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program - 28 october 2016
AMERICAN HIGHWAYS PRESENTS MARC BLITZSTEIN, ACT 3: "Mack the Knife on Broadway" • Composer Marc Blitzstein was a man who straddled many genres, from classical to Broadway. He could make text and music marry each other in simple and glorious ways. We'll hear Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong, and Lotte Lenya in this episode, about Blitzstein's brilliant adaptation of Threepenny Opera. Blitzstein's own songwriting was remarkably focussed and spare – pared down to the most basic elements – yet with fiery results. One of the highlights of this episode is Marc's friend Paul Robeson, singing "Purest Kind of a Guy." This is Episode 3 of our four-part series on Blitzstein. Joshua Schmidt wrote, "How many of us nowadays are willing to put work out into the world in the teeth of forces that will quash and censor it? Who in modern American music and theatrical history offers a greater example of such bravery than Blitzstein?" • More at GuyLivingston.com/blitzstein
" • More at GuyLivingston.com/blitzstein • CREDITS: "The Cradle That Rocked: Rediscovering Marc [...] Blitzstein" was hosted and directed by pianist Guy Livingston. This four-part series [...] is Marc's friend Paul Robeson, singing "Purest Kind of a Guy." This is Episode 3 of our four [...] " • Composer Marc Blitzstein was a man who straddled many genres, from classical to Broadway. He could
news - 20 january 2017
Friday 20 January 17:00 CET. Guy Livingston presents his musical reflections on today's inauguration.
Marc Blitzstein's musical "The Cradle Will Rock" closes the show. Good luck, America! [...] its title would indicate. But then Song of Sorrows by Mary Jane Leach leads into Star Spangled Banner
program - 14 october 2016
American music chosen by the American pianist Guy Livingston • AMERICAN HIGHWAYS PRESENTS MARC
Marc Blitzstein" was hosted and directed by pianist Guy Livingston. This four-part series [...] and Art. Sound design by Erik Hense. More at GuyLivingston.com/radio • Marc Blitzstein, arr. Stephen [...] BLITZSTEIN, ACT 1: The Cradle that Rocked • Composer Marc Blitzstein has been all [...] LuPone • JAY Records JAY 1300 (CD, LP) • Marc Blitzstein • 3. Freedom of the Press
news - 10 february 2017
This is the second in Guy Livingston's series on American composers who were refugees. Today
The show opens with the short but topical song "I Speak in English Now" by Marc [...] Blitzstein, from No for an Answer, a musical written for and sung by Greek immigrants. vrijdag 10-02. 18
program - 20 january 2017
American music chosen by the American pianist Guy Livingston • AMERICAN HIGHWAYS EPISODE #72: Inauguration Anxiety • As you know I like to feature music of struggle and music of politics, and in this topical show I present my musical reflections on today's inauguration. Bernard Hermann's creepy score for Fahrenheit 451, about a dictatorship in which books are burned is followed by Leonard Bernstein's Age of Anxiety. Actually more optimistic than its title would indicate. But then Song of Sorrows by Mary Jane Leach leads into Star Spangled Banner Fractured, performed by myself, and composed by Donal Fox. Freedom of the Press, a cynical song from Marc Blitzstein's musical "The Cradle Will Rock" closes the show. Good luck, America!
NWR80525-2 • Donal Fox • Star Spangled Banner Fractured • Guy Livingston, piano [...] NWR 80526-2 • Marc Blitzstein, arr D. Robbins • Freedom of the Press, from [...] Blitzstein's musical "The Cradle Will Rock" closes the show. Good luck, America! • Theme [...] by myself, and composed by Donal Fox. Freedom of the Press, a cynical song from Marc
program - 4 november 2016
American music chosen by the American pianist Guy Livingston. AMERICAN HIGHWAYS PRESENTS MARC BLITZSTEIN, Act 4: "Anarchists at the Opera" • Composer Marc Blitzstein wrote engaging, and politically engaged music all his life. In the early 1960's he was commissioned to write an opera for the Met in New York, about Sacco and Vanzetti. Immensely controversial, this opera about anarchists was cut short by his murder – in Martinique. Guests on this episode include Leonard Bernstein's daughter Jamie, and Marc's nephew, Stephen Davis, as well as conductor John Mauceri and opera buff Fred Plotkin. This final episode of our four-part radio series tells the story of the end of Marc's life, and his unfinished 'masterpiece.' (was it? we will never know) We also tell the story of the recent revival of his music, and offer some thoughts on what such passionate intensity can mean to us now. More at GuyLivingston.com/radio
American music chosen by the American pianist Guy Livingston. AMERICAN HIGHWAYS PRESENTS MARC [...] "The Cradle That Rocked: Rediscovering Marc Blitzstein" was hosted and directed by pianist Guy [...] BLITZSTEIN, Act 4: "Anarchists at the Opera" • Composer Marc Blitzstein wrote engaging [...] such passionate intensity can mean to us now. More at GuyLivingston.com/radio • CREDITS [...] by the Transatlantic Foundation for Music and Art. Sound design by Erik Hense. Marc Blitzstein, arr. Stephen Sondheim
program - 10 february 2017
American music chosen by the American pianist Guy Livingston • AMERICAN HIGHWAYS #75: "I Speak in English Now" • This is the second in Guy Livingston's series on American composers who were refugees. Tonight, the lush Hollywood music of Korngold's cello concerto, and the modernist left-hand piano concerto of Hindemith. Plus Milhaud's 'Création du Monde', and Bukvich's 'Interior Designs.' • Tonight's show opens with the short but topical song "I Speak in English Now" by Marc Blitzstein, from 'No for an Answer', a musical written for and sung by Greek immigrants.
Speak in English Now" • This is the second in Guy Livingston's series on American [...] with the short but topical song "I Speak in English Now" by Marc Blitzstein, from [...] 79101 • Marc Blitzstein • No For an Answer: Act 2, Scene 7: "I Speak in English Now [...] Kamala Sankaram & Svjetlana Bukvich • Innova #253 • More at GuyLivingston.com/radio
program - 21 october 2016
AMERICAN HIGHWAYS PRESENTS MARC BLITZSTEIN, ACT 2: "Love and Betrayal" • Here's the story of a great composer who has been all but forgotten: Marc Blitzstein. In this episode (Act 2 of 4), I'll tell two stories: one about Airplanes, and one about a Southern Belle. But I'm also going to tell a third story, which is the most compelling of all. How a composer and a student became friends, lovers, rivals, and friends again. More at GuyLivingston.com/blitzstein
That Rocked: Rediscovering Marc Blitzstein" was hosted and directed by pianist Guy Livingston [...] and a student became friends, lovers, rivals, and friends again. More at GuyLivingston.com/blitzstein [...] the story of a great composer who has been all but forgotten: Marc Blitzstein. In this episode (Act [...] Director; Tommy Krasker, producer. Decca 433 812-2 • Marc Blitzstein • 2. Regina, Prologue
program - 13 may 2016
AMERICAN HIGHWAYS #47: MARC BLITZSTEIN IN NEW YORK • I just spent a wonderful week in New York, all devoted to researching, interviewing, and generally delving into the life of composer Marc Blitzstein. This show is a preview of some of his marvelous music, which will be featured in my upcoming documentary this fall, a joint production of ConcertZender Radio and the WFMT Radio Network in Chicago. Join me tonight as I choose my favorite songs and tunes from his operas and musicals. More at GuyLivingston.com/radio
at GuyLivingston.com/radio • • Theme Music : • Steve Reich. The Desert Music (1984 [...] Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas & William Carlos Williams. • Nonesuch Records 79101. Marc Blitzstein [...] No for an Answer • Paul Robeson Jr. Sony BMG Music 1997 re-release • Marc Blitzstein • 23. Art [...] & Patti LuPone • JAY Records JAY 1300 (CD, LP) • Marc Blitzstein • In The Clear
program - 1 september 2017
Pianist Guy Livingston is back with a "Labor Day Special", in honor of the American holiday this weekend. Episode #93 of American Highways: Music of Dan Moses Schreier, Marc Blitzstein, Plastic People of the Universe, Paul Bowles, John Cage, and Kurt Weill.
holiday this weekend. Episode #93 of American Highways: Music of Dan Moses Schreier, Marc Blitzstein [...] with a hint of political activism… Pianist Guy Livingston introduces us to his upcoming interviewees [...] for the Sullen, The Plastic People of the Universe, and Marc Blitzstein. (of course!) • Theme Music [...] Sony BMG Music 1997 re-release • Marc Blitzstein • Scherzo, "Bourgeois At Play