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American Roadtrip

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, featuring works by US composers or performers inspired by Radio 3's American Roadtrip.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music inspired by Radio 3's American Roadtrip, from US performers Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer playing J. S. Bach, to Elmer Bernstein's Main Title from To Kill a Mockingbird. US composers Florence Price, Philip Glass, Amy Beach, Samuel Barber, Adolphus Hailstork and George Gershwin also feature.

Producer: Joe Blamey

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Music Arranger: Yo‐Yo Ma. Music Arranger: Chris Thile. Music Arranger: Edgar Meyer.
    • Bach Trios.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7.

  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto No 1 in D Major (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Er-Gene Kahng. Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Ryan Cockerham.
    • Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Albany Records.

  • Samuel Barber

    4 Songs, Op. 13: No. 3. Sure on this shining night

    Performer: Ben Kennedy. Choir: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
    • SOMM Recordings.

  • Amy Beach

    By the still waters, Op 114

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (Var. 17: excerpt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninoff: 100.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 88.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (Var. 18)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninoff: 100.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 89.

  • Juraj Bartoš & Peter Breiner

    The Man I Love

    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Philip Glass

    Orphée (Act 1, Sc 3: La chambre d'Orphée) for piano duet

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Glass: Orphée: III. La chambre d'Orphée / Act 1 - Arr. for Piano duet.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 1.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Kum ba yah (3 Spirituals)

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Elmer Bernstein

    Main Title (To Kill a Mockingbird)

    Conductor: Elmer Bernstein.
    • To Kill a Mockingbird.
    • Intrada.
    • 1.

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  • Friday19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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