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Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin: American Masters, Part I

It's Campaign Songs Week on Kids Commute!

The first week in our series exploring great but lesser-known American composers: Hanson, Still, Crawford, Fine, Piston, Creston and more.

The first week in our series exploring great but lesser-known American composers: all born in the last decade of the 19th century.

These are composers whose names are not Ellington, Gershwin, Copland, Barber, or Bernstein — Howard Hanson from Wahoo, Nebraska; Walter Piston from Rockland, Maine; William Grant Still born in Woodville, Mississippi; and Ruth Crawford Seeger born in East Liverpool, Ohio.

This week of Exploring Music is full of many beautiful works that you will enjoy.

Listen on demand to this week's episodes.

Monday, June 5

Hanson, Howard: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, "Nordic"

I. Andante Solenne, Allegro Con Forza

Eastman-Rochester Orchestra/Hanson

Hanson: Symphonies, Piano Concerto

Mercury 4756867

11:32

Hanson, Howard: Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, "Romantic"

II. Andante Con Tenerezza

Eastman-Rochester Orchestra/Hanson

Symphony Nos 1 & 2, Song of Democracy

Mercury 432008

6:38

Hanson, Howard: Merry Mount Suite

Prelude to Act II and "Maypole Dances"

Eastman-Rochester Orchestra/Hanson

Hanson: Symphonies, Piano Concerto

Mercury 4756867

6:29

Hanson, Howard: Piano Concerto

II. Allegro Molto Ritmico,

III. Andante Molto Espressivo

IV. Allegro Giocoso

Eastman-Rochester Orchestra/Hanson Alfred

Moledous, piano

Hanson: Symphonies, Piano Concerto

Mercury 4756867

11:58

Hanson, Howard: Symphony No. 7, A Sea Symphony

I. “Lo, The Unbounded Sea”

Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Chorale/Schwarz

Music of Howard Hanson Vol 1

Delos 3705

3:23

Hanson, Howard: Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, "Romantic"

III. Allegro Con Brio

Eastman-Rochester Orchestra/Hanson

Symphony Nos 1 & 2, Song of Democracy

Mercury 432008

6:38

Tuesday, June 6

Piston, Walter: Symphony No. 1 (Excerpt)

New York Chamber Symphony/Schwarz

The Incredible Walter Piston

Delos 3126

:22

Piston, Walter: Symphony No. 1 (Excerpt)

New York Chamber Symphony/Schwarz

The Incredible Walter Piston

Delos 3126

1:07

Piston, Walter: Symphony No. 1 (Excerpt)

New York Chamber Symphony/Schwarz

The Incredible Walter Piston

Delos 3126

6:17

Piston, Walter: Symphony No. 4, I. II

Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy

American Archives Series

Albany 256

10:47

Piston, Walter: Psalm and Prayer of David

“O Sing Unto The Lord A New Song”

Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Schwarz

The Incredible Walter Piston

Delos 3126

5:27

Piston, Walter: Divertimento

I. Allegro

III. Vivo

New York Chamber Ensemble

AMERICAN PROFILES

Albany 175

6:20

Piston, Walter: "The Incredible Flutist" (Ballet Suite)

Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Schwarz; Goff, flute

The Incredible Walter Piston

Delos 3126

17:47

Wednesday, June 7

Sessions, Roger: Childhood Memories

March, Waltz for Brenda and Scherzino

Arzruni, piano

Childhood Memories: Music for Younger Pianists

New World Records 80590

00:33

Sessions, Roger: Childhood Memories

March, Waltz for Brenda and Scherzino

Arzruni, piano

Childhood Memories: Music for Younger Pianists

New World Records 80590

2:52

Sessions, Roger: Suite from the Black Maskers

“Dance,”

Julliard Orchestra/Zukovsky

Juilliard Orchestra: Schuman/ Copland/ Sessions

New World Records 80368

12:13

Sessions, Roger: Suite from the Black Maskers

“Scene” (excerpt)

Julliard Orchestra/Zukovsky

Juilliard Orchestra: Schuman/ Copland/ Sessions

New World Records 80368

1:07

Sessions, Roger: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

III. Romanza

IV. Cadenza (excerpt)

Monadnock Festival Orchestra/Bolle; Ole Bohn, violin

Sessions: Violin Concerto; Bolle: Ritual

Albany 938

4:46

Creston, Paul: Partita for Flute, Violin and Strings, Op.12

Tarantella

Seattle Symphony/Schwarz; Scott Goff, flute, Ilkka Talvi, violin

Creston: Orchestral Works Vol 1

Delos 3114

3:37

Creston, Paul: Symphony No.3

I. “The Nativity” (excerpt)

Seattle Symphony /Schwarz

Creston: Orchestral Works Vol 1

Delos 3114

1:00

Creston, Paul: Symphony No.3

I. "The Nativity"

Seattle Symphony /Schwarz

Creston: Orchestral Works Vol 1

Delos 3114

9:32

Creston, Paul: Symphony No. 4

II. Andante

Albany Symphony Orchestra/Miller

Violin Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 4

Albany 737

6:33

Creston, Paul: String Quartet, Op. 8

II. Scherzo

The Hollywood String Quartet

Ravel · Debussy · Turina · Villa-Lobos · Creston

Testament 1053

4:09

Creston, Paul: Concerto No. 2 For Violin and Orchestra, Op. 78

IV. Presto

Albany Symphony Orchestra/Miller; Fulkerson, violin

Violin Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 4

Albany 737

5:51

Thursday, June 8

Crawford, Ruth: Diaphonic Suite No. 1 For Flute

II.

Rosenfeld, flute

Seeger: Vocal, Chamber and Instrumental Works

Naxos 8.559197

2:18

Crawford, Ruth: Music for Small Orchestra

II. “In roguish humor”

Schoenberg Ensemble/Knussen

Ruth Crawford Seeger Portrait

DG 449925

2:31

Crawford, Ruth: Andante for Strings

Schoenberg Ensemble/Knussen

Ruth Crawford Seeger Portrait

DG 449925

4:02

Crawford, Ruth: "Rissolty Rossolty"

Schoenberg Ensemble/Knussen

Ruth Crawford Seeger Portrait

DG 449925

2:55

Cowell, Henry: "The Banshee" (excerpt)

Henry Cowell, piano

Piano Music

Smithsonian Folkways 40801

2:24

Cowell, Henry: Suite for Violin and Piano

Frizt Gearhart, violin; Paul Tardif, piano

American Violin – Copland, Still

Koch 7268

12:09

Harris, Roy: Symphony No. 3 (1938)

New York Philharmonic/Bernstein

Harris, Schuman: Symphony no 3

DG 419780

18:31

Harris, Roy: American Ballads

"The Bird and Black is the Color"

Johanna Harris, piano

Johana Harris Plays the Music of Roy Harris

CRI 818

3:02

Friday, June 9

Thomson, Virgil: Northeastern Suite (excerpt)

Smith, flute; Cohen, oboe; Haroutunian, bassoon; Tommasini, piano

Northeastern 240

1:26

Thomson, Virgil: Suite from The Plow That Broke the Plains

I. II. III. IV.

LA Chamber Orchestra/Marriner

The Plow that Broke the Plains – The River – Symphony No.2 ‘Romantic’

EMI 06612

7:31

Copland, Aaron: Rodeo

III. “Saturday Night Waltz” (excerpt)

London Symphony Orchestra/Copland

Aaron Copland

Sony G010001967755

:20

Antheil, George: A Jazz Symphony, I.

Ensemble Modern/Gruber

Fighting the Waves (Music of George Antheil)

RCA 68066

6:32

Thomson, Virgil, arr. Dushkin: Portraits for Piano, 1940

II. Tango Lullaby (excerpt)

Quint, violin; Wolfram, piano

Corigliano: Red Violin Caprices- Violin Sonata-thomson, V.: 5 Ladies / Portraits

Naxos 8.559364

2:15

Thomson, Virgil: Portraits for Violin Solo (excerpt)

"Miss Gertrude Stein as a Young Lady"

Quint, violin

Corigliano: Red Violin Caprices/ Violin Sonata / THOMSON, V.: 5 Ladies / Portraits

Naxos 8.559364

1:47

Thomson, Virgil: “Pigeons on the Grass Alas”

Sylvan, baritone; Tommasini, piano

Northeastern 240

3:18

Fine, Irving: “The Frog and the Snake”

Miller, mezzo soprano; Biltcliffe, piano

The American Composers Series – Love’s Secret & Other Songs

Vox 5129

1:21

Still, William Grant: “Frog Went A-Courtin’,” “Jesus is a Rock in the Weary”

Miniatures for Flute, Oboe & Piano Shanley, flute; Davis, piano Christ, oboe

The Sparrow And Mr. Avaunt / Suite For Oboe, Clarinet, Viola / Miniatures For Flute, Oboe, Piano / Parable For Solo Oboe

Crystal 321

3:44

Still, William Grant: Suite for Violin and Piano, II. “Mother and Child”

Gearhart, violin; Tardif, piano

American Violin – Copland, Still

Koch 7268

6:54

Still, William Grant: Three Visions

I. “Dark Horseman”

Hinderas, piano

Piano Music by African American Composers

CRI 629

1:16

Still, William Grant: Three Visions

II. “Summerland”

Hall-Thompkins, violin; Ketter, piano

Kelly Hall-Tompkins – In My Own Voice

MSR 1278

3:31

Ellington, Duke: Black, Brown and Beige Suite

“Come Sunday”

Duke Ellington Orchestra; Nance, violin

The Essential Duke Ellington

Sony 89281

5:49

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