Memorial Day has come to be a celebration, the unofficial first day of summer. It's also a day to remember our men and women in uniform. In today's show, we have some summer celebrations, and also a most beloved American work, Samuel Barber's Adagio for strings. Plus a new work by Kevin Puts that honors servicemen and women buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Walter Kittredge: Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
Jacqueline Schwab, piano
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Julian Kuerti, conductor
Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati
Robert De Cormier: Room for a Soldier, from Three Songs of War
Counterpoint, Claire Hungerford, soprano, Roger Grow, tenor, Robert De Cormier, director
St. Paul's Cathedral, Burlington, Vermont
Percy Grainger: Wamphray
The United States Marine Band, Maj. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia
Elias Howe: Little Carrie's Favorite Gallop
Jacqueline Schwab, piano
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Hour 2
John Philip Sousa: Presidential Polonaise
The United States Marine Band, Col. Timothy W. Foley, conductor
Traditional American: Shall we Gather at the River
Anonymous 4
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah
Time for Three
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
The Punch Brothers: The Eleventh Reel
The Punch Brothers
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Kevin Puts: Clarinet Concerto
Bil Jackson, clarinet, the Aspen Chamber Symphony, Josep Caballe-Domenech, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Samuel Barber: Adagio For Strings
The Brevard Music Center Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor
Brevard Music Center, Brevard, North Carolina
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