Classical Music with Shawn Evans - Mon, 07/04/2011
For Independence Day, some music inspired by the event and freedom (and slavery too), some early American composers, selections from the music libraries of Jefferson and Madison, some July 4th birthdays, and an English composer from the time of John Locke, whose ideas greatly influenced the Founding Fathers and Mothers.
| Time | Artist | Album | Track | What's This? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:06 AM | Richmond Symphony, Mark Russell Smith | Live, local recording | Fanfare for the Common Man Composer: Aaron Copland | |
| 11:10 AM | St. Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin | Copland: Symphony #3, Music for a Great City | Symphony #3 (incorporating the Fanfare for the Common Man) Composer: Aaron Copland | |
| 11:55 AM | Thomas Hampson, Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, David Alpher | American Dreamer | Comrades, Fill No Glass for Me Composer: Stephen Foster (penniless, alcoholic, prolific songwriter born on the 4th of July) | |
| 12:08 PM | Rob Turner, Kevin Bushee, Lyanne Wilson | Music in the Age of Jefferson | Trio in F major, op. 14 #5 (included in Jefferson's music library) Composer: Carl Stamitz | |
| 12:23 PM | National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar | Morton Gould: American Ballads, Foster Gallery | American Ballads (written for the 1976 Bicentennial) Composer: Morton Gould | |
| 01:06 PM | Paul Robeson, Lawrence Brown | Songs of Free Men | The Peat-Bog Soldiers (song from a German concentration camp), By and' By (the spiritual) Composer: Anonymous | |
| 01:13 PM | Althea Waites | Black Diamonds: Pianio Music of African-American Composers | Piano Sonata in E minor Composer: Florence Price | |
| 01:40 PM | Rob Turner, Frank Wallace | Mr. Madison's Crystal Flute (supposedly given to James Madison by Lafayette) | Duo #3 in C major, op. 106 Composer: Ferdinando Carulli | |
| 01:50 PM | Chestnut Brass Company | Music of Francis Johnson and his Contemporaries: Early 19th-Century Black Composers | Lafayette's Welcome, Lafayette's Grand March Composer: Francis Johnson | |
| 01:55 PM | His Majestie's Clerkes | Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1 | Funeral Anthem--Samuel the Priest Composer: William Billings | |
| 02:06 PM | Choir of New College, The King's Consort | Complete Odes and Welcome Songs, Vol. 8 | Why, why are all the Muses mute (Welcome Song for James II--before he was deposed) Composer: Henry Purcell (composing at the time of philosopher John Locke) | |
| 02:37 PM | Thomas Hampson, Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, David Alpher | American Dreamer | Ah, May the Red Rose Live Alway Composer: Stephen Foster | |
| 02:44 PM | Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong (who claimed he was born on the 4th of July) | Porgy and Bess | Summertime Composer: George Gershwin | |
| 02:49 PM | National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodor Kuchar | Antheil: Symphonies #4 and #6 | McKonkey's Ferry (Washington at Trenton) Composer: George Antheil |
I always enjoy it when you are "sitting in" for Bobbie Barajas, since your
programming is always original, not a rehash of the Top Forty, and accompanied by
intelligent commentary. I thank you for today's programming and hope you get lots
of positive feedback. I look forward to your next time on the air.
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