The image above features the Great Gate at Kiev in an architectural design by Russian artist and architect Viktor Hartmann from 1869. This design inspired a movement from Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition," which was no. 13 on this weekend's show.
Listeners chose choral works, operettas and art songs in Greek, Hungarian, German, English and Russian.
The episode includes contemporary choral music composed by Nico Muhly and Jake Runestad, as well as multiple selections celebrating wedding anniversaries.
"Bon anniversaire de mariage" to Music by Request regulars Donna and Ed in Scottville as well as Barb and Scott in Charlotte and Irons.
Enjoy this weekend's show on demand below, and scroll down to see the complete playlist as well as some bonus content from this week's requests.
Request no. 15 was for the choral ensemble Roomful of Teeth. The have performed in NPR's Tiny Desk series.
The 1977 single "If I had Words" by Yvonne Keeley and Scott Fitzgerald is based on a melody from the Symphony no. 3 "Organ" by Camille Saint-Saens. The "Organ" symphony was request no. 6.
A new generation of audiences heard this song in the 1995 film "Babe," firstsung by Farmer Hoggett and later by a trio of mice.
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