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July 3, 2009

"Fireworks and Prairie Music"

Celebratory classics inspired by fireworks and sparklers for the holiday weekend! Music by Stravinsky, Handel, and Moritz Moszkowski. And our 21st century piece this Friday is the world premiere of "prairyerth" (pronounced like "Prairie Earth") by Kansas native Robert Johnson. (btw, that's the correct spelling, with no capital letter) Paavo Jarvi conducts the Cincinnati Symphony in this piece evocative of the wide-open spaces of the American prairie.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Paul La Valle
    Band of America
    Dallas Wind Symphony
  • Robert Crawford
    The US Air Force March
    Dallas Wind Symphony
  • Igor Stravinsky
    Fireworks
    Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
  • Moritz Moszkowski
    Sparkles
    Rafal Blechacz, piano
    Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU, Kalamazoo
  • G.F. Handel
    Suite from Music for the Royal Fireworks
    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • John Philip Sousa
    The Corcoran Cadets March (encore)
    Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, Conductor
    Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
  • Traditional (arr. Peter Knight)
    Swing low, sweet chariot, spiritual
  • Traditional (arr. Philip Lawson)
    Down to the river to pray, spiritual
  • Cy Coleman
    The Rhythm of Life
    King's Singers
    Jesuit Church, Sion, Switzerland
  • Samuel Barber
    Summer Music, op. 31
    Carol Wincenc, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Stewart Rose, horn
    CMSLC; Daniel and Joanna S. Rose studio, New York, NY

hour 2

  • Copland
    Saturday Night Waltz, from Rodeo
    London Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
  • Francis Scott Key (arr. Paul Neubauer)
    Star Spangled Banner
    Paul Neubauer, viola; Ida Kavafian, violin
    Bartlesville Community Center, Marie Foster Concert Hall, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
  • Charles Ives (arr William Schumann)
    Variations on America
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
    Schermerhorn Symphony Center
  • Mikhail Glinka (arr. M. Balakirev)
    The Lark
  • John Philip Sousa (arr. Vladimir Horowitz)
    Stars and Stripes Forever
    Alexander Ghindin, piano
    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
  • Robert Johnson
    prairyerth (2008)
    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi, conductor
    Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
  • Antonin Dvorak
    Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 "American" I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Pavel Haas Quartet: Veronika Jaruskova, violin; Marie Fuxova, violin; Pavel Nikl, viola; Peter Jarusek, cello
    Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, Columbia, MD
  • Traditional (arr. Frank Ticheli)
    Shenandoah
    Dallas Wind Symphony; Frank Ticheli, guest conductor
    Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
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