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Dvorak-Symphony No. 9 in E minor & Music of American composers

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July 2, 2016:  In celebration of the Fourth of July holiday weekend, tonight’s program features music of American composers and composers who love America.  You will hear music that celebrates our country in a variety of musical styles and genres, from marches of John Philip Sousa, to a symphony by Antonin Dvorak dedicated to American culture, and ending with a version of “Hoedown” by the talented Bobby McFerrin, accompanied by cellist Yo Yo Ma. 

Playlist

Hour 1:

Sousa- “Stars & Stripes Forever” and “El Capitan” (Band of the Coldstream Guards/Lt. Col. R. Ridings)[5.40]

 Dvorak-Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Opus 95 “From the New World” (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Paarvo Jarvi)  [44.53]

Handy-St. Louis Blues (12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)  [2.52]

Hour 2:

Copland-Fanfare for the Common Man (Redwood Symphony/Eric Kujawsky)  [3.32]

Gershwin-Selections from Porgy & Bess (J Rosamond Johnson Chorus & Orchestra/Lehman Engel)  [10.57]  Selections:  Introduction; Summertime; I Got Plenty O’ Nuthin’; Oh, I Can’t Sit Down!; Good             Mornin Sistuh, Good mornin’ Brudder!; I’m on My Way

Ives-Fourth of July & The Unanswered Question (The Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy)  [10.52](‘The Unanswered Question’ from “The Many Faces of Charles Ives, performers unknown) 

Creston-Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (Vincent Abato, Alto Saxophone and Paul Creston, piano)  [12.51]

Bernstein-Selections from ‘Candide‘ (The London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Leonard Bernstein)  Selections:  Westphalia Overture; Life Is Happiness Indeed; Oh, Happy We; Nothing More Than This    [10.02]

McFerrin:  Hoedown (Bobby McFerrin & Yo Yo Ma, cello)  [5.18]



  


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