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With Penny Gore. Bernstein: On the Town (excerpts). Sessions: Suite (The Black Maskers). Beach: Gavotte Fantastique. Plus Virgil Thomson, Charles Martin Loeffler and Copland.

This week's celebration of American music continues with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic performing the Overture and Dance Episodes from Leonard Bernstein's musical On The Town. There's more theatre music by Roger Sessions, a noted teacher whose pupils include composers as different as John Adams and Milton Babbitt, plus the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers performing Virgil Thomson, and a piano piece by Amy Beach. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra contribute a brand-new recording of music by Charles Martin Loeffler, and the afternoon ends with Aaron Copland's serial composition, Inscape.

Presented by Penny Gore.

2pm
Bernstein: On the Town - Overture and Three Dance Episodes
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic,
H K Gruber (conductor).

Roger Sessions: The Black Maskers - Suite
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
David Robertson (conductor).

Amy Beach: Gavotte Fantastique, Op 54 No 2
Richard Uttley (piano).

2.40pm
Virgil Thomson: 4 Songs to Poems of Thomas Campion
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers,
Andrew Griffiths (conductor).

Charles Martin Loeffler: Divertimento Espagnole
Amy Dickson (saxophone),
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra,
Johannes Wildner (conductor).

3pm
Copland: Inscape
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra,
Grant Llewellyn (conductor).

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 20 Nov 2013 14:00

Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    On the town - Overture and Three Dance Episodes

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: H K Gruber.
  • Roger Sessions

    The Black Maskers - Suite

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.
  • Amy Beach

    Gavotte Fantastique

    Performer: Richard Uttley.
  • Virgil Thomson

    Four Songs to Poems of Thomas Campion

    Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers.
  • Charles Martin Loeffler

    Divertimento Espagnole for saxophone and orchestra

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Wildner. Performer: Amy Dickson.
  • Samuel Barber

    Andromache's farewell Op.39 for soprano and orchestra

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.
  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: A Woman is a Sometime Thing Bess,You Is My Woman Now

    Performer: Matthew Trusler. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Nov 2013 14:00