Our noon hour features the Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel, introduced by Macon Symphony music director Ward Stare. He also talks about the orchestra's performance of the entire opera with singers from Chicago and New York, coming up this Saturday at the Grand Opera House in Macon.
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Help Support GPB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schumann, R. | Waldszenen (Forest Scenes) | Andreas Haefliger | Sony 48036 | |
| Strauss, R. | Death and Transfiguration | Atlanta Sym, Runnicles | Telarc 80661 | |
| Popper, D. | Im Walde: Dance of the Gnomes | Wendy Warner, Eileen Buck | Cedille 90000 111 | |
| Ohguri, H. | Fantasy on Osaka Folk Tunes | Osaka Phil, Shimono | Naxos 8.555321 | |
| Whitacre, E. | Ghost Train Triptych | North Texas Wind Sym, Corporon | Klavier 11077 | |
| Liszt, F. | Totentanz (Dance of Death) | Louis Lortie, Residentie Orch, Pehlivanian | Chandos 10371 | |
| Ward Stare, Macon Symphony music director, on Hansel and Gretel | ||||
| Humperdinck, E. | Hansel and Gretel: End of Act I (Sandman, Evening Prayer, Dream Pantomime) | Philharmonia Orch, Jennifer Larmore, Rebecca Evans, Diana Montague, New London Children's Choir, Mackerras | Chandos 3143 | |
| Bach, J.S. | Toccata and Fugue in D minor | Ton Koopman | Apex 2564 67940 | |
| Tansman, A. | Three Pieces for clarinet, harp and string quartet: No. 1 | Jean-Marc Fessard, Fracis Pierre, Quatuor Elysee | Naxos 8.570235 | |
| Prokofiev, S. | Autumnal Sketch | Scottish National Orch, Jarvi | Chandos 10481 | |
| Janacek, L. | In the Mists | Piotr Anderszewski | Virgin 267291 | |
| Janacek, L. | On an Overgrown Path | Calefax | Radio Nederland Wereldomroep DDE V |
