The American Muse

Rather than fugues and canzonas, try a Pastorale Dance or a March with trumpet. On this week’s show, we temper European tradition with the iconoclastic visions of some composers here at in the U.S. Lukas Foss writes a celebratory choral work for a new church, Lee Hoiby sketches impressions of his California homeland, and Daniel Gawthrop has us kicking up our heals in rhythmic response. Beyond toccatas and tientos, we bring our focus closer to home and celebrate The American Muse.

Listen to the program

Program Broadcast dates:

December 01, 2003

Music played in the program

SETH BINGHAM: Toccata on Leoni. FREDERICK SWANN: 2 Hymn Encores: Amazing Grace; Saint Anne –Frederick Swann (1964 Aeolian-Skinner/Central Union Church, Honolulu, HI) Gothic G49100

LEE HOIBY: Rock Valley Narrative, Opus 50 –Diane Meredith Belcher (1998 Glatter-Götz; Rosales/Claremont UCC, Claremont, CA) JAV CD-115

WALTER HILSE: Fugue in G –Walter Hilse (1938 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Paul Chapel, Columbia University, New York, NY) JAV CD-103

ANTHONY NEWMAN: Prelude & Fugue in G –Anthony Newman (1995 Russell/St. Matthew Episcopal, Bedford, NY) Albany TROY357

LARRY KING: Revelations of Saint John the Divine –Cherry Rhodes (1953 Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside, New York, NY) JAV CD-112

NOËL GOEMANNE: March –Ian Pearson, trumpet; Ted Gentry (1992 Reuter/Centenary UMC, Lexington, KY) Americus CD-1006

ANDREW CLARKE: Pastoral Dance on Simple Gifts –James Welch (1996 Eule/St. Nikolai Church, Berlin-Spandau, Germany) Querstand CD-9823

LUKAS FOSS: Behold! I build an house –Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith, conductor; Thomas Schmidt (1987 Rieger/Holy Trinity Episcopal, New York, NY) CRI SD-880

VIRGIL THOMSON: Variations on a Sunday School Tune, Shall we gather at the river DANIEL GAWTHROP: Allegro Ritmico –Lynn Zeigler (1987 Brombaugh/Iowa State University, Ames, IA) Calcante CD-026