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Classical Music

Hosted By Victor Forman, Jennifer Reason, Mike Nelson

In your car, at work, or at home, enjoy CapRadio's relaxing and inspiring selection of classical music. Our daily playlists provide information on the pieces, performers and composers featured, plus links if you're interested in buying music.

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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
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
6:32 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Symphony No. 2 in A minor Opus 55
French Radio and Television Orchestra; Jean Martinon, conductor
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
7:13 a.m.
Arthur Foote
Suite for Strings in E major Opus 63
do.gma chamber orchestra; Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor
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
7:45 a.m.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
The Banjo (Le Banjo - Grotesque Fantasie) Opus 15
Noel Lester, piano
7:50 a.m.
Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 2 "Company"
Kronos Quartet
7:59 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio Brillant in B minor Opus 22
Bamberg Symphony; Claus Peter Flor, conductor Sergei Edelmann, piano
8:00 a.m.
8:12 a.m.
Aaron Copland
Clarinet Concerto
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor Benny Goodman, clarinet
8:30 a.m.
Julie Amacher
New Classical Trax
American Public Media Julie Amacher
8:36 a.m.
Stanislaw Moniuszko
Bajka (The Fairy Tale): Overture
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
8:50 a.m.
Jennifer Higdon
All Things Majestic: II. String Lake
The Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Walter Piston
Serenata: Con Spirito
New York Chamber Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
9:00 a.m.
9:03 a.m.
Muzio Clementi
Symphony No. 1 in C major WoO 32
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
9:28 a.m.
Florence Price
Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major
Janacek Philharmonic; Ryan Cockerham, conductor Er-Gene Kahng
9:53 a.m.
John Philip Sousa
The Liberty Bell (1893)
Eastman Wind Ensemble; Frederick Fennell, conductor
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
10:12 a.m.
Edward K. (Duke) Ellington
The River: Suite
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
10:34 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
King Lear Overture Opus 4
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Michel Sasson, conductor
10:52 a.m.
John Williams
The Unfinished Journey: Immigration and Building
Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
10:58 a.m.
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor William Tritt, piano
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
11:19 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor
11:54 a.m.
Joan Tower
Fifth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
American Brass Quintet
11:59 a.m.
Thomas Arne
Overture No. 4 in F major
Collegium Musicum 90; Simon Standage, conductor
12:00 p.m.
12:08 p.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
12:14 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
The Beautiful American - suite of waltzes (Les Belles Americaines)
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
12:21 p.m.
Amy Beach
Piano Concerto in C# minor Opus 45
English Chamber Orchestra; Paul Goodwin, conductor Joanne Polk, piano
1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
John Philip Sousa
Globe and Eagle March
Royal Swedish Navy Band; Keith Brion, conductor
1:04 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
1:41 p.m.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert
Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, conductor
1:55 p.m.
Samuel A. Ward
America the Beautiful
Cantus
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
2:13 p.m.
Dave and Chris Brubeck
Ansel Adams: America
Temple University Symphony Orchestra; Luis Biava, conductor
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
2:53 p.m.
Margaret Bonds
Troubled Water
Althea Waites, piano
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
3:08 p.m.
George W. Chadwick
Symphony No. 3 in F major
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
3:44 p.m.
John Garth
Cello Concerto in Bb major
European Community Chamber Orchestra; Dimitri Demetriades, conductor Alexander Baillie, cello
3:56 p.m.
Lou Harrison
New York Waltzes
Lara Downes, piano
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
Miklos Rozsa
KING OF KINGS: Theme
City of Prague Philharmonic; Kenneth Alwyn, conductor
4:03 p.m.
Alfred Newman
Wuthering Heights: Cathy's Theme
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Itzhak Perlman, violin
4:07 p.m.
John Williams
E.T. The Extra Terrestial: Flying Theme
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
4:11 p.m.
John Field
Piano Concerto No. 4 in Eb major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor Miceal O'Rourke, piano
4:46 p.m.
Emil von Reznicek
Comedy Overture (Eine Lustspiel-Ouverture)
WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln; Michail Jurowski, conductor
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
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
5:11 p.m.
Alan Hovhaness
Symphony No. 50 "Mt. St. Helens" Opus 360
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
5:43 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
DER FREISCHUTZ: Overture Opus 77 J 277
Philharmonia Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
5:53 p.m.
Gabriela Lena Frank
Three Latin American Dances: The Mestizo Waltz
Utah Symphony Orchestra; Keith Lockhart, conductor
5:57 p.m.
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
6:00 p.m.
6:19 p.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra; Jindong Cai, conductor
6:46 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Goin' Home (melody from Dvorak's 9th Symphony)
London Symphony Orchestra; Barry Wordsworth, conductor Bryn Terfel, baritone
6:51 p.m.
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story: Somewhere Ballet Sequence
Leonard Bernstein Orchestra; Leonard Bernstein, conductor Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
6:55 p.m.
John Philip Sousa
Stars and Stripes Forever
Boston Pops Orchestra; Arthur Fiedler, conductor

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