"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Since we’re slowly winding our way into September and the change of seasons (at some point), I thought I would offer a dose of Mid-Century Americana by way of transcription from the NBC Radio Program America’s Composers, as it was…
– Wilhelm Stenhammar – Piano concert No. 2 – Hans Leygraf, piano -Gothenburg Symphony – Sixten Eckerberg, cond. – 1946 – Swedish Radio Transcription Service – Something different this week. From the transcription service of Sveriges Radio in Stockholm from…
Eastman-school-Howard Hanson-1953.mp3 Some Americana tonight, by way of the Eastman School of Music Symphony, with the venerable Dr. Howard Hanson at the podium. Part of the series America‘s Composers, this segment features Hanson conducting one of his own, lesser-known works.…
Jolivet Piano Concerto (Premier) – Descaves, piano -André Jolivet, conductor – Strasbourg Radio Symphony The music of Andrè Jolivet is hardly played in public and seldom heard, even on disc. A staunch defender of the school of atonality he never…
Peter Warlock: Serenade for Strings – New London String Ensemble – BBC Session – February 14, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Peter Warlock is seldom played these days, but probably more so than it was…
Ingolf Dahl – Concertino for Clarinet for Violin and Cello (World Premier) – Benny Goodman, clarinet – Eudice Shapiro, Violin – Victor Gottlieb, cello – recorded at Bovard Auditorium, USC – April 24, 1948 Something rare and somewhat frustrating this…
To the heavy, cumbersome, oversized and thoroughly enjoyable BBC Transcriptions this week for a concert by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra led by the legendary and amiable Sir Thomas Beecham in an all-Mozart program, recorded on April 28, 1947. Starting off…
Back over to Paris this week for part of a radio recital given by the renowned Pianist and teacher Lelia Gousseau from 1951. This one features a seldom heard work by Paul Dukas – the Variations, Interlude and Finale on…
Americana of the hybrid variety this weekend. It’s hard to pin down exactly what genre Morton Gould could be best associated with. As someone who was considered a gifted American composer of some serious works, Gould was also widely regarded…
Some recently rediscovered Americana tonight. American composers of the early-to-mid twentieth century, aside from the big names such as Aron Copland, have been largely forgotten over the years. Their style of composition has fallen out of favor in the academic…