1. An American Music

Justin Webb (presenter of Today and Americast, and former BBC North America editor) explores the surprising relationship between classical music and American politics. From the days of the Founding Fathers, music was used to assert an American identity, distinct from a European musical tradition. And evolving political and social ideals, dreams and struggles were mirrored in the music being created - from Manifest Destiny to #MeToo, from Civil War to Civil Rights.

In today's episode: George Washington, the Revolutionary Wars and music for a new nation. We also explore the music of Native Americans and the first European settlers.

With Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, Stephen Marini and Marin Alsop.

Producer Emma Harding, BBC Audio Wales

Leonard Bernstein
America
Carolina Brass

Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor

Washington's Artillery March

John Philip Sousa
The Presidential Polonaise
Razumovsky_Symphony_Orchestra
Keith Brion, Conductor

Pura Fe Rattle Songs No.1 and No. 6 (Arr. by Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate)
Dover Quartet

Psalm 100
Passamezzo
Bass: Peter Willcock, Tenor: Richard de Winter, Soprano: Eleanor Cramer, Contralto, Tamsin Lewis

Henry Ainsworth
Psalm 84 and Psalm 27 from The Bay Book of Psalmes
Gregg Smith Singers

Elder Joseph Brackett
Simple Gifts
Joël Cohen, Boston Camerata, Schola Cantorum of Boston, Shakers of Sabbathday Lake

Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring - Variations on a Shaker Hymn
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, Conductor

Traditional: College hornpipe (Sailors' hornpipe)
Yo Yo Ma - Cello
Edgar Meyer - Double bass
Mark O'Connor - Violin

The Irish Washerwoman
Band of The Irish Guards

Williams Billings
Chester (Let Tyrants Shake Their Iron Rod)
Boston Camerata
Harvard University Choir
Joel Cohen - Director

William Schumann
New England Triptych iii: Chester
St Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, Conductor

Philip Pile
The President's March
Ensemble Phoenix Munich

Mahalia Jackson
I'm On My Way