Nobody Dresses Anymore

May 12, 02:47 PM

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Columnist and music critic Jay Nordlinger joins Mona for an excursion into classical music. No coat or tie required.

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Here’s a list of every musical piece played in the episode.

  1. Thomas Tallis – Motet from the Gospel of John
  2. Johann Sebastian Bach – Preludio from Partita in E major for solo violin
  3. J.S. Bach (arr. Rachmaninoff) – Preludio (Bach/Rachmaninoff transcription)
  4. Ludwig van Beethoven – Final movement from a String Quartet in C major
  5. Léo Delibes – “Flower Duet” from Lakmé
  6. Giuseppe Verdi – Duet from Otello
  7. Antonín Dvořák – Humoresque
  8. Antonín Dvořák – Humoresque (Jazz rendition)
  9. Maurice Ravel – Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
  10. Sergei Prokofiev – “Dance of the Knights” from Romeo and Juliet
  11. Sergei Prokofiev – “Midnight” from Cinderella
  12. Scott Wheeler – “If I Had a Wife” (song cycle Serenata)
  13. Daniel Asia – “My Father’s Name Was” (from Breath and a Ram's Horn)
  14. Lee Hoiby – “Goodbye, Goodbye World”
  15. Philip Glass – Violin Concerto No. 2, The American Four Seasons, final movement