The Boston Connection
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Top: Edward MacDowell, Amy Beach, George Chadwick. Bottom: John Knowles Paine, Horatio Parker, Arthur Foote.
Some books on American musical history consign all composers before Charles Ives to a chapter on “The Pre-History of American Music,” as if the 19th century produced little of consequence.
And yet, it is hard to imagine an Ives, a Copland—or even a Gershwin—without the pioneering groundwork of the so-called “Boston Six”—Arthur Foote, George Chadwick, Amy Beach, Edward MacDowell, Horatio Parker—and the most senior of the group—John Knowles Paine.
In the next hour, the remarkable music of these important—and often overlooked—19th century Americans, who laid the groundwork for composers of the 20th.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| American Orchestral Music [for MacDowell Indian Suite] |
Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Siegfried Landau |
Vox 5092 |
047163509223 |
| Paine: Symphony No. 2 track 2 |
New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta |
New World Records NW 350-2 |
0093228035022 |
| Foote: Piano Quartet, etc. [for Scherzo] |
Da Vinci Quartet, Jeani Muhonen Foster |
Naxos 8.223893 |
0730099389327 |
| Chadwick: Symphony No. 2, Parker: A Northern Ballad |
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Julius Hegyi |
New World Records NW-339-2 (80339) |
09322803394 |
| Chadwick Orchestral Works [for Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee] |
Czech State Philharmonic, José Serebrier |
Reference Recordings RR-2104CD |
030911210427 |
| MacDowell: Woodland Sketches |
Guido Nielsen |
Basta 30-90382 |
8712530903820 |
| American Orchestral Music, [for MacDowell Indian Suite] |
Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Siegfried Landau |
Vox 5092 |
047163509223 |
| Piano Music by Amy Beach: Vol. 1, The Early Works |
Kirsten Johnson |
Guild Records GMCD 7317 |
795754731729 |
| Beach: “Gaelic” Symphony |
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn |
Naxos 8.559139 |
636943913925 |
4:00 p.m.
MacDowell
Indian Suite - Legend opening
Westphalian Symphony Orchestra; Siegfried Landau, conductor
4:02 p.m.
Paine
"Symphony No. 2, Scherzo"
New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, conductor
4:13 p.m.
Foote
Scherzo
Da Vinci Quartet; Jeani Muhonen Foster, conductor
4:18 p.m.
Parker
A Northern Ballad
Albany Symphony Orchestra; Julius Hegyi, conductor
4:30 p.m.
Foote
Scherzo
Da Vinci Quartet; Jeani Muhonen Foster, conductor
4:32 p.m.
Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee
Czech State Philharmonic; Jos� Serebrier, conductor "Anne-Marie McDermott, piano"
4:41 p.m.
MacDowell
Woodland Sketches - To A Wild Rose
Guido Nielsen; Guido Nielsen, conductor "Guido Nielsen, piano"
4:43 p.m.
MacDowell
"Suite No. 2, Op. 48 (Indian Suite)- IV. Dirge"
Westphalian Symphony Orchestra; Siegfried Landau, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Beach
"Sketches, op. 15 - In Autumn "
Kirsten Johnson; Kirsten Johnson, conductor "Kirsten Johnson, piano"
4:53 p.m.
Beach
"Symphony in E minor, 'Gaelic' - 4. Allegro di molto"
Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor "Anne-Marie McDermott, piano"
4:58 p.m.
Paine
"Symphony No. 2, Scherzo"
New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, conductor
