Edward B. Catton served at WIAA/IPR from 1964 - 1997
Ed was known as "the voice of Interlochen Public Radio," and spent his three-decade career at the station as a beloved classical music host, and the creator of Music by Request. Support this beloved Saturday tradition, and make a gift to IPR today.
1. Aaron Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man, London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland
2. Percy Grainger, Molly on the Shore, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
3. Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard, The Battle from the original motion picture soundtrack, Gladiator, Lyndhurst Symphony, Gavin Greenaway
4. Carl Nielsen, Symphony No. “The Inextinguishable” Buffalo Philharmonic, Joann Falleta
5. Jean Sibelius, Finlandia, Helsinki Philharmonic, Leif Segerstam
6. George Douglas and George David, What a Wonderful World, Johann Strauss Orchestra, Andre Rieu
7. Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in E Major “Spring”, Trondheim Soloists, Anne-Sophie Mutter
8. John Bull/arr. Gordon Jacob, The British National Anthem, Choirs of St. George’s Chapel with Members of BBC National Orchestra of Wales, English Chamber Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green
9. Francis Poulenc, Eiffel Tower Polka, Wynton Marsalis with Judith Lynn Stillman
10. Fritz Kreisler, Syncopation, Midori
11. Huddie Ledbetter, Sylvie, Sweet Honey in the Rock
12. Martin Luther, A Mighty Fortress is our God, American Boy Choir, James Litton
13. Bedrich Smetana, The Moldau, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
14. Howard Hanson, Symphony No. 2 “The Romantic” Eastman Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson
15. Sir Edward Elgar, Land of Hope and Glory, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
16. Samuel Barber, Adagio for String, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel
17. Emmerich Kalman, excerpt from The Gypsy Princess, Slovak Philharmonic Choir and Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
18. Franz Schubert, Rondo in D, Nina Walker and Adrian Farmer
19. Leo Delibes, The Flower Duet from Lakme, Renee Fleming and Susan Graham
20. Tomaso Albinoni, Oboe Concerto No. 11, Anthony Camden, London Virtuosi
21. Sergei Prokofiev, excerpts from Peter and the Wolf, David Attenbourgh, BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier
22. Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard, Elysium from the original motion picture soundtrack, Gladiator, Lyndhurst Symphony Gavin Greenway
23. David Diamond, Rounds for String Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz
24. Bob Marley/arr. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, No woman, no cry, Sheku Kanneh-Mason
25. Robert Schumann, Konzertstuck in F major, Romantic Revolutionary Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
26. Edwin Franko Goldman, Interlochen Bowl March, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennel
27. John David, You are a new day, The King’s Singers
28. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman, Marilyn Neely
29. Traditional Russian Folksong, Kalinka, Red Star Army Chorus
30. Traditional Appalachian Folksong, Turtle Dove, Custer LaRue
31. Modest Mussorgsky/ arr. Maurice Ravel, Great Gate of Kiev, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
32. Antonin Dvorak, Rusalka, Renee Fleming, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
33. John Williams, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel