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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Made In America: A July 4th Celebration Of Homegrown Classical Greats

  

We honor great American composers every day on CapRadio but we reserve one special day each year for showcasing their music in a really big way.  This July 4th you’ll hear dozens of works by a wide variety of Americans, from Copland, Gershwin, Barber and Bernstein to Florence Price, Amy Beach, John Williams, and William Grant Still.  Starting at 6 a.m. we’ll feature multiple selections every hour during our classical programming. Then stay tuned after 7 p.m. for Excellence in Jazz, the music dubbed America’s great gift to the world. 

6:00 a.m.
6:01 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
ArkivMusic
6:06 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 7 "Lodron" in F major K 242 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Berlin Philharmonic; Semyon Bychkov, conductor Katia and Marielle Labeque, piano duo; Semyon Bychkov, piano
ArkivMusic
6:32 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 2 in A minor Opus 55
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
ArkivMusic
6:56 a.m.
William Grant Still
Summerland
Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano
Amazon
7:00 a.m.
7:01 a.m.
Etienne-Nicolas Mehul
Young Henry's Hunt: Overture (La Chasse du Jeune Henri)
Munich Radio Orchestra; Kurt Redel, conductor
ArkivMusic
7:13 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Suite for Strings in E major Opus 63
do.gma chamber orchestra; Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor
ArkivMusic
7:31 a.m.
George Phillip Telemann
Suite for two horns in F major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Hermann Baumann, horn; Timothy Brown, horn
ArkivMusic
7:45 a.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
The Banjo (Le Banjo - Grotesque Fantasie) Opus 15
Noel Lester, piano
ArkivMusic
7:50 a.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 2 "Company"
Kronos Quartet
ArkivMusic
7:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio Brillant in B minor Opus 22
Bamberg Symphony; Claus Peter Flor, conductor Sergei Edelmann, piano
ArkivMusic
8:00 a.m.
8:12 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Clarinet Concerto
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor Benny Goodman, clarinet
ArkivMusic
8:30 a.m.
Julie Amacher
New Classical Trax
American Public Media Julie Amacher
ArkivMusic
8:36 a.m.
Stanislaw Moniuszko
Bajka (The Fairy Tale): Overture
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
ArkivMusic
8:50 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
All Things Majestic: II. String Lake
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
ArkivMusic
8:59 a.m.
Walter Piston
Serenata: Con Spirito
New York Chamber Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
ArkivMusic
9:00 a.m.
9:03 a.m.
Muzio Clementi
Symphony No. 1 in C major WoO 32
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
ArkivMusic
9:28 a.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
ArkivMusic
9:53 a.m.
John Philip Sousa
The Liberty Bell (1893)
Eastman Wind Ensemble; Frederick Fennell, conductor
ArkivMusic
10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Flute Concerto No. 29 in G major
Brandenburg Consort; Roy Goodman, conductor Rachel Brown, flute
ArkivMusic
10:12 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
The River: Suite
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
ArkivMusic
10:34 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
King Lear Overture Opus 4
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Michel Sasson, conductor
ArkivMusic
10:52 a.m.
John Williams
The Unfinished Journey: Immigration and Building
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
ArkivMusic
10:58 a.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
ArkivMusic
11:00 a.m.
11:02 a.m.
Victor Herbert
Five Pieces for Cello & Strings
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
ArkivMusic
11:19 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
ArkivMusic
11:54 a.m.
Joan Tower
Fifth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
American Brass Quintet
ArkivMusic
11:59 a.m.
Thomas Arne
Overture No. 4 in F major
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor
ArkivMusic
12:00 p.m.
12:08 p.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
ArkivMusic
12:14 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
The Beautiful American - suite of waltzes (Les Belles Americaines)
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
ArkivMusic
12:21 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Concerto in C# minor Opus 45
English Chamber Orchestra; Paul Goodwin, conductor Joanne Polk, piano
ArkivMusic
1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
John Philip Sousa
Globe and Eagle March
Royal Swedish Navy Band; Keith Brion, conductor
ArkivMusic
1:04 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
ArkivMusic
1:41 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
ArkivMusic
1:55 p.m.
Samuel A. Ward
America the Beautiful
Cantus
ArkivMusic
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 16 in C major K 128 (FROM THE RUSSELL KLETZING COLLECTION)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
ArkivMusic
2:13 p.m.
Dave and Chris Brubeck
Ansel Adams: America
Temple University Symphony Orchestra; Luis Biava, conductor
ArkivMusic
2:36 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for three violins in D major BWV 1064R
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Petra Mullejans, violin; Gottfried von der Goltz, violin; Anne Katharina Schreiber, violin
ArkivMusic
2:53 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Troubled Water
Althea Waites, piano
ArkivMusic
3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Canzonetta for oboe and orchestra
Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra; Donald Spieth, conductor Bert Lucarelli, oboe
ArkivMusic
3:08 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphony No. 3 in F major
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
ArkivMusic
3:44 p.m.
John Garth
Cello Concerto in Bb major
European Community Chamber Orchestra; Dimitri Demetriades, conductor Alexander Baillie, cello
ArkivMusic
3:56 p.m.
Lou Harrison
New York Waltzes
Lara Downes, piano
ArkivMusic
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
Miklos Rozsa
KING OF KINGS: Theme
City of Prague Philharmonic; Kenneth Alwyn, conductor
ArkivMusic
4:03 p.m.
Alfred Newman
Wuthering Heights: Cathy's Theme
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
ArkivMusic
4:07 p.m.
John Williams
E.T. The Extra Terrestial: Flying Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
ArkivMusic
4:11 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 4 in Eb major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
ArkivMusic
4:46 p.m.
Emil von Reznicek
Comedy Overture (Eine Lustspiel-Ouverture)
WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln; Michail Jurowski, conductor
ArkivMusic
4:56 p.m.
Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston: VI. Harlem's Summer Night
McGill/McHale Trio Demarre McGill, flute; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Michael McHale, piano
ArkivMusic
5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Summer (L'Estate) in G minor Opus 8/2 RV 315
English Chamber Orchestra; David Lockington, conductor Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
ArkivMusic
5:11 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 50 "Mt. St. Helens" Opus 360
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
ArkivMusic
5:43 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Philharmonia Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
ArkivMusic
5:53 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Three Latin American Dances: The Mestizo Waltz
Utah Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
ArkivMusic
5:57 p.m.
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
ArkivMusic
6:00 p.m.
6:19 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra; Jindong Cai, conductor
ArkivMusic
6:46 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Goin' Home (melody from Dvorak's 9th Symphony)
London Symphony Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor Bryn Terfel, baritone
ArkivMusic
6:51 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story: Somewhere Ballet Sequence
Leonard Bernstein Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
ArkivMusic
6:55 p.m.
John Philip Sousa
Stars and Stripes Forever
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor
ArkivMusic

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