American Landscapes is a weekly sampling of the best of American music, hosted by Michael Campion. You'll hear works by composers such as Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Edward MacDowell, George Chadwick and many others. The program presents familiar music that never gets old, music to get reacquainted with and music that you'll be hearing for the first time.
Cultural Exchanges
Aaron Copland: El Salon Mexico
Victoria Bond: Stone Bridge Suzhou, China
George Gershwin: An American in Paris
Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Roman Sketches
Alan Hovhaness: Armenian Rhapsody No. 1
Michael Daugherty: UFO
Shakespeare in America
John Knowles Paine: Overture to As You Like It
Jack Jarrett: Romeo and Juliet
David Diamond: Romeo and Juliet
Matthew Harris: Shakespeare Songs
Edward MacDowell: Hamlet and Ophelia
American Piano Music
William Bolcom: Recuerdos
Edward MacDowell: Sea Pieces
Norman Dello Joio: Sonata No.3
Amy Cheney Beach: From Grandmother's Garden
Dave Brubeck: Brandenburg Gate
Aaron Copland: Down a Country Lane
John Alden Carpenter: Danza