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
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Paul La Valle
Band of America
Dallas Wind Symphony
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Robert Crawford
The US Air Force March
Dallas Wind Symphony
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Igor Stravinsky
Fireworks
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
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Moritz Moszkowski
Sparkles
Rafal Blechacz, piano
Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU, Kalamazoo
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G.F. Handel
Suite from Music for the Royal Fireworks
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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John Philip Sousa
The Corcoran Cadets March (encore)
Dallas Wind Symphony; Jerry Junkin, Conductor
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
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Traditional (arr. Peter Knight)
Swing low, sweet chariot, spiritual
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Traditional (arr. Philip Lawson)
Down to the river to pray, spiritual
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Cy Coleman
The Rhythm of Life
King's Singers
Jesuit Church, Sion, Switzerland
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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
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Copland
Saturday Night Waltz, from Rodeo
London Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Copland, conductor
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Francis Scott Key (arr. Paul Neubauer)
Star Spangled Banner
Paul Neubauer, viola; Ida Kavafian, violin
Bartlesville Community Center, Marie Foster Concert Hall, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
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Charles Ives (arr William Schumann)
Variations on America
Nashville Symphony Orchestra; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
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Mikhail Glinka (arr. M. Balakirev)
The Lark
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John Philip Sousa (arr. Vladimir Horowitz)
Stars and Stripes Forever
Alexander Ghindin, piano
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
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Robert Johnson
prairyerth (2008)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
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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
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Traditional (arr. Frank Ticheli)
Shenandoah
Dallas Wind Symphony; Frank Ticheli, guest conductor
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX