The Southern Connection
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A home in Savannah, Georgia.
When we talk of the “American South” it’s often more about shared culture and history than strict geography. And yet, there are distinctive regions and cultures, and it is here where music plays a role in reflecting those unique qualities.
In this hour, a summer morning along a Florida river, Cajun dances in Louisiana, a Kentucky mountain ballad, the mighty Mississippi, Sunday in an African American church, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Gershwin: Complete Works for Orchestra [for “Catfish Row”] |
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin |
Vox CDX 5007 |
047163500725 |
| Delius: Florida Suite |
Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley |
Chandos CHAN 8413 |
095115662823 |
| Thomson: Louisiana Story [for Acadian Songs & Dances] |
New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp |
Helios CDH55169 |
034571151694 |
| Price: Mississippi River Suite |
The Women’s Philharmonic, Apo Hsu |
Koch 3-7518-2 HI |
099923751823 |
| Gottschalk: Piano Music [for “The Banjo”] |
Philip Martin |
Hyperion CDA66459 |
034571164595 |
| A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still [for Sunday Symphony] |
North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Carter R. Woods |
Cambria CAMCD-1060 |
021475010608 |
| Fiesta in Hi-Fi [for Kentucky Mountain Portraits by Lyndol Mitchell] |
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson |
Mercury Living Presence 434 324-2 |
028943432429 |
| Hadley: Symphony No. 4 |
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams |
Naxos 8.559064 |
636943906422 |
| Delius: Appalachia |
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Andrew Davis |
Chandos CHSA 5088 |
095115508824 |
