Episode 1
Donald Macleod explores two of Ives's best-known works, The Unanswered Question and Central Park in the Dark.
With Donald Macleod. The programme includes two of Ives's best-known works, The Unanswered Question and Central Park in the Dark, as well as the less familiar Second Violin Sonata.
They Are There!, arr. Lou Harrison
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
Symphony No 2 (5th mvt: Allegro molto vivace)
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Sonata No 2 for violin and piano
Glenn Dicterow (violin)
Israela Margalit (piano)
Remembrance
Paul Sperry (tenor)
Irma Vallecillo (piano)
The Pond
Ensemble Modern
Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)
Over the Pavements
Ensemble Modern
Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)
The Unanswered Question (revised version); Central Park in the Dark
Adolph Herseth (trumpet)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor).
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- Mon 21 Jul 200812:00BBC Radio 3
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