A Classical Fourth: Celebrating American Composers All Day
When you think of the Fourth of July and music, John Philip Sousa probably comes to mind. And you will hear a Sousa march or two during today's CapRadio classical programming.
But Sousa is just one of the more than two dozen American composers we’ll feature during our daylong salute, which will include works by Aaron Copland, John Williams, William Grant Still, Joan Tower, Philip Glass, George Gershwin, Scott Joplin, Stephen Foster, William Schuman, Charles Ives and more.
Carl Watanabe, Devin Yamanaka and Victor Forman are your hosts from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., featuring one to two pieces each hour by composers who are as unique and diverse as the country they call home. It's what America sounds like... we're celebrating great American composers on this Independence Day.
6:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto No. 3 "The Goldfinch" (Il Gardellino) in D major Opus 10 RV 428
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Lisa Beznosiuk, flute
6:12 a.m.
John Williams
For "The President's Own"
The President's Own U.S. Marine Band; Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
6:17 a.m.
Hector Berlioz
BEATRICE AND BENEDICT Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
6:26 a.m.
Victor Herbert
Five Pieces for Cello & Strings
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello
6:43 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Creatures of Prometheus: Finale Opus 43
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6:50 a.m.
Gabriel Faure
Pavane Opus 50
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, conductor Montreal Symphony Chorus
6:58 a.m.
Samuel Wesley
Symphony "Sinfonia obligato" in D major
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor
7:11 a.m.
David Diamond
Rounds for String Orchestra
do.gma chamber orchestra; Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor
7:27 a.m.
George Friederich Handel
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in G major Opus 3/3 HWV 314
Musicians of the Louvre; Marc Minkowski, conductor
7:35 a.m.
Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite Opus 190
New Zealand Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor
7:43 a.m.
Andrew York
Muir Woods
Andrew York, guitar
7:48 a.m.
Leo Delibes
Sylvia: Procession of Bacchus from Act III
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
7:56 a.m.
Leonard Bernstein
CANDIDE: Overture
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
8:01 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for flute, strings and continuo in G major
Berlin Baroque Soloists; Rainer Kussmaul, conductor Emmanuel Pahud, flute
8:12 a.m.
John Williams
Summon the Heroes
Boston Pops Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
8:19 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major K 41
English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia, conductor Murray Perahia, piano
8:34 a.m.
Horatio Parker
Scherzo, for strings
Gowanus Arts Ensemble; Reuben Blundell, conductor
8:40 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
8:59 a.m.
Michael Torke
Javelin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Yoel Levi, conductor
9:09 a.m.
Antonio Soler
Three Sonatas
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
9:21 a.m.
Carl Michael Ziehrer
Carnival Children (Faschingskinder-Carnaval des enfants) Opus 382
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Willi Boskovsky, conductor
9:28 a.m.
Stephen Foster
Beautiful Dreamer
Charles Stier, clarinet; Molly Newton, piano
9:31 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue "Saint Anne" in Eb major BWV 552
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
9:47 a.m.
Peter Boyer
New Beginnings
London Symphony Orchestra; Peter Boyer, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
String Symphony No. 1 (Concerto) in A major RV 159
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
10:06 a.m.
Stanislaw Moniuszko
JAWNUTA: Overture
Warsaw Philharmonic; Antoni Wit, conductor
10:11 a.m.
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major
Buffalo Philharmonic; JoAnn Falletta, conductor Orion Weiss, piano
10:46 a.m.
Luigi Boccherini
Symphony No. 14 in A major Opus 21 G 498
London Festival Orchestra; Ross Pople, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Philip Glass
Modern Love Waltz
Gloria Cheng-Cochran, piano
11:05 a.m.
Jean-Philippe Rameau
NAIS: Orchestral Suite (1)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
11:25 a.m.
William Grant Still
Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race" in G minor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
11:55 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Bedrich Smetana
BARTERED BRIDE: Dance of the Comedians
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
12:07 p.m.
Bernhard Crusell
Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb major Opus 11
Cologne Academy; Michael Alexander Willens, conductor Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
12:32 p.m.
Joseph Curiale
Gates of Gold
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Joseph Curiale, conductor
12:53 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
GYPSY BARON Overture
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Joseph Francek, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Edward Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance March No. 2 in A minor Opus 39
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
1:07 p.m.
Ferde Grofe
Grand Canyon Suite
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
1:39 p.m.
George Friederich Handel
ALMIRA: Suite of instrumental music
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
1:55 p.m.
John Philip Sousa
The Liberty Bell (1893)
Eastman Wind Ensemble; Frederick Fennell, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Domenico Cimarosa
THE MUSIC DIRECTOR: Sinfonia (IL MAESTRO DI CAPELLA)
Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor
2:03 p.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor Cecile Ousset, piano
2:39 p.m.
Don Brandon Ray
Three Homestead Dances
Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra; Derek Gleeson, conductor
2:56 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major Opus 46
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Opus 45
Bavarian Radio Symphony; Lorin Maazel, conductor
3:17 p.m.
Lukas Foss
Salomon Rossi Suite
Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra; Lukas Foss, conductor
3:26 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 "Military" in G major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Adam Fischer, conductor
3:51 p.m.
Miklos Rozsa
Spellbound: Prelude & Love Theme
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic; Alexander Shelley, conductor Daniel Hope, violin
3:58 p.m.
Gioachino Rossini
IL SIGNOR BRUSCHINO: Overture
State of Mexico Symphony; Enrique Batiz, conductor
4:06 p.m.
Gordon Getty
Raise the Colors
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
4:09 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 14 in A major K 114
Prague Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
4:29 p.m.
Joan Tower
Fifth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
American Brass Quintet
4:33 p.m.
Aaron Copland
Cuban Dance (Danzon Cubano)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049
Linde-Consort; Hans-Martin Linde, conductor
4:59 p.m.
John Knowles Paine
Overture to Shakespeare's "As You Like It" Opus 28
New York Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta, conductor
5:10 p.m.
Wilhelm van Wassenaer
Concerto Armonico No. 2 in Bb major
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman, conductor
5:21 p.m.
William Schuman
New England Triptych: Chester
The President's Own U.S. Marine Band; Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
5:29 p.m.
Thomas Arne
Symphony No. 3 in Eb major
Cantilena; Adrian Shepherd, conductor
5:41 p.m.
Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Giovanni de Chiaro, guitar
5:45 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Opus 40
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
6:07 p.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major
Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
6:15 p.m.
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings Opus 11
do.gma chamber orchestra; Mikhail Gurewitsch, conductor
6:24 p.m.
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen: Traumerei (Dreaming) Opus 15/7
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Michael Stern, conductor Joshua Bell, violin
6:27 p.m.
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Robert Sadin, conductor Marcus Roberts, piano
6:56 p.m.
Charles Ives
Memories: Rather Sad
The President's Own U.S. Marine Band; Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig, conductor Gunnery Sgt. Sara Dell'Omo, mezzo-soprano
