Programs · Episode
Friday, July 4, 2025
Program: Classical Music with Myelita Melton
Aired: Friday, July 4, 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Hosted by Myelita Melton
Playlist
1 pm | |
| Don Gillis · Piano Concerto No. 2 (ii. Waltz) Ian Hobson, piano · Sinfonia Varsovia (Warsaw Symphony) Ian Hobson Albany Records 729 "Don Gillis: Symphony No. 4; Piano Concerto No. 2" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Harp Concerto in Bb, Op. 4, No. 6 Maxine Eilander, harp · Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Jeanne Lamon Analetka 29811 "A Baroque Feast" | |
| Traditional American · Chester (arr. by Howard Cable & Robin Engelman) Canadian Brass Opening Day 7382 "Stars and Stripes - Canadian Brass Salute America" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 12, No. 2 (1st mvt) Midori, violin; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Warner Classics 5054197215 "Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano and Violin" | |
| Victoria Bond · "Soul of a Nation: a Portrait of Thomas Jefferson" Frank Almond, violin; Henry Fogel, narrator (Libretto by Myles Lee, MD) · Roosevelt University Chamber Orchestra Emanuele Andrizzi Albany Records 1723 ""Soul of a Nation: Portrait of Presedential Character" | |
2 pm | |
| Randall Thompson · Symphony No. 2 (1931) New York Philharmonic (rec. 1969) Leonard Bernstein Sony Classical SMK60594 "Harris: Symphony No. 3; Thompson: Symphony No. 2" | |
| William Bolcom · "The Ecchoing Green", from "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" (poems by William Blake) University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra; combi Leonard Slatkin Naxos 8.559216-1 "Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience" | |
| Florence Price · Mississippi River Suite ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra John Jeter Naxos 8559897 "Florence Beatrice Price: Symphony No. 3" | |
3 pm | |
| Samuel Barber · "Agnus Dei" (choral arr. of Adagio for Strings) Conspirare Craig Hella Johnson Harmonia Mundi 907534 "A Company of Voices - Conspirare in Concert" | |
| Johann Georg Rollig · Horn Concerto No. 14 in Eb Barry Tuckwell, horn · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Iona Brown Decca 417406 "Barry Tuckwell: Baroque Horn Concertos" | |
| Don Gillis · Star-Spangled Symphony Sinfonia Varsovia (Warsaw Symphony) Ian Hobson Albany Records 618 "Don Gillis - Star Spangled Symphony" | |
| Gustav Holst · Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets The Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy Sony (Nax615) 417202 "Eugene Ormandy Conducts 20th Century Classics" | |