(PRWEB) June 30, 2014 -- WCPE FM Celebrates Independence Day
TheClassicalStation.org Features American Music
WCPE Music Director William Woltz announces an Americana Weekend to celebrate the 4th of July, July 4-6, 2014. Listen for music from U.S. composers and performers, both native and adopted.
“WCPE salutes the birth of our country on July 4 with lots of patriotic selections and American music,” says Woltz who is also Allegro! host. “Then we continue that theme through a long “Americana Weekend” featuring great U.S. composers, orchestras and soloists.”
Highlights of the celebration:
4 Friday
8:00 a.m. Sousa: “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
9:00 a.m. Chadwick: Suite Symphonique in E-flat
10:00 a.m. Dvořák: String Quartet no. 12 in F (American)
12:00 p.m. Williams: “Liberty Fanfare”
1:00 p.m. Buck: Festival Overture on “The Star-Spangled Banner”
2:00 p.m. Copland: Red Pony Suite
3:00 p.m. Mizesko: Sketches from Pinehurst
5:00 p.m. Gould: “Amber Waves”
7:00 p.m. Bernstein, arr. Penaforte: West Side Story Suite for Piano Trio
8:00 p.m. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
9:00 p.m. Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 in E Minor (From the New World)
10:00 p.m. Barber: Adagio for Strings
5 Saturday
9:00 a.m. Copland: Appalachian Spring
10:00 a.m. Gershwin: Concerto in F
12:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
2:00 p.m. Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches
3:00 p.m. Dvořák: American Suite
4:00 p.m. Hailstork: Three Spirituals
5:00 p.m. Copland: “An Outdoor Overture”
6 Sunday
7:00 a.m. Bernstein: “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide
11:00 a.m. Grofé: Mississippi Suite
1:00 p.m. Gershwin: An American in Paris
2:00 p.m. Still: Suite for Violin and Piano
3:00 p.m. Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G
4:00 p.m. Barber: Second Essay for Orchestra
5:00 p.m. Hanson: Symphony no. 2 (Romantic)
Request your favorite American music at the Saturday Evening Request Program.
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