Playlist

Facing Death

TIME

TITLE OF SELECTION
COMPOSER
PERFORMERS
ALBUM TITLE / INFO

00:09

My Name Is Death
Robin Williamson
Robin Williamson
THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND - THE 5000 SPIRITS
or the LAYERS OF THE ONION
- 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 Mädchen
["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 Mädchen
["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

Mädchenlied, 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

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.

* - An asterisk indicates that only a portion of the piece is heard.

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