For our second session, I will be referencing musical works. Since we will be listening to segments during the talk, I've compiled the links below for you to preview and review at more length when convenient:

Debussy

• Nuages
• Submerged Catherdral

Satie

• Gymnopédie No. 1
• Gnossienne No. 1

Stockhausen

• Gesang der Jünglinge

Ligeti

• Artikulation
• Étude No. 13: L'escalier du diable / The Devil’s Staircase

Xenakis

• Pithoprakta
• Kassandra

Frank Martin

• Preludes, First of Eight

Barrios

• La Catedral

Gorecki

• Symphony No. 3, II. Lento e Largo - Tranquillissimo

Karaindrou

• The Suspended Step of the Stork

Tippett

• Man With the Blue Guitar

Dowland

• Lachrimae, Flow My Tears

Baier

• Sonnet 73

Vidales (Basho)

• Winter Garden

Burns

• Comin' thro the rye

I will be focusing continuing comments on the the stories from Day 1, Story 1; Day 4, Stories 1 & 4; and Day 10, Story 10.

In the meantime, here are links for Pasolini's take on the Decameron:

NY Times (1971)

Wikipedia article

Google search for clips online

And for Sibelius on the Kalevala: 

Google search results for passages online

Maps found by Jon (thanks!):

 

Homeric performance was a solo song. Here is an excellent resource on what Homer might have sounded like when performing the Odyssey. The selection is from Book 8, where the bard, Demodokos, sings of Ares and Aphrodite: Homeric Singing.

Tchaikovsky's music, Pushkin's poetry at Dicapo in April 2011:

http://www.dicapo.com/html/onegin.html

The Met's DVD with Fleming:

If you're in the mood for samba & jazz – Brazilian style – catch the last show of the season this Thursday at The Cooper Union. Here's the link for more info: Summer Samba & Jazz. The Rose Auditorium is a great venue for this music – elegant, relaxed, sophisticated. I got to Claudio Roditi's set last Thursday, and it made my week!