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.
Meditations and Prayers
Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of St. Gregory
Kurt Bestor: Prayer of the Children
Morton Gould: American Ballads -- Memorials
Alan Bern: Reb Itzik's Nign
James DeMars: American Requiem -- Memorial Prayer
Paul Creston: Corinthians XIII
John Williams: Song for World Peace
American Christmas Music, Part One
Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 49 "Christmas"
Carl Davis: The Nativity Story
Morton Gould: Serenade of Carols
Howard Hanson: Yuletide Pieces
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Craig Courtney: A Musicalogical Journey through "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
American Christmas Music, Part Two
Harry Rowe Shelley: Santa Claus Overture
George W. Chadwick: Noel
Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival
Dimitri Tiomkin: It's a Wonderful Life
Barbara Harbach: The Annunciation
William Henry Fry: Santa Claus Symphony
Festivities: A New Year Celebration
Peter Boyer: Festivities
Victor Herbert: Auditorium Festival March
Morton Gould: American Ballads -- Jubilo
George W. Chadwick: Jubilee
William Schuman: American Festival Overture
Stephen Foster: Village Festival
Howard Hanson: Chorale and Fanfare
Peter Boyer: Celebration Overture