1. An American Music

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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