Fourth of July Programming

Spend your July 4th holiday with Discover Classical as we celebrate Independence Day by playing music from great American composers.

6AM Hour

John Stafford Smith: The Star Spangled Banner
Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor
Morton Gould: Amber Waves
Robert Russell Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances

7AM Hour

Dan Locklair: Independence Day
Lukas Foss: Three American Pieces
Howard Hanson: Bold Island Suite

8AM Hour

William Schuman: American Festival Overture
William Grant Still: Songs
Jennifer Higdon: All Things Majestic
Roy Harris: American Creed
Virgil Thomson: Pilgrims and Pioneers

9AM Hour

Samuel Barber: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
John Williams: American Journey
Dudley Buck: Festival Overture on the American National Air

10AM Hour

Live & Local

Dayton Performing Arts Alliance
Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra String Quartet
Keitaro Harada, conductor
Ji-Hyang Gwak, piano

"American Soundscapes"
Recorded April 18, 2026, at the Schuster Center

Aaron Copland: Hoe-Down from Rodeo
Aaron Copland: Selections from Old American Songs
Leonard Bernstein: Dance Variations from Fancy Free
Leonard Bernstein: Suite from West Side Story
George Gershwin: Lullaby
Antonin Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 "American"
Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington (arranged by Lowden): Selections from Sophisticated Lady
Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington (arranged by Olt): Lush Life and Take the 'A' Train
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

12PM Hour

Morton Gould: Declaration
Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"
George Gershwin: O Land of Mine America Adolphus Hailstork: American Port of Call

1PM Hour

The Opera House

Paris Opera
Michele Mariotti, conductor

Giuseppe Verdi: Aida

3PM Hour

Libby Larsen: Amber
Michael Gilbertson: Grace
Victoria Bond: Sea to Shining Sea
Joseph Willcox Jenkins: American Overture

4PM Hour

Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3
Morton Gould: American Salute
William Thomas McKinley: Patriotic Variations

5PM Hour

Florence Price: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Joan Tower: Made in America
Charles Ives: Variations on "America"
John Philip Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever