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The Culture File Weekly: Cicada Safari

The Culture File Weekly: Cicada Safari

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The double emergence (for the first time in more than 200 years) of periodical cicada Broods XIX and XIII inspired a band of sound recordists, musicians, poets, composers, entomologists and environmentalists to gather beneath the trees in Illinois this June to listen, record and improvise with a trillion piece orchestra of singing critters.

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The double emergence (for the first time in more than 200 years) of periodical cicada Broods XIX and XIII inspired a band of sound recordists, musicians, poets, composers, entomologists and environmentalists to gather beneath the trees in Illinois this June to listen, record and improvise with a trillion piece orchestra of singing critters.

Episode Playlist

Hoe-Down

Hoe-Down

New York Philharmonic

Piano Sonata No.3 in C major (3nd movement) Scherzo: Allegro

Piano Sonata No.3 in C major (3nd movement) Scherzo: Allegro

Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Depuis le Jour (act iii)

Depuis le Jour (act iii)

Kiri te Kanawa (soprano)

Hungarian Dance no.1 in G minor

Hungarian Dance no.1 in G minor

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Holberg Suite (1st movement) Praeludium

Holberg Suite (1st movement) Praeludium

The National Orchestra of Sweden (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra)

Chi mi Frena in Tal Momento (Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Chi mi Frena in Tal Momento (Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Maple Leaf Rag

Maple Leaf Rag

Alexander Peskanov (piano)

Viola Concerto in G (4th movement) Presto

Viola Concerto in G (4th movement) Presto

Paul Doctor (viola)

By the Beautiful Blue Danube

By the Beautiful Blue Danube

Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra

Concerto for 2 Mandolins, strings and harpsichord (1st Movement) Allegro

Concerto for 2 Mandolins, strings and harpsichord (1st Movement) Allegro

Ugo Orlandi and Dorina Frati (mandolins)

Rolling In The Barrel/ The Morning Dew

Rolling In The Barrel/ The Morning Dew

Martin Hayes (Violin)

Yo soy Maria

Yo soy Maria

Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano)

Love Walked In

Love Walked In

Jon De Lucia (alto saxophone)

Oriental Festival March

Oriental Festival March

Odense Symphony Orchestra

Nessun Dorma

Nessun Dorma

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)

Violin Concerto in B flat major (3rd movement) Allegro

Violin Concerto in B flat major (3rd movement) Allegro

Giuliano Carmignola (violin)

Concert de Chambre (3rd Movement) Air

Concert de Chambre (3rd Movement) Air

Ensemble la Française

Serenade for Strings in E minor (1st mov.) Allegro piacevole

Serenade for Strings in E minor (1st mov.) Allegro piacevole

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)

Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat (3rd movement) Allegro

Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat (3rd movement) Allegro

Finghin Collins (piano)

Suite from The Fairy Queen: (x) Chaconne (Dance for a Chinese man and woman)

Suite from The Fairy Queen: (x) Chaconne (Dance for a Chinese man and woman)

Camerata Kilkenny

Suite Espanola (4th movement) Cadiz

Suite Espanola (4th movement) Cadiz

Julian Bream (guitar)

The Birds (3rd movement) La Gallina (The Hen)

The Birds (3rd movement) La Gallina (The Hen)

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Les Filles de Cadix

Les Filles de Cadix

Tine Thing Helseth (Trumpet)

Galop from The Comedians

Galop from The Comedians

BBC Concert Orchestra

English Dance No.3. Grazioso

English Dance No.3. Grazioso

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Tea for Two

Tea for Two

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)

I giorni

I giorni

Ludovico Einaudi (Piano)

Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

RTE Concert Orchestra