American Highways
vr 4 nov 2016 18:00 uur
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 • CREDITS: "The Cradle That Rocked: Rediscovering Marc Blitzstein" was hosted and directed by pianist Guy Livingston. This four-part series was produced for Concertzender Radio, Utrecht, The Netherlands; and is distributed by the WFMT Radio Network, Chicago. Funding for this project provided by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc. New York, New York. Administrative support provided by the Transatlantic Foundation for Music and Art. Sound design by Erik Hense. Marc Blitzstein, arr. Stephen Sondheim • 1. Never Get Lost 1:04 • 2. I Wish It So 3:20 • Dawn Upshaw • Electra Nonesuch 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 Concerto_ I. Moderato 1:33 • 6. Piano Concerto_ III Adagio ma non troppo 1:09 • Lukas Foss, Brooklyn Philharmonic & Michael Barrett • CRI CD 554 • Gino Paoli • 7. Il cielo in una stanza • Mina • Carosello – 300 553-2 • Marc Blitzstein • 8. Quartet For Strings, movt 3 • Del Sol Quartet • OM 1017-2 (2009) • Marc Blitzstein • 9. Freedom of the Press • Steven Tyler; Henry Stram; Tim Jerome • RCA Victor 09026-63577-2 • Ennio Moricone • 10. Speranze Di Liberta' • Ennio Morricone And His Orchestra; Gastone Chiarini, oboe. RCA Victor 443 013 • Marc Blitzstein • 11. Nickel Under the Foot • Steven Tyler; Henry Stram; Tim Jerome • RCA Victor 09026-63577-2 • Marc Blitzstein • 12. The Airborne Symphony – Movement II – Threat And Approach • Bernstein: New York Symphony Orchestra And RCA Victor Chorale With Charles Holland, tenor; Walter Schef, baritone and Robert Shaw, narrator • BMG 09026 61581 2 • Marc Blitzstein • 13. Stay In My Arms • William Sharp, baritone; Steven Blier, piano • Koch CD 6644 • Marc Blitzstein • 14. Regina ACT 1_ No. 7c – What will it be • Scottish Opera Orch & Chorus; John Mauceri, Director; Tommy Krasker, producer. Decca 433 812-2 • Ludwig van Beethoven • 15. Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major Op. 55 "Eroica": III. Scherzo • Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein • Deutsche Grammophon DG 474 924-2 • Marc Blitzstein • 16. Serenade String Quartet mvt 2 "Largo" • Del Sol Quartet • OM 1017-2 (2009) • Marc Blitzstein • 17. Piano Concerto_ II Largo assai • Lukas Foss, Brooklyn Philharmonic & Michael Barrett • CRI CD 554 • Marc Blitzstein • 18. Displaced • William Sharp, baritone; Steven Blier, piano • Koch CD 6644 • Marc Blitzstein, arr. Leonard Lehrman • 19. With A Woman To Be • Leonard Lehrman And Company • OC 6127 Original Cast Records • Marc Blitzstein • 20. Piano Concerto: Largo Assai • Lukas Foss, Brooklyn Philharmonic & Michael Barrett • CRI CD 554 • Marc Blitzstein • 21. Three Four Dance • 22. Pas de Deux • Bennett Lerner • Etcetera 1986 CD KTC 1019 • Marc Blitzstein, arr. Stephen Sondheim • 23. Never Get Lost • Dawn Upshaw • Electra Nonesuch 79345-2 • Marc Blitzstein, arr David Robbins • 24. Regina, ACT 3 – No. 9 – Finale • Scottish Opera Orch & Chorus; John Mauceri, Director; Tommy Krasker, producer. Decca 433 812-2 • Steve Reich. The Desert Music. 25. First Movement (Fast). Chorus of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas & William Carlos Williams. Nonesuch
