Episode #53: Busoni Bliss

Uploaded: February 26, 2022

Sir Arthur Bliss: Meditations on a Theme by John Blow*

Adam Zero (excerpts)

Fanfare Overture

Adam’s Fates

Dance of Spring

Awakening of Love

Dance of Summer

Finale – the stage is set again

Checkmate (excerpts)

I.  Prologue – The Players

II.  Dance of the Four Knights

III.  Entry of the Black Queen

IV.  The Red Knight’s Mazurka

V.  Ceremony of the Red Bishops

VI.  Finale – Checkmate

*City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Vernon Handley, conductor

EMI CDC 7 57712 2

Ferruccio Busoni: Concerto for piano, orchestra, and male chorus, Op. 39

I.  Prologo e introit

II.  Pezzo giocoso

III.  Pezzo serioso (Introductio – Prima pars – Altera pars – Ultima pars)

IV.  All’italiana (Tarantella)

V.  Cantico

John Ogdon, piano

Men’s voices of the John Alldis Choir

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Daniell Revenaugh, conductor

EMI STUDIO CDM 7 69580 2