On this episode, we revisit a performance given by the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra at Lincoln Center.
The student musicians performed in Philharmonic Hall (now David Geffen Hall) in March of 1964.
The concert included a performance of "Through the Looking Glass" by Deems Taylor, narrated by a teenaged Linda Hunt (now an Academy Award-winning star of film and television).
Episode playlist (all recordings are from March 1964)
John Philip Sousa, Stars and Stripes Forever
Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra
Joseph E. Maddy, conductor
Deems Taylor, Through the Looking Glass
Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra
Linda Hunt, Narrator
Joseph E. Maddy, conductor
Alan Hovhaness, Variations and Fugue for Orchestra
Interlochen Arts Academy Symphony
George C. Wilson, conductor
Igor Stravinsky, Firebird Suite (Excerpt)
Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra
A. Clyde Roller, conductor
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.
Amanda Sewell is the host and executive producer of the program. Monica Yost provided production assistance.
