Sam and Tim dissect Ruth Crawford Seeger’s seminal String Quartet 1931, have a chat with tenor Hiroshi Amako and discuss the dress rehearsal for Die Walküre with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic. PLUS – operatic divas, musical magic roundabouts and how ABBA stole from Wagner.

Music Credits:

Ruth Crawford Seeger, String Quartet 1931 performed by The Playground Ensemble

Epic Trailer Music from Mattia Cupelli

Frank Bridge, Come to Me in My Dreams performed by Hiroshi Amako and Michael Pandya

Richard Wagner, Die Walküre ‘Ride of Walkyries’ performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski in 1934

Éric Serra, ‘Diva Dance’ cover by Laura Workman McMurtrey

Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 5 Final Movement

Here’s the website for the Amici Voices:
https://amicivoices.com/

Seeger, String Quartet 1931 performed by The Playground Ensemble:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqz9Ch14Mpw

Laura Workman McMurtrey sings ‘Diva Dance’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgo0CDL6bd0

Hiroshi Amako and Michael Pandya perform Come to Me in My Dreams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tubl-CtoNAs

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