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OVERNIGHT MUSIC
12:00am
American Primitive
Warren Benson
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Nonesuch 79178
12:04am
"American Dance Suite"
David Amram
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
Richard Auldon Clark, conductor
Newport 85546
12:28am
Piano Sonata, Op. 26
Samuel Barber
Peter Lawson, piano
Virgin 91163
12:50am
Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
The Lark Quartet
Arabesque 6747
1:10am
The American Vocalist
Traditional
Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen, conductor
Schola Cantorum of Boston
Harvard/Radcliffe Collegium Mu
Erato 45818
2:11am
String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American"
Antonin Dvorak
Tokyo String Quartet
CBS/Sony 44920
2:42am
"Prague" Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra
Chris Brubeck
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Paul Freeman, conductor
Chris Brubeck, bass trombone
Koch International 7653
3:10am
"An American Requiem"
Richard Danielpour
Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Carl St. Clair, conductor
Pacific Chorale
Stephanie Blythe, contralto
Hugh Smith, tenor
Mark Oswald, baritone
Reference 97
4:14am
Old Folks at Home
Stephen Foster
Harmonie Ensemble
Steven Richman, conductor
Collegiate Chorale
Arthur Woodley, bass
Music & Arts 926
4:21am
If You've Only Got A Moustache
Stephen Foster
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Nonesuch 79158
4:23am
"Tribute to Foster": Lullaby
Stephen Foster
Martin Jones, piano
Nimbus 5232
4:30am
American Landscapes
Lukas Foss
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Virgin 55083
EVENING MUSIC with Margaret Juntwait
7:00pm
Americanistic Etude
George Frederick McKay
William Bolcom, piano
Naxos 559187
7:02pm
Sixteen Preludes: Feux d'artifice (Fireworks)
Claude Debussy
Jorge Bolet, piano
London 425518
7:07pm
"Music for the Royal Fireworks," HWV 351
George Frederick Handel
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
Virgin 45265
7:26pm
"Nabucco": 'Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate'
Giuseppe Verdi
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Robert Shaw Festival Singers
Telarc 80397
7:33pm
Variations on "America"
Charles Ives
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
RCA 61282
7:41pm
Bassoon Concerto in F, RV 485
Antonio Vivaldi
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
Michael McCraw, Baroque bassoon
BIS 271
7:54pm
"New Boston/Hingham"
William Billings
William Appling Orchestra
William Appling, conductor
William Appling Singers
New World 80539
8:05pm
Oh! Susanna
Stephen Foster
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt, conductor
Robert White, tenor
RCA 5853
8:06pm
Village Bells Polka
Stephen Foster
Joseph Smith, piano
Premier 1028
8:10pm
Fly, Bold Rebellion, Z335
Henry Purcell
King's Consort
Robert King, conductor
Hyperion 66412
8:31pm
"Summer Evening"
Zoltan Kodaly
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 447109
8:48pm
Summer
Frank Bridge
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Sir Charles Groves, conductor
Angel/EMI 66855
9:00pm
Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Antonin Dvorak
Berlin Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
CBS/Sony 44562
9:43pm
Statue of Liberty
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson, violin
Laurie Anderson, vocals and keyboards
Skuli Sverrisson, bass
Erik Friedlander, cello
Nonesuch 79539
9:49pm
Etude in C Minor, Op. 10/12, "Revolutionary"
Frederic Chopin
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Melodya 1000511
9:53pm
"Canticle of Freedom"
Aaron Copland
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Seattle Symphony Chorale
Delos 3140
10:08pm
"Union" (Concert Paraphrase on National Airs)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Alan Marks, piano
Nerine Barrett, piano
Nimbus 7046
10:18pm
Mountains and Rivers Without End
Alan Hovhaness
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
Richard Auldon Clark, conductor
Chris Gekker, trumpet
KOCH International 7221
10:43pm
"Bethena: A Concert Waltz"
Scott Joplin
Joseph Smith, piano
Premier 1028
10:49pm
My Old Kentucky Home
Stephen Foster
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt, conductor
Robert White, tenor
RCA 5853
Wordless Music
Devoted to the desegregation of musical boundaries, Wordless Music pairs rock and electronic musicians with more traditional chamber and new music performers, to create an entirely new concert experience.
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Music from the 92nd Street Y
Sara Fishko digs into the audio archives of the 92nd Street Y to bring us the greatest live performances from the stage of the Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall.
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Concerts from the Frick Collection
For over sixty years, the series Concerts from The Frick Collection has delighted WNYC listeners with the finest in keyboard recitals, chamber groups, and early music ensembles.
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The New Americans
WNYC announces The New Americans, an ongoing station-wide celebration of foreign-born artists now residing in the United States.
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