[William
Grant Still Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3, Wood Notes;
Fort
Smith Symphony; John Jeter, Conductor; Naxos 8.559676 (2011)]
Chicago Radio Host Sergio Mims writes:
I'm
sure you and your readers would be interested to know that on my
radio show this Weds (July 4th) on WHPK-FM in Chicago (88.5 FM
locally and livestream on www.whpk.org) my entire show will be
devoted to American symphonic music.
Among
the selections on my show which will include symphonies by Charles
Ives (No. 4), Roy Harris (No. 3) and Paul Creston (No. 2) will be
William Grant Still's Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race" -
the Naxos recording with the Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra, John
Jeter conducting.
Also
on the show will be several pieces by Scott Joplin from the complete
set of Joplin's piano music performed by Dick Hyman.
Sergio
Mims
[William
Grant Still (1895-1978) and Scott Joplin (c.1867-1917) are profiled
at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works List for
William Grant Still by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma,
http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com]
1 comment:
WRCJ-FM (Detroit, MI) played Still's Afro-American Symphony this morning. They routinely play his music without resorting to associating it with February.
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