KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Emily Dickinson, Maria Callas, & Jennie Tourel, 1 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
MC.1990.11.23.AProgram Series
Morning ConcertProgram Length
133 minPart
1 of 2Dates
| broadcast| 1990-11-23 | created
Description
Host Sarah Cahill presents a diverse number of musical settings of poems by the renowned American poet Emily Dickinson. Juxtaposed settings by Aaron Copland, John Adams, George Perle and Ernst Bacon reveal each composer’s unique approach to handling Dickinson’s enigmatic work. While Adams’ well-known “Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson” is featured in its entirety, seldom-heard works by Perle and Bacon offers a different take not only on the text, but on the author’s status as hermit-poetess and American legend. The program concludes with arias and songs by three stunning vocalists of the early twentieth century: Maria Callas, Jennie Tourel and Conchita Supervia.Genres
Art songsMusical Selections
12 Poems of Emily Dickinson: Nature, The Gentlest Mother ; There Came A Wind Like A Bugle ; Why Do They Shut Me Out Of Heaven ; The World Feels Dusty ; Heart, We Will Forget Him ; Dear March, Come In ; Sleep Is Supposed To Be ; When They Come Back ; I Felt A Funeral In My Brain ; I've Heard An Organ Talk Sometimes ; Going To Heaven ; The Chariot (1950) / Aaron Copland -- Because I Could Not Stop for Death [text by Emily Dickinson] / Aaron Copland -- Harmonium [2nd and 3rd movements, text by Emily Dickinson from “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” & “Wild Nights”] (1981) / John Adams -- 13 Dickinson Songs [excerpts: “I like to see it lap the miles”; “I know some lonely house off the road”]( 1977–8) / George PerlePerformers
Aaron Copland, piano (12 Poems)Adele Addison, soprano (12 Poems)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (Harmonium)
Edo De Waart, conductor (Harmonium)
Bethany Beardslee, soprano (13 Dickinson Songs )
Morey Ritt, piano (13 Dickinson Songs )
Subjects
Art songsPoetry
Songs (High voice) with piano
Song cycles
Songs with orchestra
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
San Francisco Symphony ChorusSan Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Cahill, Sarah
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
Addison, Adele
Adams, John, 1947-
De Waart, Edo
Perle, George, 1915-2009
Beardslee, Bethany
Ritt, Morey