Episode 2
Donald Macleod is joined by Professor Dolores Pesce to explore Edward MacDowell's music and his influence on American composers.
As part of its centenary celebrations, in 2007 Donald Macleod was invited to visit the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire, USA. In today's programme he talks to Dolores Pesce, Pesce, Professor of Musicology at the Washington University in St Louis about Edward MacDowell's music and influence on later American composers and visits the writer Tom Piazza in residence at the colony.
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Edward MacDowell
In the Woods
Performer: Steven Tharp (tenor), James Barbagallo (piano)
- Marco Polo 8223866.
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Edward MacDowell
Legend from Indian Suite (1892)
Performer: Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor)
- Naxos 8559075.
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Aaron Copland
Dance from Music for the Theatre
Performer: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff (conductor)
- Teldec 2292 46314 2.
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The Carter Family
My Clinch Mountain 成人快手 (excerpt)
Performer: The Carter Family
- FABCD 146.
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Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto no 2
Performer: Seta Tanyel (piano), 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
- Hyperion CDA 67165.
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Edward MacDowell
In Autumn
Performer: Alexandra Oehler (piano)
- Ars Musici AM 12122.
Broadcasts
- Tue 15 Jan 2008 12:00成人快手 Radio 3
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