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Below are many of the more than 170 five-hour 'weeks' of Exploring Music that have been created since 2003.
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AAmerican Masters, Part I American Masters, Part II American Masters, Part IIIAmerican Masters, Part IVAmerican Masters, Part V An Intelligent Conversation: String Quartets Arias & BarcarollesArtists in Exile, Part IArtists in Exile, Part IIAutumn Leaves Autumnal Masterpieces BBach Sleeps in on Sundays Bach to Beethoven Bach's Christmas Oratorio Bach's Not-So-Minor B-Minor MassBallad of East and West Baltic MusicBarber, SamuelBartok, BelaBeethoven and that Danged MetronomeBeethoven and the PianoBeethoven at Parnassus, Part IBeethoven at Parnassus, Part IIBeethoven Quartets (FREE)Berlioz, HectorBernstein, LeonardBill's Keepers Boulanger, NadiaBrahms, Johannes, Part IBrahms, Johannes, Part II Britten, Benjamin Bruckner, Anton CCall for ScoresCello Concertos Child's PlayChopin, FredericClash of the Titans Clowning AroundCopland, Aaron Corigliano, JohnCzech out those Bohemians DDebussy, Claude Demons, Spooks and Other Things That Go Bump in the NightDirector's ChoiceDistant Neighbors Don't Shoot the Piano PlayerDvořák, AntoninDvorak, Tchaikovsky & Borodin String Quartets EElgar, Edward (FREE)Emotion and Meaning in MusicEnescu, GeorgesEspanaFFamilies of Instruments Family Matters: All in the FamilyFauré, GabrielFit for a KingFour Seasons (FREE)From This Mighty River: Music of the Children of J.S BachGGame of Pairs, Part I Game of Pairs, Part IIGershwin, GeorgeGet the PictureGitana: Gypsy Music and Its InfluencesGreen and Pleasant Land Grieg and SibeliusHHandel, George FridericHaydn and Mozart QuartetsHaydn SymphoniesHidden Gold, Part IHidden Gold, Part IIHindemith, PaulHHit or MythHoliday CelebrationHomageII Didn't Know About YouI Hear a Rhapsody I Hear America Singing I Lost it at the MoviesIn a Family WayIncidentally SpeakingIntimate VoicesInvitation to the Dance, Part IInvitation to the Dance, Part II Invitation to the Dance, Part IIIIt Takes Two to TangoIt Was a Lover and His Lass Italian SouvenirsJJanacek, LeosKKeyboard SmorgasbordLLatin CarnivalLes SixLife Among the Dead: Requiem MassesListener's Choice, Part IIListener's Choice, Part III Liszt, Franz Little Night Music Little Traveling Music, Please MMaestro, Part IMaestro, Part IIMagnificent MagyarsMahler, Gustav, Part IMahler, Gustav, Part IIMaiden Voyages Mendelssohn, FelixMendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms String QuartetsMerrie EnglandMozart at his Zenith Mozart Piano ConcertosMozart's Birthday BashMozart: Bright Lights, Big CityMusic for the MassesMusic from the Magic Box Music in 19th Century Paris: Waterloo to Bismarck Music in the Time of WarMusic of ScandinaviaMusical CryptogramsMusical LandscapesNNationalismNew Releases, Part INew Releases, Part IINew Releases, Part III, week 1 of 2New Releases, Part III, week 2 of 2 New Wine in Old Bottles Nielsen, Carl Ninth SymphoniesNobody Ever Builds a Statue to a CriticOOrpheus in the New World Outward BoundPPastoral Symphonies (FREE)Piano ConcertosPolandPortraits in Black, Brown, & Beige, Part I Portraits in Black, Brown, & Beige, Part II Ports of Call, Part I Ports of Call, Part II Poulenc, FrancisProkofiev, SergeiProud Tower, Part IProud Tower, Part IIRRachmaninoff, SergeiRRavel, Maurice Respighi, OttorinoRimsky-Korsakov and His PupilsRoaring 20's Russian Five: The Mighty Handful SSchool DaysSchubert String QuartetsSchubertiade, Part ISchubertiade, Part IISchuman, WilliamSchumann, Robert Shakespeare Shostakovich, Dmitri, Part I Shostakovich, Dmitri, Part IISlipped Through the Cracks Sounds of the City of Lights SoundtracksSpanish SchoolSpring is Here St-Saëns, Camille St. Matthew PassionStrauss, RichardStravinsky, Igor (FREE)String Quartets from Fibich to SibeliusStrings Plus OneSweet Home Chicago Symphony, Part 01Symphony, Part 02Symphony, Part 03Symphony, Part 04Symphony, Part 05Symphony, Part 06 (French)Symphony, Part 07 (Russian)Symphony, Part 08Symphony, Part 09Symphony, Part 10TTchaikovsky, Peter, Part ITchaikovsky, Peter, Part IIThe Big Five, Part I: Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Big Five, Part I: New York PhilharmonicThe Big Five, Part II: New York PhilharmonicThe Gathering Storm: Music from the Great Depression to WWIIThrough the Mail SlotTo the Finland Station, Part ITo the Finland Station, Part IITone Poems Too Darn BigTriple PlayTudor MusicTwo Very Different Worlds Delius and HolstUUnder the Hood, Part IUnder the Hood, Part II Unfinished SymphoniesVVariationsVaughan Williams, RalphVenice: The Glories of Verdi, Giuseppe, Part IVerdi, Giuseppe, Part IIVienna, Part IVienna, Part II ViolaViolin Concerto Virtuoso, The World ofVoices from the East WWagner's Ring CycleWagner, RichardWalton, WilliamWater MusicWhat Else Ya Got?Wind QuintetsWunderkinder, Part IWunderkinder, Part IIYYin and Yang: The Play of Opposites, Part 1Yin and Yang: The Play of Opposites, Part 2You and the Night and the Music
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Schuman, William Purchase Now
This week’s program on William Schuman is based on Joseph Polisi’s book about the composer. https://www.amazon.com/American-Muse-Times-William-Schuman/dp/1574671731
Program 1
Schuman: The Mighty Casey (excerpt)
Noon Of The Big Day
Juilliard Orchestra and Singers/Schwartz
Delos 1030
00:51
Wagner: Gotterdammerung; Siegfried's Death And Funeral
Music
NBC Symphony/Toscanini
Idi 6500
00:37 excerpt
B. Wagenaar: Symphony No. 4
III. Quasi Vivace
American Recording Society Orchestra/Heffner
Itunes
00:35 excerpt
Harris: Symphony 1933 (No. 1)
III. Maestoso
Louisville Orchestra/Mester
Albany 012
6:44
Schuman: Concerto For Piano And Small Orchestra III.
Saidenburg Symphony/Tureck/Saidenburg
VAIA 1124
6:31
Loesser: See What the Boys In the Back Room Will Have
(excerpt for movie music)
Itunes
1:04
Schuman: American Festival Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic/Bernstein
DG 474940
9:24
Harris: Symphony 3 (excerpt)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernstein
CBS MS-6303
00:29
Schuman: Symphony No. 3
I. Passacaglia II. Fugue
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin
CSO 2000
13:37
Schuman: Symphony No. 5 (Symphony for Strings)
I. Molto agitato
I Musici De Montreal/Turovsky
Chandos 9848
4:53
Schuman: Prayer In A Time Of War For Orchestra
Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Schwarz
Naxos 8559625
3:05
Program 2
Schuman: Newsreel (excerpt)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra/Foss
Pro Arte C102
00:53
Schuman: Night Journey (excerpt)
Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Schwarz
Naxos 8559651
12:40
Schuman: Violin Concerto
2. Introduzione, Presto Leggiero
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin/McDuffie,v
EMI Classics 06611
16:52
Schuman: George Washington Bridge (excerpts)
Keystone Wind Ensemble/Stamp
Klavier Records 11155
1:14 : 1:20
Schuman: Symphony No. 6
Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy
Naxos 8559625
9:18
Schuman: Symphony 6
v. Quarter circa 120; vi. Presto
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Keelan
Koch 7290
9:21
Program 3
Schuman: Credendum
I. Declaration; II. Chorale
III. Finale
Albany Symphony Orchestra/Miller
Albany Records 566
17:31
Schuman: New England Triptych
I: Be glad then, America
II: When Jesus wept
III: Chester
Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra/Hanson
Mercury 432755-2
15:36
Schuman: The Mighty Casey (excerpts)
Noon Of The Big Day; Peanuts, Popcorn, Soda, Crackerjacks
Dance Of The Hawkers; Rhubarb: 'Ya Blind?
I'M Fed To The Teeth; Twilight Of The Big Day
Juilliard Orchestra and Singers/Schwartz
Delos 1030
15:03
Schuman: Chester Variations for piano (excerpt}
Alexei Sultanov,pn.
Teldec 246103
1:45
Program 4
Schuman: Orpheus With His Lute
Gregg Smith Singers
VOX 3037
4:37
Schuman: A Song of Orpheus
Ireland RTE National Symphony Orchestra/Eddins /Hanan, vc.
Naxos 8.559344
23:05
Schuman: Symphony No. 8
III. Presto - Prestissimo
Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Schwarz
Naxos 8.559651
9:32
Schuman: Old English Rounds for Viola, Women's Chorus and
Orchestra
5. Amaryllis - Recapituation
New York Philharmonic/Bernstein/McInness,va.
Columbia 35101
10:55
Schuman: Symphony No. 8 (excerpt)
I. Lento Sostenuto
Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Schwarz
Naxos 8.559651
9:32
Program 5
Ives: Variations on America (excerpt)
E. Power Biggs, or.
MS 7269
00:47
Ives/Schuman: Variations on America
New York Philharmonic/Kostelanetz
Sony 63034
6:45
Schuman: Symphony #9, "Le Fosse Ardeatine"
1. Anteludium; 3. Postludium
Seattle Symphony/Schwartz
Naxos 8559254
7:53; 9:45
Schuman: Symphony #10, "American Muse"
1. Con Fuoco; 3. Presto
Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Schwartz
Naxos 8559255
5:56 12:20
Schuman: Carols Of Death
Choir Of King's College Cambridge/Cleobury
EMI 54188-2
2:44
Schuman: Orchestra Song (excerpt)
Seattle Symphony/Schwartz
Naxos 8.559254
3:54
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