On Sunday, August 9, 1959 Howard Hanson led the National High School Symphony Orchestra in its sixth complete concert of the summer.
The recording heard on this program was made by the Radio Department at Interlochen's National Music Camp.
Interlochen wouldn't have its own year-round radio station until Interlochen Public Radio was created in 1963.
The National Music Camp's Radio Department recorded more than 150 concerts during the eight weeks of camp in 1959. Selections from these recordings were then produced into radio programs that were distributed to radio stations across the United States and Canada.
Music heard in this episode
(all performances feature Howard Hanson conducting the National High School Symphony Orchestra on August 9, 1959)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonore Overture no. 3
Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird (1919 suite)
Edvard Grieg, The Last Spring
Howard Hanson, Symphony no. 2 "Romantic"
The archival recordings heard on this program are available thanks in part to The Association for Recorded Sound Collections' Classical Music Preservation Grant, generous support from our listeners, and the Hamer D. and Phyllis C. Shafer Foundation.
Michael Culler and Stefan Wiebe provided audio engineering support.
