Fly me to the Moon
We celebrate half a century since mankind landed on the moon with a playlist that takes us out of this world. We feature music that looks longingly to the night sky for hope, consolation and contemplation, as well as works that engage with the realms of science fiction and science reality to reflect on humankind's excitement and fear in the face of the unending and unfathomable vastness of space.
- Dvořák•Rusalka op. 114 B 203: 'Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém' (Moon, high and deep in the sky) (Song to the Moon, Rusalka, Act I)•Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém
- Strauss•Capriccio op. 85 TrV 279: Intermezzo (Final Scene) 'Moonlight Music'•Andante con moto
- Puccini•Tosca: 'E lucevan le stelle' (Cavaradossi, Act 3)•E lucevan le stelle
- Debussy•Suite bergamasque L 82 (75): 3. Clair de lune (Arr. L. Stokowski for Orchestra)•Andante très expressif
- Chaminade•La lune paresseuse•Dans un rayon de crépuscule
- Holst•The Planets op. 32 H. 125 (1914-1916)•7. Neptune, the Mystic
- Williams•Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Original Film Score (1977)•Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Original Film Score Suite (1977)
- Ligeti•Atmosphères (1961)•
- Lang•gravity for Piano four hands (2005)•gravity
- Bates•Mothership (2010)•
- Orff•Der Mond (1939)•9. Fantastische Nacht - Thema
- Schoenberg•Pierrot Lunaire op. 21 (1912) “Dreimal sieben Gedichte”•1. Mondestrunken
- Schoenberg•Pierrot Lunaire op. 21 (1912) “Dreimal sieben Gedichte”•20. Heimfahrt (Barcarole)
- Sisask•Sonata for Piano four hands op. 24 (1990) “The Milky Way”•I. —
- Sisask•Sonata for Piano four hands op. 24 (1990) “The Milky Way”•II. —