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Donald Macleod is joined by Professor Dolores Pesce to explore Edward MacDowell's music and his influence on American composers.

As part of its centenary celebrations, in 2007 Donald Macleod was invited to visit the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire, USA. In today's programme he talks to Dolores Pesce, Pesce, Professor of Musicology at the Washington University in St Louis about Edward MacDowell's music and influence on later American composers and visits the writer Tom Piazza in residence at the colony.

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Tue 14 Dec 201022:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edward MacDowell

    In the Woods

    Performer: Steven Tharp (tenor), James Barbagallo (piano)

    • Marco Polo 8223866.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Legend from Indian Suite (1892)

    Performer: Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor)

    • Naxos 8559075.

  • Aaron Copland

    Dance from Music for the Theatre

    Performer: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff (conductor)

    • Teldec 2292 46314 2.

  • The Carter Family

    My Clinch Mountain Home (excerpt)

    Performer: The Carter Family

    • FABCD 146.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Piano Concerto no 2

    Performer: Seta Tanyel (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

    • Hyperion CDA 67165.

  • Edward MacDowell

    In Autumn

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler (piano)

    • Ars Musici AM 12122.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 15 Jan 200812:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Tue 15 Jan 200820:45
    BBC Radio 3
  • Tue 14 Dec 201012:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Tue 14 Dec 201022:00
    BBC Radio 3

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