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program - 8 february 2024
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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
" • Composer Marc Blitzstein was a man who straddled many genres, from classical to Broadway. He could [...] " • More at GuyLivingston.com/blitzstein • CREDITS: "The Cradle That Rocked: Rediscovering Marc [...] Sound design by Erik Hense. Marc Blitzstein, arr. Stephen Sondheim • 1. Never Get Lost [...] Gilford, Louis Armstrong & His All Stars, Ludwig Lewisohn, Marc Blitzstein, Maurice Levine & Turk
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
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 [...] Dawn Upshaw • Electra Nonesuch 79345-2 1 • Marc Blitzstein • Regina, ACT 1: Prologue
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
the story of a great composer who has been all but forgotten: Marc Blitzstein. In this episode (Act [...] That Rocked: Rediscovering Marc Blitzstein" was hosted and directed by pianist Guy Livingston [...] Director; Tommy Krasker, producer. Decca 433 812-2 • Marc Blitzstein • 2. Regina, Prologue [...] Marc Blitzstein, arr. Stephen Sondheim • 3. Never Get Lost • Dawn Upshaw
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
BLITZSTEIN, Act 4: "Anarchists at the Opera" • Composer Marc Blitzstein wrote engaging [...] "The Cradle That Rocked: Rediscovering Marc Blitzstein" was hosted and directed by pianist Guy [...] by the Transatlantic Foundation for Music and Art. Sound design by Erik Hense. Marc Blitzstein, arr. Stephen Sondheim [...] 79345-2 • Marc Blitzstein • 3. Piano Sonata (1927) • 4. Piano Percussion Music (1929 [...] 1. Toccata • Sarah Cahill • OM 1017-2 (2009) • Marc Blitzstein • 5. Piano
program - 14 october 2016
American music chosen by the American pianist Guy Livingston
BLITZSTEIN, ACT 1: The Cradle that Rocked • Composer Marc Blitzstein has been all [...] 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 [...] LuPone • JAY Records JAY 1300 (CD, LP) • Marc Blitzstein • 3. Freedom of the Press [...] Steven Tyler; Henry Stram; Tim Jerome • RCA Victor 09026-63577-2 • Marc Blitzstein
news - 13 october 2016
American Highways on Friday 14 October 18:00 CET features composer Marc Blitzstein. He has been all but forgotten, but in the 1930s he was famous for his political musical, The Cradle Will Rock. Composed by Blitzstein, Directed by Orson Wells, Produced by John Houseman…and banned by the Federal Government.
of Blitzstein's career, and one of the compositions for which he will most be remembered [...] Composed by Blitzstein, Directed by Orson Wells, Produced by John Houseman…and banned
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 [...] 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 [...] Bear Family Records BCD16019 • Paul Bowles • Music for a Farce: Allegretto • David
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 - 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!
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 [...] indicate. But then Song of Sorrows by Mary Jane Leach leads into Star Spangled Banner Fractured, performed [...] Bernstein: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra • Deutsch Grammophon 415964-2 • Mary Jane Leach