The Dolci Show

In this episode Dolci plays:

Pavane for a Dead Princess by Maurice Ravel
arranged for English horn and piano by Carolyn Hove
Ravel was born and educated in Paris. His Pavane for a Dead Princess began as a piano piece in 1900, and has become standard concert repertoire in myriad instrumentations. Ravel never intended it as funereal, but rather as a stately court dance honoring a long-ago Spanish princess. He once commented to the unlucky conductor of an orchestral performance that its title was “Pavane for a dead princess,” not “Dead pavane for a princess.”

Aria (Cantilena) from Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos
arranged for voice and piano by Burle Marx, adapted for oboe and piano 
Villa-Lobos, a Brazilian, composed Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5 in 1938 for voice and six cellos. It has been arranged for countless instrumental and vocal combinations. The score directs the opening section to be sung on the syllable “ahh” and the closing section to be hummed with the singer’s lips closed. In the middle section the singer chants a poem by Ruth Valadares Correa, describing the moon as a beautiful maiden rising from the sea, her beauty modestly veiled by translucent pink clouds.

 Bill Douglas, Eight Easy Lyrical Pieces, Volume I.

1. Begin Sweet World
2. Lullaby
3. Sweet Rain
4. Return to Inishmore  (an island in Galway Bay, Ireland)
5. Infant Dreams
6. The Hills of Glencar (in northwestern Ireland)
7. Morning Song
8. Karuna (the Buddhist concept of compassion)

Bill Douglas' biography, published scores and recordings are at https://billdouglas.cc. His new solo piano album ‘Quiet Moon’ can be purchased at http://smarturl.it/QuietMoon.

Our second episode is Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for Oboe and Piano. 

1. Élégie
2. Scherzo
3. Déploration

Poulenc wrote this piece just before his death in 1963. He dedicated it to the memory of his dear friend Sergei Prokofieff. 

Live music performed by Dolci, the oboe-piano duo of Viva Knight and Ted Rust at home in Los Angeles, California. This episode features "Granada (Serenade)" by Isaac Albeniz, "Reverie" by Claude Debussy and "Piece en forme de Habanera" by Maurice Ravel.