Musical Pieces


Chapter I

Piece 1.1 “Casta Diva” from Norma Vincenzo Bellini

https://open.spotify.com/track/5FSoLR6HIuCPxwsJBN293J?si=ARyl4t2lQ-GdXHWh5892Ww

Piece 1.2 “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” Bob Dylan

https://open.spotify.com/track/5C9yRRVDq5ay3SP6jcBoXY?si=qxjZJiT6SS2QCmrk-X9DVw

Piece 1.5 Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 61:II. Larghetto Ludwig van Beethoven

https://open.spotify.com/track/5gXCgZFyqoh70feYkvSSH9?si=An1krur_RQeeY5je7MYWVQ 

Piece 1.7 Romance/Ballade, op. 1 no. 5, in A Major Sergei Rachmaninoff

https://open.spotify.com/track/0TG8MsIwrg2hKMmFkry0su?si=KNuICdAORxq64p9IC8_Lkw

Piece 1.8 Romanze, op.22: no.1, Andante molto Clara Schumann

https://open.spotify.com/track/3461T75XHWAgd8Kv2j9lP2?si=1fd578abe8bc4c30

Piece 1.9 “Barbara Allen” Joan Baez

https://open.spotify.com/track/3Q9rnd8kBeJjkNeUukJA0c?si=1XzUazTmQDOQ9H9Hf7JRpA

Piece 1.10 Cello Concerto in B Minor, op. 104, B191: II. Adagio ma non troppo Antonín Dvořák

https://open.spotify.com/track/1WByisOwyBZyHPtaSjjPiw?si=gGqaEO1PRIul8jD2JiuH_g

Piece 1.12 “Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair” (Arr. Matthews) Stephen Foster

https://open.spotify.com/track/5PhvKoJImwKt7l5mn98WNK?si=86TAx7c7SN2GeB5AZ8jtfw

Piece 1.22 Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 “Choral”: III. Adagio molto e cantabile Ludwig van Beethoven

https://open.spotify.com/track/37DBrreN9VFfbImE7Sj4Pp?si=xxtSBp2NQEaQgQgcAmZW5A

Piece 1.23 “Shenandoah” Traditional

https://open.spotify.com/track/5xwPWqfy9bHDpjpce0Njcg?si=6XfnQ_STR2Gj2Al37BR38g

Piece 1.24 “Amazing Grace” John Newton

https://open.spotify.com/track/7fH0WJAb07BG5qnZvDMyK0?si=7b98358e73ba4194

Piece 1.26 “Blue in Green” (feat. John Coltrane and Bill Evans) Miles Davis

https://open.spotify.com/track/0aWMVrwxPNYkKmFthzmpRi?si=d7f33e1bb4044ca9

Piece 1.27 Piano Concerto in G Major, M.83: II. Adagio assai Maurice Ravel

https://open.spotify.com/track/66btq9ev5iKT2tOwmCZPXY?si=nQdJsshSQpaenw5wmjjYxg

Piece 1.28 Schwanengesang, D. 957: Ständchen Franz Schubert

https://open.spotify.com/track/5wjhRFW2VZpPFXLAyXwZ8J?si=f9afe5a3945e46a9

Piece 1.30 Berceuse from the Suite for Solo Cello John David Earnest

https://on.soundcloud.com/LiqHkX4jMdFEbHNJ9

Piece 1.31 Benediction (After Lutkin’s “Benediction and Sevenfold Amen”) Samuel Jones

https://open.spotify.com/track/0squhZHrSdX68iY6QgZDlJ?si=2bfe98edbfef4b55

Piece 1.32 String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: II. Adagio Franz Schubert

https://open.spotify.com/track/6gPr7zug8hA0yKWADVSWcg?si=WABNIfnvSAeKgS0GtUIwvw

Chapter II

Piece 2.1 “For a Dancer” Jackson Browne

https://open.spotify.com/track/5zKu6Ei2joVOLZ6SKqCtur?si=c1003ebc23514f4e

Piece 2.2 “Ballad of the Sad Young Men” Roberta Flack

https://open.spotify.com/track/5ehP3X3sgOdPnsYDqBIjpF?si=1efecb33e7594ddd

Piece 2.3 “Secret Gardens” Judy Collins

https://open.spotify.com/track/2kuT6ZL32kOitbW4AcaqQW?si=6fef9651e13341b3

Piece 2.4 “Not Dark Yet” Bob Dylan

https://open.spotify.com/track/6q0XFeHMvbF85k6mtg9jXZ?si=44e50fd4983345b1

Piece 2.5 “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” Odetta

https://open.spotify.com/track/67eVkJLGhmgQtXQLhaXMOB?si=83cd0399b8834db4

Piece 2.6 “Goodbye, Old Friend” Mark Brown

https://open.spotify.com/track/6DwmqI4bpdQ8GzEA8mgMpZ?si=4566f4b0aaa546dd

Piece 2.7 Concierto de Aranjuez Jim Hall

https://open.spotify.com/track/0QVvZNHwBOPAGXgUfkfL5P?si=5f68e0e8305b4fb2

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