00:09 |
My Name Is Death |
Robin Williamson |
Robin Williamson |
THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND - THE 5000 SPIRITS - LP Elektra 74010 |
00:47* |
Forty-Eight |
John Renbourn |
John Renbourn et al |
JOHN RENBOURN - SIR JOHN ALOT... - Shanachie 97021 |
02:10 |
"Why must we die?" |
A. & K. McGarrigle and Joel Zifkin |
Anna & Kate McGarrigle et al |
KATE & ANNA McGARRIGLE - MATAPEDIA - Hannibal 1394 |
04:07* |
The Earle of Salisbury |
Wm. Byrd |
John Renbourn et al |
JOHN RENBOURN - SIR JOHN ALOT... - Shanachie 97021 |
05:28 |
Let The Mystery Be |
Iris DeMent |
Iris DeMent et al |
IRIS DeMENT - INFAMOUS ANGEL - Warner Bros. 45238 |
07:46 |
Loon, Mountain, and Moon |
Bill Miller |
Bill Miller |
BILL MILLER - LOON, MOUNTAIN, AND MOON - NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE SONGS - Rosebud Records 103 |
10:37 |
He'll Welcome Me |
Traditional |
The Soul Stirrers |
THE SOUL STIRRERS - THE LAST MILE OF THE WAY - Specialty 7052 |
12:38 |
Final chorale from Cantata #161 "Come, O Sweet Hour-of-Death" |
J. S. Bach |
American Bach Soloists directed by Jeffrey Thomas |
AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS - J.S. BACH CANTATAS - VOLUME III - Koch 7164 |
15:51 |
Seif El Battar |
Nass El Ghiwane |
Nass El Ghiwane |
GLOBAL CELEBRATION - PASSAGES - Ellipsis Arts... 3233 |
17:36 |
First movement of String Quartet #14 in d, "Death and the Maiden" |
Franz Schubert |
The Lindsay String Quartet |
THE LINDSAYS - SCHUBERT STRING QUARTET #14 IN D MINOR - ASV 560 |
26:12* |
Forty-Eight |
John Renbourn |
John Renbourn et al |
JOHN RENBOURN - SIR JOHN ALOT... - Shanachie 97021 |
26:34* |
Carolan's Farewell to Music |
Turlough O'Carolan |
Carol Thompson |
CAROLAN'S WELCOME - HARP MUSIC OF IRELAND - Dorian 90176 |
28:00 |
Der Tod und das Mdchen ["Death and the Maiden"] |
Franz Schubert |
Jessye Norman, soprano, with Geoffrey Parsons, piano |
HANDEL , SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN - JESSYE NORMAN - Philips 422 048 |
28:58 |
Der Tod und das Mdchen ["Death and the Maiden"] |
Franz Schubert |
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, with Gerald Moore, piano |
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU - SCHUBERT 21 LIEDER - EMI 69503 |
30:12* |
Second movement of String Quartet #14 in d, "Death and the Maiden" |
Franz Schubert |
The Lindsay String Quartet |
THE LINDSAYS - SCHUBERT STRING QUARTET #14 IN D MINOR - ASV 560 |
32:09 |
"O Death" |
Traditional |
Bessie Jones et al |
GEORGIA SEA ISLAND SONGS - New Sorld 80278 |
34:26 |
"Death and the Lady" |
Traditional |
John Renbourn Group |
JOHN RENBOURN GROUP - JOHN BARLEYCORN - Edsel Records 472 |
38:12* |
Carolan's Farewell to Music |
Turlough O'Carolan |
Carol Thompson |
CAROLAN'S WELCOME - HARP MUSIC OF IRELAND - Dorian 90176 |
40:29 |
"When I'm Gone" |
Phil Ochs |
Magpie |
MAGPIE - IF IT AIN'T LOVE - PHILO 1112 (cassette only) |
44:03 |
Carolan's Farewell to Music |
Turlough O'Carolan |
Carol Thompson |
CAROLAN'S WELCOME - HARP MUSIC OF IRELAND - Dorian 90176 |
48:04 |
The Silver Swan |
Orlando Gibbons |
Miranda Sex Garden |
MIRANDA SEX GARDEN - MADRA - Mute Records Ltd. 61126 |
49:35 |
Mdchenlied, Op.85 #3 |
Johannes Brahms/ arr. Wayne Horvitz |
Wayne Horvitz et al |
WAYNE HORVITZ - THE ROMANTICS - Windham Hill 11171 |
52:19 |
The Joy of Living |
Traditional Sicilian tune, words written by Ewan McColl |
Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger |
BLACK AND WHITE - EWAN McCOLL - THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION - Green Linnet 3058 |
56:17 |
Carolan's Farewell to Music |
Turlough O'Carolan |
Carol Thompson |
CAROLAN'S WELCOME - HARP MUSIC OF IRELAND - Dorian 90176 |
* - An asterisk
indicates that only a portion of the piece or track is heard.
Ellen Kushner's guest, Frank
Ostaseski is the founding Director of the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco,
California.
Doug Bender's poem was read
with permission and is found in From a Burning House: The AIDS Project Los
Angeles Writers Workshop Collection ,
edited by Irene Borger, Washington Square Press, Simon & Schuster, New
York, 1996; which is also available as an audiotape from Simon & Schuster.
This playlist has been
forwarded to the Public Radio Music Source - 1 (800) 75-MUSIC - You may call them and order any of the recordings
that are commercially available.
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as well.
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