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.
Independence Day
John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
Lukas Foss: American Pieces
William Grant Still: American Scenes
Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune
Thomas Canning: Fantasy on a Hymn Tune
John Williams: Hymn to the Fallen
Morton Gould: American Ballads
American Overtures
John Corigliano: Promenade Overture
George Gershwin: Cuban Overture
William Schuman: American Festival Overture
Charles Ives: Overture in G minor
Roy Harris: Cimarron Overture
George Chadwick: Rip Van Winkle Overture
Ferde Grofe and the Art of the Suite
Excerpts from Grand Canyon, Hudson River, Death Valley and Niagara Falls Suites
Listening to the Weather
Steve Erquiaga: Under the Tuscan Sun
Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Roman Sketches - Clouds
Anthony Iannaccone: After a Gentle Rain
Alan Hovhaness: Storm on Mount Wildcat
Michael Whalen: Rain in the City
Daniel Pinkham: Weather Reports
John Philip Sousa: Moonlight on the Potomac