In the first of a two-part series, we'll explore classical music that takes cues from the American vernacular. This week, we'll meander through works inspired by spirituals, folk, bluegrass, country, and blues. Enjoy!
Playlist
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Adams: Gnarly Buttons - I. The Perilous Shore by John Adams: Gnarly Buttons & John's Book of Alleged Dances on Michael Collins, London Sinfonietta; John Adams, conductor (Nonesuch) Local -
Weeping Mary by Sam Amidon on Bright Sunny South (Nonesuch) -
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring - I. Very slowly by Aurora Orchestra; Nicholas Collon, conductor on Road Trip (Warner Classics) -
Copland: Appalachian Spring - II. Allegro by Aurora Orchestra; Nicholas Collon, conductor on Road Trip (Warner Classics) -
Copland: Appalachian Spring - III. Moderato: The Bride and her Intended by Aurora Orchestra; Nicholas Collon, conductor on Road Trip (Warner Classics) -
Copland: Appalachian Spring - IV. Fast: The Revivalist and his Flock by Aurora Orchestra; Nicholas Collon, conductor on Road Trip (Warner Classics) -
Copland: Appalachian Spring - V. Allegro: Solo dance of the Bride by Aurora Orchestra; Nicholas Collon, conductor on Road Trip (Warner Classics) -
Copland: Appalachian Spring - VI. As at first (slowly) by Aurora Orchestra; Nicholas Collon, conductor on Road Trip (Warner Classics) -
Copland: Appalachian Spring - VII. Doppio movimento: Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Simple Gifts) by Aurora Orchestra; Nicholas Collon, conductor on Road Trip (Warner Classics) -
Copland: Appalachian Spring - VIII. Moderato - Coda by Aurora Orchestra; Nicholas Collon, conductor on Road Trip (Warner Classics) -
Price: Fantasie Nègre No. 2 in G Minor by Lara Downes on Florence Price Piano Discoveries (Tritone) -
Mama's Cryin' Long by Our Native Daughters on Songs Of Our Native Daughters (Smithsonian Folkways) -
Bryce Dessner: Murder Ballades - II. Young Emily by Eighth Blackbird on Filament (Cedille) -
Dessner: Murder Ballades - III. Dark Holler by Eighth Blackbird on Filament (Cedille) -
Dessner: Murder Ballades - IV. Wave The Sea by Eighth Blackbird on Filament (Cedille) -
Dessner: Murder Ballades - V. Brushy Fork by Eighth Blackbird on Filament (Cedille) -
Dessner: Murder Ballades - VI. Pretty Polly by Eighth Blackbird on Filament (Cedille) -
Dessner: Murder Ballades - VII. Tears For Sister Polly by Eighth Blackbird on Filament (Cedille) -
IV. by Jennifer Curtis and Tyshawn Sorey on Invisible Ritual (New Focus/Tundra) -
Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D Major - 4. Hootenanny by Nicola Benedetti, Philadelphia Orchestra; Cristian Măcelaru, conductor on Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto / Fiddle Dance Suite (Decca) -
Go Back To Your Used To Be by Jessie Mae Hemphill on Jessie Mae Hemphill (Bongo Joe/Mississippi) -
Dolores White: Blues Dialogues - I. Blues Feeling by Rachel Barton Pine on Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers (Cedille) -
White: Blues Dialogues - II. Expressive by Rachel Barton Pine on Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers (Cedille) -
White: Blues Dialogues - III. Fast and Funky by Rachel Barton Pine on Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers (Cedille) -
White: Blues Dialogues - IV. Moderately Fast by Rachel Barton Pine on Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers (Cedille) -
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - Act One, Scene One: Summertime and the livin' is easy by Harolyn Blackwell, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor on George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (The Home of Opera) (Warner Classics) -
The American by Tigran Hamasyan on For Gyumri (Nonesuch)