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 Pioneers
John Knowles Paine: Symphony No. 1
Arthur Foote: Piano Quartet Op. 23
Charles Ives: Symphony No. 3
Amy Beach: Pastorale
George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphony No. 3
Edward MacDowell: To a Water Lily and Joy of Autumn
Edgar Stillman Kelley: Aladdin
American Light Music
Arthur Pryor: The Whistler and His Dog
Morton Gould: Pavanne
David Rose: Holiday for Strings
Leroy Anderson: Bugler's Holiday
Felix Arndt: Nola -- A Silhouette
Victor Herbert: March of the Toys
John W. Bratton: Teddy Bears' Picnic
Raymond Scott: The Toy Trumpet
Ethelbert Nevin: Narcissus
George Gershwin: Promenade -- Walking the Dog
Meditations and Prayers
Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of Saint Gregory
Kurt Bestor: Prayer of the Children
Morton Gould: American Ballads -- Memorials
Alan Bern: Reb Itzik's Nign
James DeMars: American Requiem -- Memorial Prayer
Paul Creston: Corinthians XIII
John Williams: Song for World Peace
An American Christmas - Part 1
Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 49 "Christmas" - IV.
Carl Davis: The Nativity Story
Morton Gould: Serenade of Carols - III. and IV.
Howard Hanson: Two Yuletide Pieces
Morten Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium"
Craig Courtney: A Musicological Journey through "The Twelve Days of Christmas"