Conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas talks about his 2019 song cycle Meditations on Rilke in this video. He says the themes of the work, which is a setting of the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, are almost as old as Thomas himself. We'll hear the work on the June 17th broadcast.
6/3 Adams: On The Transmigration of Souls Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Joélle Harvey, s; Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Youth Chorus, Children’s Chorus; Jakub Hr?ša, cond)
6/10 Schubert: Selections from Rosamunde Hummel: Trumpet Concerto Haydn: Symphony No. 104, London (Michael Sachs, tr; Nicholas McGegan, cond)
6/17 Tilson Thomas: Meditations on Rilke Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (Sasha Cooke, ms; Dashon Burton, bs; Michael Tilson Thomas, cond)
6/24 Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (Herbert Blomstedt, cond)
