Christ and Napoleon Bonaparte as having inspired more printed words than anyone else.
Transformations and transfigurations; music , memory and myth emerge through the poetry and prose of the "Nibelungenlied"; the works of Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire, Stephane Mallarmé, and Gabriele D'Annunzio; the programme finds the "Wagnerian" in the writings of TS Eliot, DH Lawrence and Oscar Wilde; and gathers homages, portraits and reposts to the "Master" in the words of those who knew him, including Wagner's "Parsifal muse", Judith Gautier; the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche; and Wagner's wife, Cosima. Each verbal leitmotif is sheathed in the Wagnerian glories that are Tristan, Parsifal, Lohengrin, The Mastersingers and The Ring.
A note from the producer
It’s fair to say that Richard Wagner has spawned more words than most, so where to start with a programme reflecting one of the most complex and all-encompassing of figures?
The programme draws on music and texts reflecting some of the core elements from Wagner’s output: myth, nature and love. Wagner’s ideas had a huge impact on his contemporaries and on those who followed. This too is reflected in the choice of texts.
The programme begins with music from his great mythic tetralogy, The Ring of the Nibelungs. Wagner was originally drawn to the story through the account of the death of its hero, Siegfried. For Words and Music, we hear this episode mixed with part of a translation of the epic Nibelunglied, a 13thCentury manuscript pooling together myths and legends from Northern Europe The Nibelunglied has been handed down through the oral tradition from the mists of time. It was an important influence on Wagner.
Wagner was a prolific writer and pamphleteer. HIs book, “The Art Work of the Future” sets down his theory about the origin of life and art. We hear the opening. The archetypal symbolism of Wagner’s art works and his use of recurring familiar motifs, had an enormous impact on future writers. TS Eliot recalled the depiction of the River Rhine (it dominates the start of Wagner’s Ring Cycle) when he came to write his poem “The Fire Sermon” in The Waste Land. Eliot’s symbolic picture of the Thames draws directly on Wagner’s opera. We hear lines from the poem read by the author himself in a moving archive recording. When mixing this with the music for Wagner’s famous depiction of the Rhine with its constant sounding of a chord of E flat, I was struck by how Eliot also intones his quotation from the opera in E flat. (“Weialala leia”) Could this have been lodged somewhere in Eliot’s subconscious?
Both DH Lawrence and Oscar Wilde knew and appreciated their Wagner. Lawrence creates a fascinating parallel between the love-starved dwarf Alberich and his pursuit of the Rhine-maidens, with the central characters at the opening of his novel Women in Love. Wilde uses the magnetic allure of Wagner’s music to make a witty comment on the social mores of the English educated classes.
The idolatry of Wagner – and also the detestation of the man and his music – has prompted vast libraries of words. Several writers have even been inspired to seek a literary equivalent to Wagner’s compositional methods. One of the most extraordinary examples of this is from the Italian, Gabriele D’Annunzio, whose “The Triumph of Death” attempts to convey something of the intoxicating, spiritual and emotional maelstrom that is Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde into a written language.
For Friedrich Nietzsche however, Wagner over-steps the mark. A one-time friend and avid Wagnerite, Nietzsche reacted against the composer and published his criticism in “The Case Against Wagner”. The singer and comedienne Anna Russell reminds us of some of the absurdities in Wagner, while Paul Hindemith’s music reminds us of the disease that can inflict the Wagnerite.
Nonetheless, many of the French writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were ardent Wagnerites. The controversial 1861 Paris production of Wagner’s opera Tannhauser divided the nation; but many of the French literati found a kindred artistic spirit in the German, with his use of symbolism, depictions from nature, and highly emotional and exotic language. Baudelaire wrote to Wagner outlining his conversion to the Wagner cause and several of his poems mirror his enthusiasm, including “Correspondances”. Mallarme was moved to compose a moving paean to his idol on receiving news of his death (as did Algernon Swinburne). The programme ends with Paul Verlaine’s poetic response to Wagner’s final opera Parsifal.
As well as reflecting Wagnerian ideas and themes, the programme is interspersed with portraits of the man himself. Late in Wagner’s life, a young French writer published a critique of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. She sent it to Wagner at his home at Triebschen, on Lake Lucerne, for approval. As a result, Wagner invited her and some of her colleagues to visit him at his home. Judith Gautier then went on to produce a short revealing book, recalling her visit and her friendship with Wagner. (She was to prove Wagner’s great “muse” for his opera Parsifal) The programme features extracts from Gautier’s book as well recollections by others who knew Wagner at first hand; not least a moving account from Cosima Wagner’s diary recounting the first performance of Wagner’s birthday present to her – the Siegfried Idyll.
Don’t expect an anthology of bleeding chunks. There’s some of the well-known Wagner in there, alongside some of the lesser known works: the piano miniatures, the Symphony in C, and part of the ambitious choral piece Liebesmahl der Apostel. I thought I knew my Wagner, but this last piece was a real surprise!
Music and featured items
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
00:00
Richard Wagner
Götterdammerung: Prologue - Siegfried's Rheinfahrt
Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Georg Solti
DECCA 455 569-2, CD 1 Tr 6 and 7
The Nibelungenlied” Stanzas 482-485, Trans. Cyril Edwards
Michael Pennington
The Nibelungenlied” Stanzas 482-485, Trans. Cyril Edwards
Juliet Stevenson
00:05
Richard Wagner
Götterdammerung: Act 3 - Siegfried's Trauermusik
Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Georg Solti
DECCA 455 569-2, CD 4 Tr 10 and 11
“The Nibelungenlied” Stanzas 976-997 Trans. Cyril Edwards
Michael Pennington
00:07
Richard Wagner
Piano Sonata in Bb (1831) Op 1 – IV mvt
Performer: Stephen Möller (piano)
KOCH SCHWANN 3-1361-2, Tr 7
Wagner at Home” - Judith Gautier – Chapter 1 Translated by Effie Dunreith Massie
Juliet Stevenson
00:08
Richard Wagner
Liebesmahl der Apostel – Part 3
Performer: Männerchöre des Singvereins der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Performer: Wien Wiener Kammerchor Performer: Philharmonischer Chor und Jugendchor Dresden Performer: Dresden Philharmonie Performer: Michel Plasson
EMI 7 05514-2, CD 1 Tr 6
Richard Wagner: “The Art Work of the Future”. Trans. William Ashton Ellis
Michael Pennington
00:13
Richard Wagner
Das Rhinegold: Vorspiel, "Weia! Waga!"
Performer: Oda Balsborg (Woglinde) Performer: Hetty Plümacher (Wellgune) Performer: Ira Malaniuk (Flösshilde) Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Georg Solti
DECCA 455 556-2, CD 1 Tr 1-2
TS Eliot: “The Waste Land – Fire Sermon”
Archive Recording of TS Eliot
DH Lawrence: “Women in Love” Chapter 4
Juliet Stevenson
00:21
Richard Wagner
Das Rhinegold: Prologue - "Garstig glatter"
Performer: Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich) Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Georg Solti
DECCA 455 556-2, CD 1 Tr 3
00:21
Richard Wagner
Albumblatt: ‘Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwänen'
Performer: Mikhail Rudy (piano)
EMI 7 05514-2, CD 3 Tr 1
00:26
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin: Act 3 “Mein lieber Schwann!”
Performer: Nicolai Gedda (tenor) Performer: Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française Performer: Georges Prêtre
EMI CDM7695502, Tr 9
Judith Gautier: “Wagner at Home” - Chapter 3 Translated by Effie Dunreith Massie
Michael Pennington and Juliet Stevenson
Oscar Wilde: “Portrait of Dorian Gray” - Chapter 4
Michael Pennington
00:31
Richard Wagner
Siegfried - (Waldweben) “Forest Murmers”
Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Klaus Tennstedt
EMI CDM7470072, Tr 5
Elizabeth Forster-Nietzsche: “The Nietzsche-Wagner Correspondence 1867”
Juliet Stevenson
Baudelaire: “Correspondances” trans. Geoffrey Wagner
Michael Pennington
00:33
Richard Wagner
Wesendock Lieder - Im Treibhaus
Performer: Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) Performer: Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
CYPRES CYP9611, Tr 9
TS Eliot: “The Waste Land – Burial of the Dead”
Archive Recording of TS Eliot
00:39
Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde – Liebestod (orchestral version).
Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Otto Klemperer
EMI 7 636172, Tr 6
Gabriele D’Annunzio: “The Triumph of Death” - From Part VI: “The Invincible”
Juliet Stevenson
00:43
Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde – Act 3 “Mild und Leise”
Performer: Helga Dernesch (Isolde) Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Herbert von Karajan
EMI CMS 7 69319-2, CD 4 Tr 5
00:44
Richard Wagner
Symphony in C major (1832) – 1st mvt
Performer: Norwegian Radio Orchestra Performer: Ari Rasilainen
FINLANDIA 3984 23400-2, Tr 1
Friederich Nietzsche: “The Case of Wagner: A Musician’s Problem”.
Michael Pennington
00:47
Paul Hindemith
“Overture of 'The Flying Dutchman' as played at sight by a bad …”
Performer: Kocian Quartet
PRAGA PRD250113115, CD 3 Tr 1
00:47
Richard Wagner
“The Ring of the Nibelung (An Analysis)”
Performer: Anna Russell (reciter and pianist) Performer: John Coveart (pianist)
PHILIPS BBL 7033, LP S1
00:49
Faure/Messager
“Souvenirs de Bayreuth”
Performer: Kathryn Stott (piano) Performer: Martin Roscoe (piano)
HYPERION CDA669114, CD3 Tr 8
John Ruskin: Letter to Lady Byrne-Jones 1882
Michael Pennington
00:53
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields’ Chamber Ensemble
PHILIPS 4262982, Tr 7
Cosima Wagner: “Diaries”
Juliet Stevenson
01:00
Richard Wagner
Parsifal - Act 3 conclusion
Performer: Siegfried Jerusalem (Parsifal) Performer: John Tomlinson (Titurel) Performer: José van Dam (Amfortas) Performer: Günter von Kannen (Klingsor) Performer: Waltraud Meier (Kundry) Performer: Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Daniel Barenboim
TELDEC 9031-74448-2, CD 4 Tr 10,11,
Stéphane Mallarmé: “Homage” Trans. Henry Weinfield
Michael Pennington
AC Swinburne: “The Death of Richard Wagner”
Juliet Stevenson
01:09
Richard Wagner
Parsifal - Act 3 conclusion
Performer: Siegfried Jerusalem (Parsifal) Performer: John Tomlinson (Titurel) Performer: José van Dam (Amfortas) Performer: Günter von Kannen (Klingsor) Performer: Waltraud Meier (Kundry) Performer: Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Daniel Barenboim
TELDEC 9031-74448-2, CD 4 Tr 14
Paul Verlaine: “Parsifal” Trans. John Turner
Michael Pennington
