Episode 4
Donald Macleod talks to composers Paul Moravec and Ned Rorem about their residencies at MacDowell and learns how its vision of interaction between artistic disciplines could work.
A gifted artist himself, Edward MacDowell he almost gave up his musical career to study drawing. He was fascinated by photography and was well read, publishing a book of verse and also dabbled in architecture. All these interests are reflected in the facilities available to artists wishing to come to The MacDowell Colony. Donald Macleod talks to composers Paul Moravec and Ned Rorem about their residencies at The MacDowell Colony and sees how MacDowell's vision of an interaction between artistic disciplines can work.
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Moravec
The Time Gallery (excerpt from Bells: Devotional Hours)
Performer: Eighth Blackbird
- Naxos 8559267.
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Rorem
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost)
Performer: Susan Graham (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
- Erato 8573 80222 2.
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George Gershwin
excerpt from Act 2, Porgy and Bess
Performer: Honey we’re sure going to strut our stuff today, Bess you is my woman now Performer: Willard White (baritone Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (soprano Bess), Bruce Hubbard (baritone Jake), London Philharmonic, Simon Rattle (cond)
- EMI CDS 5562202.
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Harris
3rd Symphony
Performer: Colorado Symphony, Marin Alsop (conductor)
- Naxos 8559227.
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Moravec
2 movements from Tempest Fantasy
Performer: Trio solisti with David Krakauer (clarinet)
- Naxos 8559323.
- 1 and 4,.
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Moravec
Tempest Fantasy (excerpt from Prospero)
Performer: Trio Solisti and David Krakauer (clarinet)
- Naxos 8559323.
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Rorem
Eagles
Performer: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Louis Lane (conductor)
- New World Records NW 353-2.
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