What do we mean when we say "American classical music"? Composer Derrick Skye sought to answer that question in the form of a string quartet. On today's show, hear music that draws on the musical traditions that reflect our multicultural American society: American Mirror by Derrick Skye.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio
Apollo Chamber Players
Album: European Folkscapes
Navona Records 5941
Brian Field: Beatitudines
Lviv Philharmonic and Chorus | Ferdinando Nazzaro, conductor
Lviv Philharmonic Society, Lviv Philharmonic Hall, Lviv, Ukraine
Pierre Jalbert: L'esprit du Nord (Spirit of the North)
Apollo Chamber Players
Apollo Chamber Players, Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH), Houston, TX
Cesar Franck: Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman)
Orchestre National de France | Cristian Macelaru, conductor
Auditorium Radio France Broadcasting House, Paris, France
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 BWV 1051: Movement 2
Il Giardino Armonico | Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Album: Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
Teldec 98442
Derrick Skye: American Mirror, Part II
Formosa Quartet
Taipei Music Academy and Festival, Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
Tarquinio Merula: Canzon 'La Piva'
Il Giardino Armonico | Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Actus Humanus Festival, Artus Court, Gdansk, Poland
Otto Winter-Hjelm: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Norwegian Radio Orchestra | Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
NRK Radio Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
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