Episode 4
With Donald Macleod. We meet Ives's adopted daughter Edie and the Transcendentalist writer Nathaniel Hawthorne who was immortalised in Ives's Concord Sonata.
With Donald Macleod. We meet Ives's adopted daughter Edie and her friend Susanna, the hapless cowpuncher Charlie Rutlage, and the Transcendentalist writer Nathaniel Hawthorn who was immortalised in Ives's Concord Sonata. We also hear Ives's seminal work on 'estate planning' for life insurance agents, and his remarkable Fourth Symphony.
Two Little Flowers
Mary Ann Hart (mezzo-soprano)
Dennis Helmrich (piano)
Charlie Rutlage
Sanford Sylvan (baritone)
Alan Feinberg (piano)
Piano Sonata No 2 (Concord, Mass.)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Charlie Rutlage (The Other Side of Pioneering, or Side Lights on American Enterprise)
Music Projects, London
Richard Bernas (conductor)
Symphony No 4
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor).
Last on
More episodes
Previous
Broadcast
- Thu 24 Jul 200812:00BBC Radio 3
Beethoven Unleashed – the box set
The complete set of Radio 3 Beethoven Unleashed podcasts, with Donald Macleod.
What was really wrong with Beethoven?
Georgia Mann and neurosurgeon Henry Marsh examine the composer's numerous health problems
Composers A to Z
Visit the extensive audio archive of Radio 3 programmes about Composers and their works.
Who knew? Five eye-opening stories from Composer of the Week
The production team reflects on 5 of Donald Macleod’s best stories from the last 20 years
Five reasons why we love Parry's Jerusalem
What is the strange power of Jerusalem which makes strong men weep?
A man out of time – why Parry's music and ideas were at odds with his image...
The composer of Jerusalem was very far from the conservative figure his image suggests.
Composer Help Page
Find resources and contacts for composers from within the classical music industry.
