Listen to music inspired by the American West on this New Sounds including a work by John Adams for two pianos called “Hallelujah Junction,” named for a small truck stop on Highway 49 in the High Sierras on the California-Nevada border. Plus, there's an excerpt from the Piano Concerto #2- "After Lewis & Clark"- by Philip Glass, along with music by Sasha Matson and Ingram Marshall.
PROGRAM #2786, Music Inspired by the American West (First aired on Tuesday, 4-8-08)
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Paul Barnes |
The American Virtuoso |
Philip Glass: Piano Concerto #2, After Lewis And Clark, Part I [11:30] |
Orange Mountain #0036 ** www.philipglass.com * |
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Ingram Marshall |
Fog Tropes/ Gradual Requiem |
Fog Tropes [10:00] |
New Albion #002 www.newalbion.com * |
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John Adams |
Road Movies |
Hallelujah Junction [16:00] |
Nonesuch #79699** www.nonesuch.com * |
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Sasha Matson |
Steel Chords / I-5 |
I-5, excerpt [6:30] |
Audioquest #1013 www.valley-entertainment.com |
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