The Amériques Mixtape
Episode m00019fv, broadcast at Monday 26th November 2018, 7:00pm.
“A special mix inspired by Edgard Varèse's sound portrait of New York, Amériques - a key work in Radio 3's Our Classical Century programming. In Tune's specially curated playlist continues its journey with music by Henry Cowell, Aaron Copland and Woody Guthrie.”
Track listing
- 0:15 – Ameriques (original version) (track 002, Varese the complete works)
- Orchestra Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Conductor Riccardo Chailly
- Composer Edgard Varèse
- 3:15 – Aeolian Harp (track 4, The American Innovator - Alan Feinberg)
- Performer Alan Feinberg
- Composer Henry Cowell
- 5:23 – Appalachian Spring (Nos 6, 7 and 8) (track 13-15, Roadtrip)
- Conductor Nicholas Collon
- Orchestra Aurora Orchestra
- Composer Aaron Copland
- 12:23 – String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 "American" - 1st mvt (track 1, Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 - Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 - Borodin: Str)
- Composer Antonín Dvořák
- Ensemble Escher String Quartet
- 21:30 – Akhnaten (Act 2, Sc 3: The City) (track 9, Philip Glass: Violin Concerto)
- Orchestra Ulster Orchestra
- Conductor Takuo Yuasa
- Composer Philip Glass
- 27:02 – This land is my land (track 14, The Asch Recordings vol 1)
- Performer Woody Guthrie