In the summer of 1943, a world war was raging.
In response, all of the orchestra concert radio broadcasts from Interlochen's National Music Camp were called "Music in Wartime."
A Music in Wartime concert from July 24, 1943 was particularly remarkable.
The concert featured two very famous composers, Percy Grainger and Ferde Grofé, conducting their own music on the same concert, one right after the other.
This program includes portions of the radio broadcast of that concert, which originally aired on WKAR and was preserved on transcription disc.
The program also includes later Interlochen student performances of some other pieces of music that were performed on the 1943 concert but that were not captured in the transcription disc recording.
Episode details
Music from July 24, 1943 WKAR radio broadcast "Music in Wartime" (all music performed by the National High School Orchestra)
Percy Grainger, Harvest Hymn
Percy Grainger, English Waltz
Conducted by the composer
Ferde Grofé, Grand Canyon Suite (excerpts)
Conducted by the composer
Additional music heard in this program
Cesar Frank, Symphony in D minor, third movement
Dr. Joseph Maddy conducting the National High School Orchestra, 1962
Ferde Grofé, Grand Canyon Suite (excerpts)
Dr. Leslie B. Dunner conducting the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra, September 2018
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.
Stefan Wiebe remastered the archival recordings heard in this episode.
Eileen Ganter provided additional research support.
