Joyce DiDonato - American Road Trip
American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato explores the wealth of American music, introducing works connected to New York, Florida, Hawaii, New Orleans, Alaska and Appalachia.
American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato goes on an imaginary musical road trip around the USA, with music connected to Appalachia, New York City, Florida, Hawaii, New Orleans, Alaska, Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, New Mexico, Hollywood, Mount Rushmore, New England, Kentucky, San Francisco and Oklahoma.
Composers featured in the programme incluce Leondard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Frederick Delius, Darius Milhaud, John Philip Sousa, Hans Eisler, Ferde Grofe, Bernard Herrmann, Edward MacDowell, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Walter Piston, William Schuman, Virgil Thomson, Hubert Headley, Charles Ives and Richard Rodgers.
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Music Played
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Leonard Bernstein
"America" (Reprise)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : E4479582.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 17.
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Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring Suite (Variations on a Shaker Hymn; Coda)
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.- DECCA : 475 7615.
- Decca.
- 16-17.
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Frederick Delius
Appalachia (excerpt)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Choir: Chorus of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- DECCA : 478 3078.
- DECCA.
- 10.
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Frederick Delius
By the River [Florida Suite]
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- CHANDOS : CHAN 6628.
- Chandos.
- 2.
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Hanns Eisler
Hollywood-Elegie No.7
Performer: Eric Schneider. Singer: Matthias Goerne.- DECCA : 466 570-2.
- Decca.
- 27.
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Moonlight In Vermont
- VERVE : 543 304-2.
- VERVE.
- 6.
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Ferde Grof茅
The Painted Desert [Grand Canyon Suite]
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.- DECCA : 410 110-2.
- Decca.
- 3.
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Ferde Grof茅
The Thunder of the Waters [Niagara Falls Suite]
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William T.Stromberg.- NAXOS 8.559007.
- NAXOS.
- 10.
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Bernard Herrmann
North by Northwest - Mount Rushmore Sequence & Finale
Orchestra: London Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Laurie Johnson.- MILAN : CH022.
- MILAN.
- 13.
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Hubert Klyne Headley
Golden Gate [California Suite]
Orchestra: Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.- NAXOS : 8.559300.
- NAXOS.
- 1.
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Charles Ives
The Housatonic at Stockbridge
Singer: Susan Graham.- WARNER CLASSICS : 69879.
- WARNER CLASSICS.
- 1.
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Joseph F. Lamb
Alaskan Rag
Performer: Sue Keller.- HVR : 0502.
- HVR.
- 18.
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Edward MacDowell
From a Log Cabin [New England Idylls]
Performer: James Barbagallo.- NAXOS : 8.223631.
- NAXOS.
- 33.
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Darius Milhaud
Mardi gras! Chic a la paille [Carnaval a la Nouvelle-Orleans]
Performer: Stephen Coombs. Performer: Artur Pizarro.- HYPERION : CDA 67014.
- HYPERION.
- 10.
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Darius Milhaud
Kentuckiana
Orchestra: Louisville Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Whitney.- FIRST EDITION : FECD 0031.
- FIRST EDITION.
- 2.
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Walter Piston
Summer Evening [3 New England Sketches]
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- NAXOS : 8.559162.
- NAXOS.
- 1.
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Richard Rodgers
Oklahoma!
Performer: Gene Nelson. Performer: Charlotte Greenwood. Singer: Gene Nelson. Singer: Charlotte Greenwood.- EMI : 5273502.
- EMI.
- 10.
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Richard Rodgers
Oklahoma! - Kansas City
Performer: Gene Nelson. Performer: Charlotte Greenwood. Singer: Gene Nelson. Singer: Charlotte Greenwood.- EMI : 5273502.
- EMI.
- 4.
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Malcolm Sargent
Hawaiian Lullaby
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Performer: Cantabile: The London Quartet.- SIGNUM CLASSICS : SIGCD 055.
- SIGNUM CLASSICS.
- 9.
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William Schuman
Chester [New England Triptych]
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- NAXOS : 8.559625.
- NAXOS.
- 1.
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John Philip Sousa
New Mexico
Performer: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Frederick Fennell. -
Virgil Thomson
The Bayou and the Marsh Buggy [Louisiana Story]
Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- HYPERION : CDA 66576.
- HYPERION.
- 7.
Broadcast
- Sat 1 Mar 2014 14:00成人快手 Radio 3
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