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A journey to Beethoven's Song of Thanksgiving

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Beethoven's Song of Thanksgiving from his String Quartet No 15 in A minor, finding sonic connections across time and space.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical terrain around Beethoven's Holy Song of Thanksgiving, the central movement from his String Quartet No 15 in A minor. Travelling down sonic routes that link music across time and space, from Hildegard von Bingen to Oscar Peterson via Handel and Sibelius, Sara charts a musical journey towards Beethoven's sublime string hymn, written on the composer's return to health after a period of illness.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 May 2024 13:30
成人论坛 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125, 'Choral' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Singer: 慕uba Orgon谩拧ov谩. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Singer: Gilles Cachemaille.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies, John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 5.

  • Oscar Peterson

    Hymn To Freedom

    Performer: Oscar Peterson. Performer: Ed Thigpen. Performer: Ray Brown.
    • Night Train.
    • Verve.

  • Trad.

    Hymn to St Magnus

    • Instruments of Middle Age and Renaissance.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 20.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Lydia, Op 4 No 2

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: V茅ronique Gens.
    • Nuit d'茅toiles - M茅lodies fran莽aises.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 (Contrapunctus I)

    Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.
    • Bach: The Art of Fugue.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in C major, Op 87 No 1

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dank sei dir, Herr

    Composer: Siegfried Ochs. Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andreas Delfs.
    • Sacred Songs.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Violeta Parra

    Gracias A La Vida

    Music Arranger: Joan Baez. Singer: Joan Baez.
    • Gracias A La Vida (Here's To Life).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.

  • Bruce MacGregor

    Annie's Waltz

    Ensemble: Blazin鈥� Fiddles.
    • Blazin鈥� Fiddles.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 81 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • SUPRAPHON.

  • Lili Boulanger

    J'ai des fr茅ponds

    Singer: Katharine Dain.
    • 7 Mountain Records.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O frondens virga

    Composer: Missy Mazzoli. Performer: Mikayel Hakhnazaryan. Singer: Emily D'Angelo. Orchestra: Das Freie Orchester. Conductor: Jarkko Riihim盲ki.
    • DG.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (3rd mvt, Allegro molto)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings BPHR 150071.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tetzlaff Quartett.
    • ONDINE ODE13472.
    • ONDINE.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sun 26 May 2024 13:30
    成人论坛 Radio 3