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Connections

 

Hosted By Stephen Peithman

Exploring the often surprising links between concepts, themes and people in classical music, from medieval to modern

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Saturday, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Rebroadcast Sunday, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
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Saturday, September 26, 2020

The Western Connection

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A Western scene by artist & illustrator Maynard Dixon

 

The American West is more than a place on a map. It’s a state of mind. 

Looked at it this way, it’s easy to see why it’s inspired musical portraits from so many different perspectives—some expected, some not.

In this hour, the West in music by Puccini, Grofe, Harris, Copland, and more.

FEATURED RECORDINGS

Title

Group/Artist

Catalog #

UPC

Copland: Billy the Kid & Rodeo

Colorado Symphony, Andrew Litton

BIS BIS-2164

7318599921648

The American Indianists [for Farwell’s Navajo War Dance]

Dario Mu

Marco Polo 8.223715

730099371520

Vintage America [for Farwell’s Prairie Miniature]

 

Callico Winds

Albany Records TROY 693

034061069324

Puccini: La fanciulla del West

La Scala Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Sony 88697446622

886974466222

Cadman: Piano Trio, etc. [for Legend of the Canyon]

Paul Posnak; Peter Zazofsk, Ross Harbough, Bergonzi String Quartet

Naxos 8.559067

636943906729

Americana [for Siegmeister’s Western Suite]

Utah Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Abravanel

Vox Allegretto 8155 

047163815522

Harris: Folksong Symphony

American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann

Vanguard OVC 4076

723918407623

 

Gillis: Symphony No. 7, etc. [for Portrait of a Frontier Town]

Sinfonia Varsovia, Ian Hobson

TROY 833

034061083320

Grofé: Grand Canyon Suit

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Sony SK 52491

 

074645249124

Copland: Music for Films (for The Red Pony)

Saint Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin

RCA Red Seal 09026-61699-2

090266169924

 

Curiale: Awakening[for  Gates of Gold/“Call of the Mountain”]

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Joseph Curiale

Black Box BBM1050

 

680125105028

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  • 2023   
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    • February   
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  • 2022   
    • December   
      • The Winter Connection 2
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    • November   
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    • May   
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    • April   
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    • March   
      • The Loose Connection
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      • The Espagnole Connection
    • February   
      • The School Connection
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    • January   
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      • The Prokofiev/Haydn Connection
      • The Delibes Connection
      • The Incidental Connection
  • 2021   
    • December   
      • The Christmas Connection
      • The Carol Connection 1
      • The Nutcracker Connection
      • The Hebraic Connection 2
    • November   
      • The Concert Overture Connection
      • The Funeral Connection
      • The Dance Suite Connection
      • The Rome Connection
    • October   
      • The Demonic Connection
      • The Lunar Connection
      • The Mountain Connection
      • The Latin Connection
      • The Romeo & Juliet Connection
    • September   
      • The Part-Time Connection
      • The River Connection 2
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      • The Crowning Connection
    • August   
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      • The Wedding Connection
      • The One-Hit Wonder Connection
      • The Bernstein Connection
    • July   
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      • The Midsummer’s Night Connection
      • The National Anthem Connection
    • June   
      • The 1876 Connection
      • The African-American Connection
      • The March Connection
      • The Folk Dance Connection
    • May   
      • The Tempest Connection
      • The Scherzo Connection
      • The Gershwin-Ravel Connection
      • The Boston Connection
      • The Herbert-Dvorak Connection
    • April   
      • The Avian Connection 2
      • The Macbeth Connection
      • The Forest Connection
      • The Ocean Connection 2
    • March   
      • The Fugue Connection
      • The Music Connection
      • The Borrowed Connection
      • The Adagio Connection
    • February   
      • The Left Hand Connection
      • The Debussy-Chopin Connection
      • The Love Connection
      • The Italian Connection
    • January   
      • The Hymn Connection
      • The Clara Connection
      • The Haydn-Mozart Connection
      • The Jazz Connection
      • The Antarctic Connection
  • 2020   
    • December   
      • The Winter Connection
      • The Nativity Connection
      • The Shepherd Connection
      • The Vaughan Williams Christmas Connection
      • The Gift Connection
    • November   
      • The Trumpet Connection
      • The New England Connection
      • The Fantasia Connection
      • The Walter Scott Connection
    • October   
      • The Dies Irae Connection
      • The Don Juan Connection
      • The Ancient Airs Connection
      • The Othello Connection
      • The Ocean Connection
    • September   
      • The Western Connection
      • The Nickname Connection
      • The Wind Connection
      • The Paganini Connection
    • August   
      • The Choral Connection
      • The Arthurian Connection
      • The Keyboard Connection 2
      • The Gavotte Connection
      • The Ninth Connection
    • July   
      • The Prelude Connection
      • The Rhapsody Connection
      • The Arranged Connection
      • The America Connection
    • June   
      • The Folk Song Connection
      • The Masked Connection
      • The Solar Connection
      • The Keyboard Connection
    • May   
      • The Te Deum Connection
      • The Orpheus Connection
      • The Pavane Connection
      • The River Connection
      • The Ophelia Connection
    • April   
      • The Bachianas Connection
      • The Dante Connection
      • The Easter Connection
      • The Hebraic Connection
    • March   
      • The Farewell Connection
      • The Flower Connection
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      • The Woman Connection
    • February   
      • The Divertissement Connection
      • The Divertissement Connection
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      • The Childhood Connection
      • The Surviving Connection
    • January   
      • The Final Connection
      • The Unsung Connection
      • The Faust Connection
      • The Debussy-Ravel Connection
  • 2019   
    • December   
      • The Winter Connection 2
      • The Gift Connection
      • The Nativity Connection
      • The Nutcracker Connection
      • The Gift Connection
    • November   
      • The Two-Fer Connection
      • The Opening Connection
      • The Reworked Connection
      • The War Connection
      • The Young Person's Connection
    • October   
      • The Demonic Connection
      • The Improbable Connection
      • The Organ Connection
      • The Fish Connection
    • September   
      • The Napoleon Connection
      • The Autumn Connection
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      • The Hungarian Connection
    • August   
      • The Diaghilev Connection 2
      • The Diaghilev Connection 1
      • The Pelleas Connection
      • The Wordless Connection
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    • July   
      • The London Connection
      • The Fairy Tale Connection
      • The Falstaff Connection
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    • June   
      • The National Anthem Connection
      • The Summer Connection
      • The Paris Connection
      • The Don Quixote Connection
      • The Incidental Connection 2
    • May   
      • The Railroad Connection
      • The Art Connection
      • The Word Connection
      • The Film Connection
    • April   
      • The Loose Connection
      • The Easter Connection
      • The Espagnole Connection
      • The Eroica Connection
    • March   
      • The Scottish Connection
      • The Spring Connection
      • The Concert Overture Connection
      • The New York Connection
      • The Carnival Connection
    • February   
      • The River Connection 2
      • The Nocturne Connection
      • The Love Connection
      • The Prokofiev-Haydn Connection
    • January   
      • The Funeral Connection
      • The Incidental Connection
      • The Delibes Connection
      • The Whitman Connection
  • 2018   
    • December   
      • The Winter Connection 2
      • The Shepherd Connection
      • The Carol Connection 2
      • The Christmas Connection
      • The Carol Connection 1
      • The Hebraic Connection 2
    • November   
      • The Music Connection
      • The Adagio Connection
      • The Hymn Connection 2
      • The Italian Connection
    • October   
      • The Forest Connection
      • The Dance Suite Connection
      • The One-Hit Wonder Connection
      • The Robin Hood Connection
    • September   
      • The Lunar Connection
      • The Mountain Connection
      • The American Connection
      • The Serenade Connection
      • The Piano Quintet Connection
    • August   
      • The Bernstein Connection
      • The Boston Connection
      • The Tempest Connection
      • The Fugue Connection
    • July   
      • The Hymn Connection
      • The Haydn-Mozart Connection
      • The Scherzo Connection
      • The March Connection
    • June   
      • The 1876 Connection
      • The Folk Dance Connection
      • A Midsummer Night's Connection
      • The Jazz Connection
      • The Wedding Connection
    • May   
      • The Vacation Connection
      • The Patron Connection
      • The Gershwin-Ravel Connection
      • The Southern Connection
    • April   
      • The Herbert-Dvorak Connection
      • The Rossini Connection
      • The Crowning Connection
      • The Macbeth Connection
    • March   
      • The Borrowed Connection
      • The Spring Connection 2
      • The Latin Connection
      • The Unrequited Connection
      • The Avian Connection 2
    • February   
      • The Left Hand Connection
      • The Ocean Connection
      • The Romeo & Juliet Connection
      • The Folksong Connection
    • January   
      • The Debussy-Chopin Connection
      • The Clara Connection
      • The River Connection
      • The Ancient Airs Connection
  • 2017   
    • December   
      • The Winter Connection
      • The Vaughan Williams Christmas Connection
      • The Shepherd Connection
      • The Christmas Connection 2
      • The Childhood Connection
    • November   
      • The Walter Scott Connection
      • The New England Connection
      • The Don Juan Connection
      • The Autumn Connection
    • October   
      • The Dies Irae Connection
      • The Fantasia Connection
      • The Waltz Connection
      • The Lunar Connection
    • September   
      • The Othello Connection
      • The Part-Time Connection
      • The Art Connection
      • The Fish Connection
      • The Keyboard Connection 2
    • August   
      • The London Connection
      • The Fairy Tale Connection
      • The Paganini Connection
      • ConPod: Paganini
      • The Faust Connection
    • July   
      • The Falstaff Connection
      • The War Connection
      • The Arthurian Connection
      • ConPod: King Arthur
      • The Paris Connection
      • ConPod: Paris
      • The Railroad Connection
    • June   
      • ConPod: Railroad
      • The Gavotte Connection
      • ConPod: Gavotte
      • The Organ Connection
      • ConPod: Organ
      • The Wedding Connection
      • ConPod: Wedding
      • The Western Connection
      • ConPod: Western
    • May   
      • The Don Quixote Connection
      • ConPod: Don Quixote
      • The Loose Connection
      • ConPod: Loose
      • The Ninth Connection
      • ConPod: Ninth
      • The Film Connection
      • ConPod: Film
    • April   
      • The Espagnole Connection
      • The Eroica Connection
      • ConPod: Eroica
      • The Wordless Connection
      • ConPod: Wordless
      • The Prelude Connection
      • The River Connection
      • ConPod: River
    • March   
      • The Rhapsody Connection
      • ConPod: Rhapsody
      • ConPod: Firebird
      • The Firebird Connection
      • The Irish Connection
      • ConPod: Irish
      • The Trumpet Connection
      • ConPod: Trumpet
    • February   
      • The Masked Connection
      • ConPod: Masked
      • The Arranged Connection
      • ConPod: Arranged
      • The Divertissement Connection
      • ConPod: Divertissement
      • The Keyboard Connection
      • ConPod: Keyboard
    • January   
      • The Ocean Connection 2
      • The Pavane Connection
      • The Ophelia Connection
      • The Orpheus Connection
  • 2016   
    • December   
      • The Hebraic Connection 2
      • The Carol Connection 2
      • The Christmas Connection
      • The Carol Connection 1
      • The Nutcracker Connection
    • November   
      • The Nickname Connection
      • The Ocean Connection 2
      • The Wind Connection
      • The Funeral Connection
    • October   
      • The Dies Irae Connection
      • The New York Connection
      • The Scottish Connection
      • The Choral Connection
      • The Prokofiev-Haydn Connection
    • September   
      • The Forest Connection
      • The Bachianas Connection
      • The Opening Connection
      • The Te Deum Connection
    • August   
      • The Nocturne Connection
      • The Debussy-Ravel Connection
      • The Incidental Connection
      • The Delibes Connection
    • July   
      • The Hymn Connection
      • The Solar Connection
      • The Italian Connection
      • The Summer Connection
      • The 1876 Connection
    • June   
      • The Haydn-Mozart Connection
      • The Jazz Connection
      • The Anthem Connection
      • The Fugue Connection
    • May   
      • The Young Person's Connection
      • The Diaghilev Connection 2
      • The Diaghilev Connection 1
      • The Reworked Connection
    • April   
      • The Music Connection
      • The Hebraic Connection
      • The Flower Connection
      • The Final Connection
      • The Pelleas Connection
    • March   
      • The Messiah Connection
      • The Adagio Connection
      • The Unsung Connection
      • The Dance Suite Connection
    • February   
      • The Rome Connection
      • The Surviving Connection
      • The Love Connection
      • The Carnival Connection
    • January   
      • The Robin Hood Connection
      • The Mountain Connection
      • The Piano Quintet Connection
      • The Two-Fer Connection
      • The Avian Connection I
  • 2015   
    • December   
      • The Shepherd Connection
      • The Christmas Connection
      • The Carol Connection 2
      • The Carol Connection 1
      • The Nutcracker Connection
    • November   
      • The Art Connection
      • The New England Connection
      • The Lunar Connection
      • The War Connection
    • October   
      • The Dies Irae Connection
      • The Wordless Connection
      • The Waltz Connection
      • The Falstaff Connection
      • The Autumn Connection
    • September   
      • The Listener Connection
      • The Don Quixote Connection
      • The March Connection
      • The Ocean Connection
    • August   
      • The Folk Dance Connection
      • The Paris Connection
      • The Tempest Connection
      • The Fish Connection
      • The Folk Song Connection
    • July   
      • The Ancient Airs Connection
      • The Childhood Connection
      • The River Connection
      • The American Connection
    • June   
      • The Scherzo Connection
      • The Organ Connection
      • The Patron Connection
      • The Film Connection
    • May   
      • The Part-Time Connection
      • The Latin Connection
      • The Gershwin-Ravel Connection
      • The Faust Connection
      • The Walter Scott Connection
    • April   
      • The Spring Connection
      • The Offbeat Connection
      • The Eroica Connection
      • The Clara Connection
    • March   
      • The Loose Connection
      • The Railroad Connection
      • The Boston Connection
      • L'Espagnole Connection
    • February   
      • The Herbert-Dvorak Connection
      • The Debussy-Chopin Connection
      • The Avian Connection II
      • The Romeo & Juliet Connection
    • January   
      • The Macbeth Connection
      • The Paganini Connection
      • The London Connection
      • The Rossini Connection
      • The Fairy Tale Connection
  • 2014   
    • December   
      • The Winter Connection
      • The Nutcracker Connection
      • The Hebraic Connection
      • The Nocturne Connection
    • November   
      • The Trumpet Connection
      • The New England Connection
      • The Diversion Connection
      • The Firebird Connection
      • The Keyboard Connection
    • October   
      • The Demonic Connection
      • The Masked Connection
      • The Orpheus Connection
      • The Prokofiev-Haydn Connection
    • September   
      • The Scottish Connection
      • The Forest Connection
      • The Comedy Connection
      • The Incidental Connection
      • The Wedding Connection
      • The Wedding Connection
    • August   
      • The New York Connection
      • The Pavane Connection
      • The Funeral Connection
      • The Ocean Connection 2
      • The Left Hand Connection
    • July   
      • The Anthem Connection
      • The Sun Connection
      • The Whitman Connection
      • The American Connection
    • June   
      • The Debussy-Ravel Connection
      • The Antarctic Connection
      • The Ophelia Connection
      • The Wedding Connection
    • May   
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    • April   
      • The Flower Connection

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