When David Conte was finishing college, he wrote his thesis about the music of Aaron Copland. He sent his work to Copland, who responded with an invitation to meet. They ended up becoming friends. On today's show, hear an arrangement David Conte's "A Copland Portrait" performed by the United States Marine Band.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Hector Berlioz: Rakoczy March, from The Damnation of Faust
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Bernstein Favorite Marches
Sony 46709
Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48 (excerpts)
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor; Myra Huang, piano
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interlochen, MI
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Richard Galliano: Tango pour Claude
Russian Renaissance
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interlochen, MI
Hour 2
Erich Korngold: Kings Row
National Philharmonia; Charles Gerhardt, conductor
The Sea Hawk: The Classic Film Scores Of Erich Wolfgang Korngold
RCA Victor 7890-2
John Philip Sousa: Semper Fidelis March
United States Marine Band
Sousa Original / "President's Own" United States Marine Band
Altissimo 5558
Camille Saint-Saens: Caprice On Danish and Russian Airs, Op. 79
Elizabeth Mann, flute; Jonathan Fischer, oboe; Daniel Gilbert, clarinet; William Wolfram, piano
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Nanette von Schaden: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B flat Major
Christine Schornsheim, fortepiano; L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra; Michi Gaigg, conductor
Augsburg Mozart Festival 2008, Little Golden Hall, Augsburg, Germany
David Conte, arr. Ryan Nowlin: A Copland Portrait
United States Marine Band; Col. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
United States Marine Band, Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Alexandria, VA
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