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The Interlochen Collection: Myths and Legends

student wearing a red Interlochen sweater plays the harp
Leo Quirk
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Interlochen Center for the Arts
A student harpist performs with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra in 2017

Hear musical settings of Norse, Greek, Middle Eastern, Roman, and Anishinaabe legends, all performed by Interlochen Arts Academy and Camp students.

Hear Interlochen Arts Academy and Camp students perform musical depictions of legends from Norse, Greek, Middle Eastern, Roman and Anishinaabe mythology.

Music heard in this episode

  • Augusta Holmès, Andromède; Erik Nielsen/2019 World Youth Symphony Orchestra (28 July 2019)
  • Claude Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Thor Johnson/Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra (1964-65 Academy Year); performed at Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor
  • John Alfieri, Legend of the Sleeping Bear; John Alfieri/Interlochen Arts Academy Percussion Ensemble (1999-00 Academy Year)
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheherazade: I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship; JoAnn Falletta/2010 World Youth Symphony Orchestra (18 July 2010)
  • Edward Elgar, King Olaf: As Torrents in Summer; Hugh Ferguson Floyd/Interlochen Arts Academy Chorale (1990-91 Academy Year)

The archival recordings heard on this program are available thanks in part to The Association for Recorded Sound Collections' Classical Music Preservation Grant, support from IPR listeners, and the Hamer D. and Phyllis C. Shafer Foundation.

Michael Culler and Stefan Wiebe provided audio engineering assistance.

Anastasia Scholze provided research and production support.

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