American Landscapes is a weekly sampling of the best of American music, hosted by Michael Campion. You'll hear works by composers such as Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Edward MacDowell, George Chadwick and many others. The program presents familiar music that never gets old, music to get reacquainted with and music that you'll be hearing for the first time.
American Music You Should Know
Jett Hitt: Yellowstone
Gary Shocker: Trio No. 2
Amy Cheney Beach: Scottish Legend
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2
American Symphonies
David Diamond: Symphony No. 2
Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 29
William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2
Walter Piston: Symphony No. 6
John Knowles Paine: Symphony No. 2
William Schuman: Symphony No. 3
American Literature
Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal Overture
Alan Hovhaness: The Rubaiyat
Peter Mennin: Moby Dick
Henry Hadley: Judean Night and Salome's Dance
Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Music of Nature
Mark O'Connor: Call of the Mockingbird
Edward MacDowell: Woodland Sketches
Paul Shewan: Of Animals and Insects
Anthony Plog: Animal Ditties
Leroy Anderson: The Waltzing Cat