Classics A Day

#TanglewoodaDay - July, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 19:14:00 +0000

This month the Boston Symphony Orchestra will be celebrating its 75th anniversary of concerts at Tanglewood. And as you can imagine, some legendary artists have turned in extraordinary performances over the years.

The Boston Symphony is making available 75 audio streams of Tanglewood concert archives from 1939-2009. For a limited time, listeners can access these streams for free. Our theme this month is to celebrate with the Boston Symphony this remarkable anniversary.

The Tanglewood Audio Stream Schedule

Simply listen to any Boston Symphony recording (of any era). And you can also simply enjoy the streams from Tanglewood. But be sure to share on Twitter what you're listening to, and what you think of it!

#TanglewoodaDay

#SovietaDay May, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:26:00 +0000

Comrades! In honor of May Day, the theme this month is Soviet Composers. That list alone provides a lot of variety -- Shostakovitch, Prokofiev, Glazunov, and Khachaturian spring readily to mind.

But there are many more to choose from, such as Denisov, Artyomov, Miaskovsky, and Weinberg. And there are many, many more.

But if you'd like to add some variety, feel free to also listen to (and share) Soviet performing artists. You could listen to Richter, Ashkenazy, Gergiev, Temirkanov, or Oistrakh (or any orchestras or chamber ensembles from the Soviet Union).

And if you want a real challenge, try listening to Soviet composers performed by Soviet groups.

#FoolsaDay April, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:51:00 +0000

This time we take the entire month to celebrate April Fool's day. This month, it's all about the funny side of serious music. And there's a lot to choose from.

Classic jokes by classical composers
An obvious choice would be Mozart's >Ein musikalischer Spaß (A Musical Joke). But there is also Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony (#94) and his "Farewell" Symphony (#45).

And there's Beethoven's Rondo alla ingharese quasi un capriccio in G major, Op. 129, "Rage Over a Lost Penny" (they can't all be LOL). Malcolm Arnold's Grand, Grand Overture, and many more.

Comic operas and other amusing entertainment
Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona was composed to get the laughs. Ditto with Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, the output of Gilbert and Sullivan, and countless other operas and operettas throughout the centuries. You can also add J.S. Bach's Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 (The Coffee Cantata), as well as Henry Purcell's naughty rounds and canons.

Humor in a classical music context
Victor Borge would be a good choice for this category. As would Peter Schickle, writing as PDQ Bach. And there's Anna Russell, Dudley Moore, and the newer classical music comedy team of Igudesman & Joo.

Hoaxes and Spurious Works
April Fool's Day usually involves pranks and tricks. So in honor of the holiday's emphasis on misdirection, let's also include spurious works. That wonderful adagio you thought was written by Albinoni? April Fool's!

There are plenty of spurious works to choose from, too. Haydn has a fair number, as does Handel and Bach. And don't forget all of the Baroque works "discovered" by Fritz Kreisler.

So share your favorite musical jokes with us on Twitter, and remember to use the hashtag #FoolsaDay.

#88aDay Classical Pianists March 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:16:00 +0000

The theme for March is classical pianists. It's a theme that's as broad as you care to make it.

Pianists as Soloists

There are plenty of recordings capturing the mastery of 20th and 21st Century artists. You could listen to Glenn Gould, Lang Lang, Murray Perhia, Emmanual Ax, and many other of the modern era. Or you could go back to the dawn of recording and listen to George Gershwin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Godowsky or other artists from the 1920's.

Many of the virtuoso pianists of the day made their own piano rolls, so they're recordings of a sort. Listen to (and share your experience) with those, if you wish.

Pianists as Ensemble Players

Also, there's no restriction on the type of work the artist performs. Solo piano music instantly springs to mind, but there are also piano concertos, piano trios, instrumental sonatas (for a solo instrument plus piano) and other types of chamber music that could be included.

Pianists as Conductors

Some pianists, like Daniel Barenboim, has a second career as a conductor. You could listen to those recordings too. Not everyone may be familiar with Murray Perahia's efforts on the podium. And if they're conducting a work that features a piano, that's even better.

Pianists as Composers

The virtuoso pianist as composer goes back to the introduction of the piano. Mozart was one. So was Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Prokfiev, Busoni, and many others. Listening to works composed by a pianist would be within the theme (although it should have a prominent keyboard part -- a Rachmaninoff symphony, as opposed to a piano concerto, seems a bit outside the bounds).

So start listening, and sharing your discoveries on Twitter. Use the hashtag #88aDay

#SQaDay February, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:02:00 +0000

The theme this month is the string quartet. Since the time of Haydn and Mozart, the string quartet, perhaps more than any other chamber ensemble, has been considered one of the highest forms of composition.

And there's certainly a lot to chose from. In the classical period alone, there are quartets by Haydn (68), Mozart (23), and Beethoven (16), most of which are considered masterworks

The romantic period begins with Schubert (15), then moves to Mendelssohn (6), Spohr (36) and Brahms (3).

20th and 21st century composers have also contributed to the genre. Ravel, Debussy, and Faure wrote one each (but they're still in the repertoire). Shostakovitch wrote 15. And then there's Elliot Carter (5), Philip Glass (5) and Benjamin Britten (3).

And many others besides: Bartok, Schumann, Puccini, Verdi, Wolf, Sibelius... and many many others, both major and minor.

You can also explore recordings by the great string quartets, even delve into historic recordings.

There's a lot out there to listen to, a lot for you to discover from others sharing their tweets, and a lot for you to bring to other people's attention with your tweets.

Just remember to include #SQaDay as the hashtag. That way everyone interested will know what your listening to (and most likely be impressed by your good taste).

#FilmClassicsaDay January, 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:51:00 +0000

This month we present an interesting challenge. The goal is to listen to at least one film classic a day.

So what does that mean? Well, it depends on how you define it. Remember, we're using the field of classical music as our starting point.

So you could listen to classical music that's been used in movies -- such as Beethoven ("Clockwork Orange") or Mozart ("Amadeus")

You could listen to film music written by classical composers -- such as Sergei Prokofiev, Eric Wolfgang Korngold, Miklos Rokza, and Bernard Hermann (who all wrote "legitimate" classical works and were classically trained).

You could listen to classical Music written by film composers (yes, there is a difference), such as the "Warsaw Concerto" by Richard Addinsell, or the suite from "Star Wars" by John Williams.

You also might interpret the word "classic" to mean "film classics." So you could listen to classic film scores by James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, Alfred Newman, and others.

As always, what happens next depends on the participants. Just remember to include #FilmClassicsaDay as the hashtag for your tweets!

#XmasClassicsaDay December, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:30:00 +0000

This month the challenge is to listen to music of the holiday season -- but not the same tired old tunes that we always here this time of year. The hashtag may read "Xmas Classics a Day," but we mean classical, not necessarily classic.

So Ralph Vaughan Williams' Hodie - yes. Steve Laurence and Edi Gorme's "Happy Holidays" - no.

Although the theme is classical, we're keeping the definition of Christmas loose. It includes any liturgical music written for use during Advent or Christmas (don't forget all those Magnificats, too).

There are also orchestral works written for the season, and many piano works, too. And there are ballets and dramatic works that have a scene or two (or perhaps the entire story) taking place around Christmas. Also remember works that involve the seasons or the months of the year -- the December portions of those compositions work, too!

You can select anything from medieval chants to modern choral works. So start listening, and be sure to share with your fellow Twitterers using the #XmasClassicsaDay hashtag. There's a very good chance that you'll be turning others on to some great music they might not otherwise discover.

#FaustaDay November 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:12:00 +0000

This month's theme is an interesting challenge. The goal is to listen to at least one classical work inspired by the story of Faust, the doctor who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for immortality and unlimited pleasure.

Composers have found the legend -- and especially the version by Gothe -- inspirational for centuries.

There's actually quite a lot of classical music to choose from.

You could listen to Charles Gounod's opera "Faust," Franz List's "Faust Symphony," Franz Schubert's lieder "Gretchen am Spinnrade." Alfred Schnittke's "Faust Cantata" -- just to name a few.

It's a great opportunity for us to be adventuresome, have fun, and deepen our shared knowledge of the repertoire!

#HovhanessaDay September 21-30, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:46:00 +0000

September 29, 2011

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay I'm fresh out of symphonies, so today it's Mountains & Rivers Without End and Prelude & Quadruple Fugue. Awesome stuff.

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay Symphonies 50 & 53 yesterday (forgot to tweet about them). Two of Hovhaness's most charming works.

September 28, 2011

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay Symphony 49. Pleasant, but uneventful. Sounds like a combination of Sibelius and Henry Cowell.

28 Sep

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

@villa_lobos Even the mediocre ones have at least one interesting movement. #HovhanessADay

28 Sep

villa_lobos Dean Frey

@Tom_Godell I agree - most of his symphonies bring something special; nearly all have *character* #HovhanessADay

28 Sep

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

@villa_lobos I've listened to about 20 of his symphonies. Only a tiny handful are inferior. #HovhanessADay

28 Sep

villa_lobos Dean Frey

#HovhanessADay Guitar sonata no2, op329 - Owes a lot to Villa-Lobos, with different harmonies. The 2nd mvt Jahla reminds me of VL's Etudes

28 Sep

villa_lobos Dean Frey

@Tom_Godell #HovhanessADay "Only 1 in 5 symphonies is any good." - "That means he wrote 12 good symphonies." classical.net/music/recs/rev…

28 Sep

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay Symphony 49. Possibly the most "American" of the H Symphonies in my collection. Sounds like Henry Cowell.

28 Sep

September 27, 2011

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay Symphony 39: boring, interminable, rambling. Symphony 46: utterly enchanting. Go figure.

27 Sep

RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Classicsaday #Hovhanessaday So what should the theme be for *October*

27 Sep

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

@RalphGraves Don't you mean October? #Classicsaday #Hovhanessaday

27 Sep

RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Classicsaday #Hovhanessaday Say, gang, what should the theme for September be? Any suggestions?

27 Sep

villa_lobos Dean Frey

#HovhanessADay Concerto for Orchestra no7, op116. Another in the great pioneering @LouOrchestra series of new works, cond. Robert S. Whitney

27 Sep

RalphGraves RalphGraves

@tom_godell After listening to Symphony 50 again, I have to agree that "Spirit Lake" is wonderful. #Hovhanessaday

27 Sep

September 27, 2011

villa_lobos Dean Frey

#HovhanessADay Fanfare for a New Atlantis op281 (1975), from a 2007 Naxos CD w/Royal Scottish NO cond. by Stewart Robertson @NaxosMusicLib

September 26, 2011

26 Sep

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay Round Two: Symphony 38. Mildly interesting, but soprano solo sung by composer's wife is dreadful.

26 Sep

americannanny Marsha Epstein

RT @Tom_Godell: On vacation last week, so no #HovhanessADay listening. Will make amends this week by doublin… (cont) deck.ly/~0sGEA

26 Sep

Tom_Godell Tom Godell

On vacation last week, so no #HovhanessADay listening. Will make amends this week by doubling up. On now: Symphony 31. Hauntingly lovely.

September 22

#Hovhanessaday Same thing w/"And God Created Great Whales." The whale songs seem tacked on, rather than integrated into the work.

38 minutes ago

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Hovhanessaday Actually, there's only 1 part of Symphony 50 I don't like - the eruption. Seems to literal (and therefore falls short) to me.

39 minutes ago

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Hovhanessaday Giving two works I don't like very much another chance: Symphony No. 50 "Mt. St. Helens" & "And God Created Great Whales."

41 minutes ago

September 21

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Hovhanessaday Three Visions of St. Mesrob, Op. 198. Another early work that's very appealing. #classicsaday

21 Sep

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Hovhanessaday If you missed the live broadcast, the program will be available for on-demand listening at wtju.net/vault

21 Sep

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#WTJU in honor of #Hovhanessaday - the Symphony No. 14 "Ararat" wtju.net/stream

21 Sep

39 DelosMusic Delos Music

RT @villa_lobos: #HovhanessADay Duet for violin & harpsichord, op122 - the 27sec 2nd mvt 'Haiku' is a gem-

23 hours ago

#BachaDay October 1-10

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:45:00 +0000

October 9, 2011

Tom_Godell Oct 09, 10:46am via TweetDeck

#BachADay The Kreisler/Zimbalist Bach Double is on YouTube. Here's the link for your enjoyment: http://t.co/lIinN56g

Tom_Godell Oct 09, 10:43am via TweetDeck

#BachADay No SOBs today. Listening to the old man himself--the Concerto for 2 Violins. Fritz Kreisler & Effrem Zimbalist recorded in 1915.

October 7, 2011

Tom_Godell Oct 07, 4:38pm via TweetDeck

@villa_lobos Love Stokowski's glitzy transcriptions, but prefer Stokie's own recordings. #BachADay

villa_lobos Oct 07, 4:37pm via web

I love the Stokowski transcriptions of Bach's music. Listening to Matthias Bamert's recording with the BBC PO on @ChandosRecords #BachADay

Tom_Godell Oct 07, 12:39pm via TweetDeck

#BachADay. Our SOB is C.P.E. Bach (not to be confused with his cousin the accountant CPA Bach): http://t.co/lIyovf1f

Tom_Godell Oct 07, 9:58am via TweetDeck

@RalphGraves Remind me to look up the info on my CD of the duets, played on modern flutes. Yum. #Bachaday

RalphGraves Oct 07, 9:57am via HootSuite

#Bachaday Listening to some wonderful flute duets by WF Bach http://ht.ly/6Qrnh

villa_lobos Oct 06, 4:20pm via web

Too much great music for only 1 #BachADay. Eliane Elias is fine in jazz+ classical. Bach French Suite no5, from her CD On the Classical Side

October 5, 2011

RalphGraves Oct 06, 3:09pm via HootSuite

#BachaDay Anner Bylsma plays CPE Bach cello concerti in this Virgin Classics recording (an oldy but a goody) http://ht.ly/6PIvk

RalphGraves Oct 06, 3:06pm via HootSuite

@villa_lobos That's a great set! I know @Tom_Godell doesn't care for the Hangover Band, but these are very well done. #BachaDay

villa_lobos Oct 06, 11:19am via web

From the cpo set of J.C. (London) Bach's op3 Symphonies, no 6 in G major #BachADay - Anthony Halstead conducts the Hanover Band

Tom_Godell Oct 06, 9:32am via TweetDeck

#BachADay. Today a Grand SOB! Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, grandson of old JS. A charming trio! http://t.co/E5wCDJnZ

WTJUClassical Oct 06, 8:08am via web

#BachADay #WTJU C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concerto in A major; Konrad Hünteler, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - Koopman. http://t.co/DQlwdJNk

October 5, 2011

villa_lobos Oct 05, 1:53pm via web

#BachADay Lute Suite BWV 996 in e minor, arranged for guitar & beautifully played by Sharon Isbin, on Virgin 0077775950359 @NaxosMusicLib

villa_lobos Oct 05, 1:53pm via web

#BachADay Lute Suite BWV 996 in e minor, arranged for guitar & beautifully played by Sharon Isbin, on Virgin 0077775950359 @NaxosMusicLib

Tom_Godell Oct 05, 11:48am via TweetDeck

@RalphGraves JCF is definitely underrated. Remind me, were there any SOBs who wrote music other than JCF, JC, CPE, WFE & PDQ? #BachaDay

RalphGraves Oct 05, 11:45am via HootSuite

#BachaDay I'm right w/@Tom_Godell and listening to JCF Bach for my SOB. In this case, Pygmaiion, Die Amerikanerin, and Ino -- 3 cantatas!

Tom_Godell Oct 05, 9:55am via TweetDeck

#BachADay Once again JCF Bach is my SOB (Son of Bach). Listening to his A Major Fortepiano Concerto. http://t.co/LXXCkZ5N

wtju911fm Oct 05, 7:44am via WTJUAutoTweet

#WTJU Bach Cantata No. 29 "Wir danken, Gott" #BachaDay y'all. http://t.co/2JXtEWRX

RalphGraves Oct 05, 7:17am via HootSuite

#classicsaday I'll follow the Hovhannes with JS Bach's Cantata No. 71, Gotts mein Konig for October's #BachaDay http://t.co/J1xKFsox (3...

October 4, 2011

Tom_Godell Oct 04, 5:51pm via TweetDeck

If I've learned anything from #BachADay it's that we need to know our SOBs (Sons of Bach) better. JS raised some pretty musical sons.

Tom_Godell Oct 04, 5:31pm via TweetDeck

#BachADay Today's SOB is Johann Christoph Friederich Bach & his Harpsichord Concerto in A. http://t.co/I77mQ9ad

villa_lobos Oct 04, 4:03pm via web

The always-reliable Univ. of Southern North Dakota at Hoople Heavy Opera Company RT @RalphGraves #BachaDay "The Stoned Guest" by PDQ Bach

RalphGraves Oct 04, 1:35pm via HootSuite

#BachaDay "The Stoned Guest" by PDQ Bach. Can I also count this for #operaday?

WCPE Oct 04, 11:52am via web

RT @villa_lobos: #BachADay bonus: http://t.co/hPwVEB4C, on the anniversary of Glenn Gould's death in 1982

villa_lobos Oct 04, 10:55am via web

#BachADay bonus: http://t.co/hPwVEB4C, on the anniversary of Glenn Gould's death in 1982

villa_lobos Oct 04, 10:44am via web

#BachADay Bronislaw Gimpel's legendary 1950s recordings of Bach's Unaccompanied Sonatas & Partitas re-released on Cambria - @NaxosMusicLib

October 3, 2011

villa_lobos Oct 03, 1:32pm via HootSuite

RT @DCDRecords: Join us for #ClassicsaDay - October’s theme is #BachaDay http://ht.ly/6K22W That includes JS Bach and all his kin – even PDQ!

villa_lobos Oct 03, 1:31pm via web

@Tom_Godell An awesome SOB! #BachADay

DCDRecords Oct 03, 11:35am via HootSuite

Join us for #ClassicsaDay - October’s theme is #BachaDay http://ht.ly/6K22W That includes JS Bach and all his kin – even PDQ!

RalphGraves Oct 03, 11:35am via HootSuite

Join us for #ClassicsaDay - October’s theme is #BachaDay http://ht.ly/6K22Y That includes JS Bach and all his kin – even PDQ!

RalphGraves Oct 03, 11:34am via HootSuite

@villa_lobosI actually have that recording! I'll be sure to give it a spin today. Thanks! #Bachaday

villa_lobos Oct 03, 11:03am via web

My #BachADay for Monday is Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach's D minor Symphony, played by Concerto Köln, on Capriccio - Sturm und Drang!

Tom_Godell Oct 03, 10:01am via TweetDeck

@RalphGraves Isn't there a recording by the Orchestra of St. Lukes? Its quite nice. Lively & spirited. #Classicsaday #BachaDay

RalphGraves Oct 03, 10:00am via HootSuite

#Classicsaday #BachaDay JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerti w/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Recommendations for a modern version anyone?

DCDRecords Oct 03, 9:30am via HootSuite

If you enjoy classical music, please join the conversation for #ClassicsaDay – details here http://ht.ly/6K1X9 October’s theme is #BachaDay

CornoDiBassetto Oct 03, 9:24am via TweetDeck

RT @Tom_Godell: #BachADay Today's SOB (Son of Bach) is Johann Christian. Better known as John the London Bach & friend of Mozart http://t.co/R7MrOER3

Tom_Godell Oct 03, 9:04am via TweetDeck

#BachADay Today's SOB (Son of Bach) is Johann Christian. Better known as John the London Bach & friend of Mozart http://t.co/R7MrOER3

DCDRecords Oct 03, 8:30am via HootSuite

Join us for #ClassicsaDay - October’s theme is Bach. Details about #BachaDay here http://ht.ly/6K1N5

RalphGraves Oct 03, 8:30am via HootSuite

If you enjoy classical music, please join the conversation for #ClassicsaDay – details here http://ht.ly/6K1UZ October’s theme is #BachaDay

RalphGraves Oct 03, 6:30am via HootSuite

Join us for #ClassicsaDay - October’s theme is Bach. Details about #BachaDay here http://ht.ly/6K1LF

October 3, 2011

DCDRecords Oct 02, 5:35pm via HootSuite

Join us for #ClassicsaDay - October’s theme is #BachaDay http://ht.ly/6K21f That includes JS Bach and all his kin – even PDQ!

Tom_Godell Oct 02, 3:47pm via TweetDeck

#BachADay BTW, those Wilhelm Friedmann Bach Flute Duos are lovely. Strongly recommended.

americannanny Oct 02, 3:12pm via TweetDeck

RT @Tom_Godell: #BachADay Next up, flute duos of WF Bach. My goal this month to listen to as many SOBs (sons of Bach) as possible.

Tom_Godell Oct 02, 3:11pm via TweetDeck

#BachADay Next up, flute duos of WF Bach. My goal this month to listen to as many SOBs (sons of Bach) as possible.

DCDRecords Oct 02, 2:30pm via HootSuite

Join us for #ClassicsaDay - October’s theme is Bach. Details about #BachaDay here http://ht.ly/6K1IX

DCDRecords Oct 02, 11:30am via HootSuite

If you enjoy classical music, please join the conversation for #ClassicsaDay – details here http://ht.ly/6K1Tg October’s theme is #BachaDay

October 1, 2011

RalphGraves Oct 01, 4:20pm via HootSuite

Join us for #ClassicsaDay - October’s theme is Bach. Details about #BachaDay here http://ht.ly/6K1H4

villa_lobos Oct 01, 1:23pm via web

#BachADay & #HeitorADay Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude 22, arranged for 8 cellos by Villa-Lobos, on a Yale Cellos disc @DelosMusic

RalphGraves Oct 01, 10:30am via HootSuite

If you enjoy classical music, please join the conversation for #ClassicsaDay – details here http://ht.ly/6K1QZ October’s theme is #BachaDay

RalphGraves Oct 01, 7:30am via HootSuite

Join us for #ClassicsaDay - October’s theme is #BachaDay http://ht.ly/6K1ZG That includes JS Bach and all his kin – even PDQ!

#BachaDay October 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:01:00 +0000

J.S. Bach
the father

The theme for this month is Bach. And not just Johann Sebastian Bach, but any composer in the Bach family tree. So you can listen to any of the over 1200 works by Johann Sebastian Bach.

But it also means you can listen (if you prefer) to any work by any of his sons, several of whom also were prominent composers.

W.F. Bach
the black sheep

The eldest surviving son (and the one who most resembled his father in composition style) was Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to achieve his father's greatness -- or stability of employment. Nevertheless, there are still over 300 surviving works for you to listen to (albeit not all of them have been recorded).

CPE Bach
the good son

Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach was the responsible son. His music provides a transition from the baroque to the classical period. At one time he was employed by Frederick the Great, and is directly responsible for his father composing The Musical Offering BWV1079. There are about 900 works in CPE Bach's catalog.

JC Bach
the hitmaker

Another good choice is Johann Christian Bach. JC Bach wrote more in the early classical -- as opposed to late baroque -- style, and was greatly admired by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. JC Bach was active in France and England, and is sometimes referred to as "the London Bach" (which is where the very young Mozart visited him). There are several hundred works by JC Bach for you to choose from.

PDQ Bach
the worst

Some other sons of JS Bach were also composers, and some of their works have been recorded. And of course, you're welcome -- if you dare -- to listen to the works of Bach's last, and least, son, PDQ Bach. There are far too many of PDQ Bach's works around, and more seem to be discovered all the time. But if you want to waste your time on his music, that's your lookout.

Remember, just use the hash tag #BachaDay when you post your tweet, and include a catalog number if you think there might be some confusion as to which work you're listening to. There's a lot of music out there attached to a Bach name. Let's see how much we can sample in a month!

#HovhanessaDay Septemvber 11 - 20, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:42:00 +0000

September 20, 2011

35 villa_lobos Dean Frey

#HovhanessADay Duet for violin & harpsichord, op122 - the 27sec 2nd mvt 'Haiku' is a gem- a 2004 Albany disc TROY668 @NaxosMusicLib

20 Sep

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#HovhanessaDay Listening to some of his solo piano music, like the Sonata Op. 303 and Macedonian Mountain Dances, Op. 144 #classicsaday

20 Sep

September 19, 2011

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Hovhanessaday Listening to a few of the string quartets today, from the Shanghai String Quartet CD on Delos. #classicsaday

19 Sep

September 16, 2011

35 villa_lobos Dean Frey

#HovhanessADay Suite for English Horn & Bassoon, op. 21 - youtube.com/watch?v=4FVaea…

16 Sep

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#HovhanessaDay An unusual work: the Duet for Violin and harpsichord Op. 122 from 1954 #ClassicsaDay

15 Sep

September 15, 2011

50 Tom_Godell Tom Godell

Stuck at mechsnic's this AM. Lots of #KoussevitzkyADay & #HovhanessADay listening today.

15 Sep

50 Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay Symphony 22, City of Light. Gorgeous. Celtic as well as Armenian influences.

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September 12, 2011

36 villa_lobos Dean Frey

#HovhanessADay Lousadzak, Op. 48 - on a #Naxos Classical Archives CD @NaxosMusicLib conducted by the composer

Tom_Godell 9:21am via TweetDeck

@RalphGraves 7 is my favorite of the Symphonies on that CD. #HovanhessaDay

RalphGraves 9:20am via HootSuite

@tom_godell I'm starring with the first one on the CD. Here we go! Symphony No. 7 #HovanhessaDay

RalphGraves: @tom_godell BTW: Just received a Naxos CD w/#Hovahness Symphonies 7, 14 & 23. Those will be my picks today! 9:05am, Sep 12 from HootSuite

Tom_Godell: @RalphGraves I'm listening to the Symphonies in my collection in order. Just got to #23, by coincidence! #HovahnessADay 9:13am, Sep 12 from TweetDeck

#HovhanessaDay September 1-10, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:42:00 +0000

September 9, 2011

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#HovhanessADay Going back to the beginning: Oror "Lullaby, Op. 1a! #classicsaday

villa_lobos 11:07am via web

#HovhanessADay Cello Concerto, op.17 - one of the few early works H didn't destroy (luckily). #Naxos American Classics CD @NaxosMusicLib

Tom_Godell 7:39am via TweetDeck

#HovhanessADay Symphony 19, "Vishnu". Very majestic music.

September 8, 2011

Tom_Godell Sep 08, 3:30pm via TweetDeck

Almost forgot. Today's #HovhanessADay is the Symphony 15, "Silver Pilgrimage". The finale "Heroic Gates of Peace" is especially lovely.

September 7, 2011

Tom_Godell Sep 07, 12:10pm via TweetDeck

#HovhanessADay Symphony 14, a rather stern and severe work compared to its predecessors. Nice @naxosrecords CD.

villa_lobos Sep 07, 12:08pm via web

#HovhanessADay Ode to the Temple of Sound, op. 216, on a Frost SO Centaur CD cond. by Chung Park CRC2954 @NaxosMusicLib - Mysterious music!

RalphGraves Sep 07, 10:04am via HootSuite

#HovhanessaDay Thanks to Naxos, I'll be listening to Guitar Concertos 1 & 2 by Hovhaness today. #classicsaday

September 6, 2011

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#HovhanessaDay Giving the underperformed (even for Hovhaness) Magnificat a listen. #classicsaday

50 Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay. Symphonies 6&7. Few classical works more enchanting that 6. The 7th is a more challenging work for band.

September 5, 2011

50 Tom_Godell Tom Godell

Having a laid back Labor Day, listening to Hovhaness Symphonies 3&4 with @bellagitana2. #HovhanessADay

September 3, 2011

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#HovhanessaDay Giving the underperformed (even for Hovhaness) Magnificat a listen. #classicsaday

3 minutes ago

51 Tom_Godell Tom Godell

#HovhanessADay. Symphonies 6 & 7. Few classical works more enchanting that 6. The 7th is a more challenging work for band.

September 2, 2011

35 villa_lobos Dean Frey

@Tom_Godell @RalphGraves 66 Symphonies! This sounds like a job for #HovhanessADay!

2 Sep

35 villa_lobos Dean Frey

#HovhanessADay 3 Fantasies for Brass Trio (trumpet, horn, & trombone). University of Maryland Brass Trio: youtube.com/watch?v=DqJv3f…

2 Sep

48 TheWagnerian The Wagnerian

Rubaiyat, Op. 308 #Hovhanessaday with Michael York as the narrator of course

September 1, 2011

34 DelosMusic Delos Music

Yeah! RT @ralphgraves: #Hovhanessaday To start things off, Symphony 60 "To the Appalachian Mountains" - seems appropriate for where I live.

1 Sep

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Hovhanessaday To start things off, Symphony 60 "To the Appalachian Mountains" - seems appropriate for where I live.. #classicsaday

1 Sep

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#classicsaday This month we're listening to the music of Alan Hovhaness. If you'd like to participate just use #HovhanessaDay in your tweet.

1 Sep

51 Tom_Godell Tom Godell

Such beauty & majesty! I'd forgotten how powerful this music was. After all, he wrote 67 Symphonies. Hard to remember all! #HovhanessADay

1 Sep

51 Tom_Godell Tom Godell

New listening project this month: #HovhanessADay devoted to Armenian composer Alan Hovhaness. Starting with his Symphony No. 1, "Exile".

1 Sep

13 DCDRecords DCDRecords

Please RT #Classicsaday Remember, folks, tomorrow we start #HovhanessADay (and there's a lot to chose from).

31 Aug

42 RalphGraves RalphGraves

#Classicsaday Remember, folks, tomorrow we start #HovhanessaDay (and there's a lot to chose from).

#HovhanessADay September, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:50:00 +0000

The #classicsaday theme for September is the music of composer Alan Hovhaness. In truth, we could probably do #HovhanessADay for several months. This amazingly prolific composer has over 430 compositions in his catalog (not including several early works that he destroyed). His output of 67 symphonies is especially impressive.

Hovhaness was an American composer who decided to go his own way. He ignored the serialism that took hold of classical music in the 1930's and was equally unconcerned by the neo-romantic school.

His music is an interesting blend of simple, yet beautiful harmonies and long melodic lines reminiscent of Gregorian chant. Hovhaness also loved counterpoint, and many of his mult-movement compositions feature at least a section -- if not an entire movement -- working out a fugue.

Hovhaness' music was never well-received by academia. Once a professor complained to Hovhaness that his music didn't go anywhere. Hovhaness, shocked, asked, "Why should it?" His works are often contemplative and spiritual, and like Gregorian chant, don't go anywhere -- but that's their charm.

Hovhaness loved mountains, and many of his works are inspired by, and depict different peaks. His most famous work, "Mysterious Mountain" (his second symphony) perfectly sums up not only Hovhaness' style, but his creative aesthetic as well.

Join us in the month of September for #HovhanessADay.

#KoussevitzkyADay August, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:08:00 +0000

August 26, 2011

@Tom_Godell

@rebcamuse PS: I tell singers that if they want to learn about phrasing they should listen to K's Beethoven minuet. #KoussevitzkyADay

@Tom_Godell

@rebcamuse There's a lot of portamento in K's Boston Symphony recordings, too. He loved that sound. #KoussevitzkyADay

@Tom_Godell

@rebcamuse I've always said that K played the bass the way Kreisler played the vioiln. What a duo they'd have been! #KoussevitzkyADay

@rebcamuse

@Tom_Godell I know! The portamento is sort of overwhelming, but what a musical soul. #KoussevitzkyADay

@Tom_Godell

@rebcamuse I love his phrasing and beauty of tone. Technique is sloppy, but he hadn't played bass in years. #KoussevitzkyADay

@rebcamuse

Listening to Koussevitzky play his own Concerto for Double Bass w/ pno reduction (1929 recording) #KoussevitzkyADay

@RalphGraves

@nightafternight That's very cool. I was listening from a different source, so I didn't have have Hanson 3rd. Thanks!

@nightafternight

@RalphGraves Nice. Your note inspired me to find pairing of Koussevitzky's BSO Harris & Hanson Thirds on @Spotify: bit.ly/o09osD

@rebcamuse

RT @RalphGraves: #KoussevitzkyADay Listening to Roy Harris' 3rd Symphony, from a 1939 BSO performance. Must have been shortly after it was written!

@RalphGraves 2:27pm via HootSuite

#KoussevitzkyADay Listening to Roy Harris' 3rd Symphony, from a 1939 BSO performance. Must have been shortly after it was written!

@Tom_Godell 11:02am via TweetDeck

@villa_lobos Very nice choice. #KoussevitzkyADay

@villa_lobos

#KoussevitzkyADay Prokofiev Violin Concerto no2, with Heifetz - 1937? @NaxosMusicLib

@Tom_Godell

A joyously perfect way to jump start your morning: Koussevitzky/LPO/Haydn: http://t.co/7rREXLr #KoussevitzkyADay

@RalphGraves

#KoussevitzkyADay @wtjuclassical 's radio show this AM put me in the mood for Brahms. So it's his Violin Concerto w/Heifetz & BSO, 1939

@Tom_Godell

@patchjams Thanks for the RT! #KoussevitzkyADay

Aug 25

@patchjams

RT @Tom_Godell: Two Debussy dances gloriously performed by the Boston Symphony in 1930: http://t.co/VF16WsQ http://t.co/QwkH5eT #KoussevitzkyADay

@Tom_Godell

Two Debussy dances gloriously performed by the Boston Symphony in 1930: bit.ly/oIgDzB bit.ly/nGEg4y #KoussevitzkyADay

Aug 25

August 23, 2011

@villa_lobos

#KoussevitzkyADay Berlioz Harold in Italy, BSO w/William Primrose - recorded November 1944 - @NaxosMusicLib

23 Aug

@RalphGraves

Wow. That's amazing. #ClassicsADay #KoussevitzkyADay #Tchaikovsky Wonder if the same thing will happen when we get to #HovhanessADay?

23 Aug

@Tom_Godell Tom Godell

@RalphGraves That's exactly what I listened to this morning! #ClassicsADay #KoussevitzkyADay #Tchaikovsky

23 Aug

@RalphGraves

#ClassicsADay #KoussevitzkyADay Sticking w/the Russians today. #Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 from a 1930 BSO recording.

23 Aug

August 19, 2011

@Tom_Godell

As a follow up to @villa_lobos #KoussevitzkyADay selection, Serge Koussevitzky & the BSO rehearse Debussy's La Mer. bit.ly/nVIurk

19 Aug

@villa_lobos

#KoussevitzkyADay Bartok Concerto for Orchestra @NaxosMusicLib - recording of the Dec 30, 1944 concert - lots of energy here! #ClassicsADay

19 Aug

August 18, 2011

@RalphGraves

@tom_godell I'm sure that, like the Bach, it's good and good for you. 8-) #KoussevitzkyaDay #ClassicsADay

18 Aug

@RalphGraves

#KoussevitzkyADay Bach: Brandenburg Concertos w/BSO. Historic recordings, but not historically informed performances! #classicsaday

18 Aug

@villa_lobos

#KoussevitzkyADay Villa-Lobos's Symphony no11, dedicated to Natalie and Serge K, written for the 75th anniversary of the BSO in 1955.

18 Aug

@37 villa_lobos

So beautiful! RT @Tom_Godell An all too brief lesson in the art of achieving beautiful string tone: bit.ly/oZYRz4 #KoussevitzkyADay

18 Aug

@RalphGraves

Here's some additional info about #ClassicsADay and this month's theme, #KoussevitzkyADay http://ht.ly/66vbz

18 Aug

@Tom_Godell T

An all too brief lesson in the art of achieving beautiful string tone from Koussevitzky & the BSO: bit.ly/oZYRz4 #KoussevitzkyADay

18 Aug

@60 ericasipes

RT @RalphGraves: #ClassicsADay is now under way. For the remainder of August, it's #KoussevitzkyADay either as a conductor or composer!

18 Aug

@RalphGraves

#ClassicsADay is now under way. For the remainder of August, it's #KoussevitzkyADay either as a conductor or composer!

18 Aug

August 17, 2011

@villa_lobos

Villa-Lobos also dedicated his great Fantasia & Cello & Orchestra to K. #KoussevitzkyADay

17 Aug

@villa_lobos

#KoussevitzkyADay It's a shame K never recorded Villa-Lobos. He commissioned & premiered Symphony11 & the symphonic poem Madona,

17 Aug

@villa_lobos

#KoussevitzkyADay the Good Friday music from Parsifal, with the BSO, recorded April 1947, @NaxosMusicLib

17 Aug

August 16, 2011

@villa_lobos

#KoussevitzkyADay Unfortunately the Naxos Historical discs of K's music are unavailable in the US on @NaxosMusicLib for copyright reasons

16 Aug

@37 villa_lobos

#KoussevitzkyADay Sibelius Symphony no7, BBC SO, recorded in London in May 1933 @NaxosMusicLib - this is an exciting performance!

16 Aug

@Tom_Godell

#KoussevitzkyADay. Incidentally, that recording was made in 1928. The sound is quite remarkable & vivid for its time. Stunning performance.

@Tom_Godell

#KoussevitzkyADay Serge Koussevitzky conducts the Boston Symphony in Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe Suite 2. bit.ly/pifsAT

16 Aug

@51 Tom_Godell

@RalphGraves Tell ya what I'm gonna do. I'll set up a #KoussevitzkyADay drop box folder for everyone interested. DM me for access.

16 Aug

@Tom_Godell

@RalphGraves Yes, but I misspelled it. #KoussevitzkyADay

16 Aug

#KoussevitzkyADay August 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:22:00 +0000

After a long hiatus, #ClassicsADay returns! For the rest of August, the goal is to listen to one recording by Serge Koussevitzky every day. There's quite a lot to choose from. He was the music director of the Boston Symphony for 25 years, so there are a lot of recordings to choose from.

He was also a double-bassist, and composed some works for the instrument. So recordings of Koussevitzky's compositions count as well. And to extend it even further, Koussevitzky was a champion of contemporary music, and commissioned and/or premiered many important works, such as Ravel's Second Piano Concerto. So if you want to listen to a work that's connected to Koussevitzky in some significant fashion, that's fine. Just make sure to explain it in your tweet.

Remember to use the hashtag #KoussevitzkyyADay in your conversations, or at least #ClassicsADay. Let the listening begin!

#SchumanADay - June, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:14:00 +0000

The Schumann A Day theme honored the birthday of Robert Schumann. In addition to listening to one work by Robert Schumann each day, some participants also included music by his wife, Clara Wieck Schumann. There was even a side trip to the music of American composer William Schuman thanks to a typo!

The Conversation:
June 1-5, 2010
June 6-12, 2010
June 13-19, 2010
June 20-26, 2010
June 27-30, 2010

The Collective Playlist:

Robert Schumann

Solo music and lieder

Kinderzenen, Op. 15: Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Kreisleriana, inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann's stories, is my #Schumannaday selection. Claudio Arrau
Ronald Brautigam, Schumann 2nd piano sonata g minor op 22,
Tölzer Knabenchor - R. Schumann - Zigeunerleben
Kiederkreis, Op. 24 with Victor Braun, baritone and Antonin Kubalek, piano
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Jadglieder
Kinderszenen by Schnabel. He plays the music in an unsentimental way, but makes it swing. @NaxosMusicLib 8.110665
Meine Rose
Theme and Variations on the name Abegg, Op. 1, Clara Haskill

Chamber music

String Quartet Op. 41, No. 1
Piano Quintet: Claire-Marie Le Guay & the Mandelring Quartet on Audite92.574

Robert Schumann! Listening to Rose Mary Harbison and Eli Kalman perform his violin sonatas
Myrthen Op. 25 Dorothea Roschmann, Ian Bostridge, Graham Johnson
ogan plays Schumann's Fantasy Op 131

Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor Music@menlo
Piano Concerto played by Murray Perahia.
String Quartets no1 & 3 arr. for string orchestra - Montreal Players, JP Tremblay - @NaxosMusicLib 8.570133

Piano Quintet played by Leonard Bernstein & the Juilliard Quartet.

three String Quartets played by the Takacs Quartet on Hungaroton.
Piano Quartet played by Emmanuel Ax/Isaac Stern/Jaime Laredo/Yo-Yo Ma.
chumannADay choice is the Piano Trio, Op. 63 (Szeryng/Rubinstein/Fournier)
Finishing up the Op. 41 String Quartets

Orchestral music and concertos
Cello Concerto Op. 129 - Truls Mork, cello 'Cello Concerto.
The amazing Jacqueline DuPre with Leonard Bernstein.
Symphony no3, Sinopoli & Staatskapelle Dresden in Tokyo
Piano Concerto op. 54, Frantz/Bernstein/Vienna
Symphony No. 4, Op. 120, Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell.
Symphony No. 1 - Eisenbach
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
symphony cycle continues: No. 2, Op. 61, Cleveland/Szell
Symphony No. 4, Op. 120, Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell.
Schumann's "Manfried" Overture w/George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.
cycle with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra. Today: No. 1, Op. 38 'Spring'

Traumerei, played by Horowitz in Moscow
Clara's Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, op.20Veronica Jochum TUDOR7007

the two Concert Pieces for Piano & Orchestra.

Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze.
Manfred overture, op. 115, Cleveland/Szell
Jürg Baur, called "Musik mit Robert Schumann" - on a Thorophon CD @NaxosMusicLib CTH2270

Carl Schuricht: Schumann symphony nr 3 Rheinische part
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1 with the Eroica Quartet.

Schumann's 2nd Symphony is Sinopoli's, w/ Staatskapelle Dresden.

Piano Concerto in A, Radu Lupu

Piano Quintet Claire-Marie Le Guay & the Mandelring Quartet on Audite92.57

Frauenlieben und Leben, Op. 42: Brigitte Fassbaender, Irwin Gage

Lieder with Thomas Hampson. Listening to 12 Gedichte, Op. 35 and 5 Lieder, Op. 40 (and some other odds and ends besides).
Twitter - Jun 11, 2010 9:10:26 AM
A jazz arrangement for flute & piano of 3 Romanzen, Op. 94 - Bill Cunliffe & Holly Hofmann - Azica72205

Schumann's Fantasiestücke, op. 73

Fantasie for piano played by Edwin Fischer.

Listening to Clara Schumann's Romances for Violin and Piano Heavenly!

Carnaval & Kinderjahr on BIS-CD-1055 w/ Dirk Joeres/RPO
Violin Sonata no2 with Abel/Szidon on Ars Musici
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41 No. 3, Zehetmair Quartett
Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto op.7 - Elizabeth Rich w/Janacek PO, Burkh - on Centaur CRC2283
Clara's turn: Piano Trio op. 17 by Clara Wieck-Schumann,
Schumann's Violin Concerto, Gideon Kremer performs with Muti and the Philharmonia
Violin Concerto played by the amazing Henryk Szeryng.
3 Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 for clarinet & fortepiano - Ensemble Aventure on Ars Musica AM232225
chumann's Cello Concerto - the 1961 recording w/Rostropovich, cellist & Benjamin Britten
Konzertstueck for Four Horns & Orchestra
Clara Schumann's Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 7 w/Veronica Jochum & Bamburg Symphony; Joseph Silverstein, conducting
Twitter - Jun 28, 2010 10:31:32 AM
Piano Trio no3, Lions Gate Trio on Centaur CRC2709-10

Papillons, Op. 2, Andrei Gavrilov, piano
Twitter - Jun 29, 2010 11:20:40 AM

Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26, Andrei Gavrilov, piano.
Fischer-Dieskau with the first song from Liederkreis, Op. 39. ♫

Liederkreis, Op. 39 with Victor Braun, baritone and Antonin Kubalek, piano

3 Schumann Violin Sonatas played by Maria Egelhof (Thorofon CD).

Clara Wieck Schumann
Clara's Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, op.20Veronica Jochum TUDOR7007

William Schumann
Wm Schuman's New England Triptych Serebrier, Naxos 8.559083
William Schuman, Symphony No. 7.

William Schuman, Symphony No. 10 'American Muse', Seattle SO/Schwarz

#AmericanADay July 25-31, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:01:00 +0000

July 26, 2010
RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Moravian composers in PA and NC, ca.1780 - John Antes et al. Well-crafted, straight-forward music.
Lost Music Of Early America - The Moravians / Pearlman, Etc ...‎ - arkivmusic.com
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 9:27:37 AM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay Turkish/American Kamran Ince: Symphony No. 3/ Symphony No. 4. Yay for saxes and synth in the orch. @NaxosMusicLib 8.557588
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 9:58:54 AM

Tom_Godell‎: #AmericanAday David Diamond Symphony #4. I've never heard a note by Diamond that is not a gem.
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:02:21 AM

villa_lobos‎: One of my favourite discs! @RalphGraves #AmericanADay Moravian composers in PA and NC.
Lost Music Of Early America - The Moravians / Pearlman, Etc ...‎ - arkivmusic.com
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:05:54 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @operaskank I shall hunt them down. Thanks. This #AmericanAday project is getting EXPENSIVE!
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:15:39 AM

NaxosUSA‎: RT @UMKCCons #AmericanADay Turkish/American Kamran Ince: Symphony No. 3/ Symphony No. 4. Yay for saxes and synth in the orch. 8.557588
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:23:36 AM

NaxosMusicLib‎: #AmericanADay - The wonderful Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" - 8.559088 ... I may or may not have watched Platoon this weekend...
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:34:28 AM

McAllisterSax‎: RT @UMKCCons: #AmericanADay Turkish/American Kamran Ince: Symphony No. 3/ Symphony No. 4. Yay for saxes and synth in the orch. @NaxosMu ...
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 11:23:35 AM
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DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay is Duke Ellington, a disk of four of his symphonic works. First up: the Black, Brown and Beige Suite
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 12:53:42 PM

DrGeoduck‎: Now playing: Duke Ellington's Three Black Kings #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 1:13:13 PM

DrGeoduck‎: Now playing: Duke Ellington's New World a-Comin' #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 1:40:40 PM

DrGeoduck‎: And the last Duke Ellington piece of the day: Harlem. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 2:08:45 PM

UMKCCons‎: Why hello there Elliott Carter Cello Sonata. Pleasure to get reacquainted. I've missed you. #AmericanADay @NaxosMusicLib IMCD062
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 3:11:07 PM

July 28, 2010
Tom_Godell‎: #AmericanAday Michael Torke's stunning Color Music. I especially love "Ash" and "Bright Blue Music". Refreshing, joyous music.
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 8:20:17 AM

RalphGraves‎: @rebcamuse @Tom_Godell Good point. Someone could just do Dvorak -- but not me. Too many others. #CzechaDay #Americanaday
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 9:05:50 AM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay Americans in Rome (Courtesy of @BridgeRecords) w/ UMKC's own Jim Mobberley @NaxosMusicLib BCD9271
James Mobberley - Curators' Professor of Music Composition‎ - umkc.edu
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 10:05:14 AM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Ginastera's Popol Vuh, a new @NaxosRecords CD cond. Ben Dor - based on the same Mayan text used in Edgard Varese's Ecuatorial
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 10:17:31 AM

NaxosMusicLib‎: @UMKCCons #AmericanADay Today's entry is the wonderful John Mackey ( @Ostimusic ) - 8.572231 -"Kingfishers Catch Fire"!
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 10:49:06 AM

DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay Alan Hovhaness solo piano music, played by the composer. Ghazal, then Komachi, then Sonata for Piano 'Prospect Hill'
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 11:32:51 AM

villa_lobos‎: Hovhaness' piano music is new to me - I enjoyed "To Hiroshige's Cat" RT @DrGeoduck #AmericanADay Alan Hovhaness solo piano music
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 11:53:22 AM

DrGeoduck‎: Now playing: George Gershwin's Let 'Em Eat Cake. #AmericanADay Definitely. #OperaADay Sort of.
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 12:21:47 PM
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RalphGraves‎: #Americanaday Tweet your vote for our August theme. Either.#CzechADay or #WorldCupaDay (details here )
Classics A Day: Upcoming #ClassicsADay Themes‎ - blogspot.com
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 4:00:19 PM

July 29, 2010
RalphGraves‎: #AmericanaDay Enjoying the music of Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangoré (played by Jeffery McFadden on Naxos). ht.ly/2ifwB
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 8:48:45 AM

RootsRadio‎: #AmericanaDay Enjoying the music of Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangoré (played by Jeffery McFadden on N...
Twitter / RalphGraves: #AmericanaDay Enjoying the ...‎ - twitter.com
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 8:49:17 AM

RalphGraves‎: #Americanaday What should be the theme for August? #CzechADay or #WorldCupaDay? (details here ht.ly/2hImc) Send a tweet w/your vote.
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 9:20:08 AM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay American T-bone concertos. Rouse, Chavez, Augusta Read Thomas @NaxosMusicLib BIS-CD-788
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 10:12:10 AM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanaDay Enjoying the music of Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangoré (played by Jeffery McFadden on Naxos). ht.ly/2iiyC
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 10:12:14 AM

Tom_Godell‎: #AmericanAday Copland's Appalachian Spring from a 1940s concert by the Boston Symphony conducted by Serge Koussevitzky.
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 10:17:00 AM

DrGeoduck‎: Today's #AmericanADay is Ned Rorem's song cycle, "Evidence of Things Not Seen"
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 11:40:10 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @DrGeoduck Haven't listened to any Rorem all month. Fine composer. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 11:41:18 AM

July 30, 2010
RalphGraves‎: #Americanaday Polls running neck and neck for #WolrdCupADay vs. #CzechaDay. If there's no clear winner, could we do both & still be friends?
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 8:41:56 AM

Tom_Godell‎: #AmericanAday SCHUMAN: Prayer in Time of War; A Free Song; GERSHWIN: Summertime.
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 11:14:32 AM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay M. Camargo Guarnieri's Piano Concerto no4 on a new @NaxosRecords CD - great podcast here:
Podcast: An introduction to Mozart Carmargo Guarnieri posted in ...‎ - naxos.com
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 12:41:26 PM

DrGeoduck‎: Well, that was certainly unique. Steve Reich's The Cave is probably the only documentary opera ever composed. #AmericanADay #OperaADay
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 1:42:55 PM

NaxosUSA‎: @RalphGraves #Americanaday We had a ball doing trivia during the world cup, but we have plenty of music for #CzechADay too. Our vote: both!
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 3:30:10 PM

rebcamuse‎: RT @RalphGraves: #Americanaday Looks like both #WorldCupaDay and #CzechaDay win! Details here: ... If this makes sense, w ...
Classics A Day: #ClassicsADay - the August double theme!‎ - blogspot.com
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 4:12:40 PM

#ClassicsADay - the August double theme!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:46:00 +0000

For August we had two competing themes: World Cup a Day and Czech a Day. The votes were pretty evenly divided among the two themes, and by mid-day Friday, July 30th several participants tweeted that they'd be up for both.

So here it is: for August, we'll actually be using three hashtags. For general comments about August, or if you want to talk about both themes, use #Classicsaday.

If you're cycling through the classical music of the World Cup participating countries, use #WorldCupaday for your tweet -- and if possible, include the country of the composer.

EX: Listening to Peter Schulthorpe's 1st String Quartet #WorldCupaDay Australia

If you're going to be listening to music by Czech composers, use the #Czechaday.

Below are more details about each theme. And away we go!

#WorldCupADay
The challenge is to listen to classical music from each of the countries that fielded a team in the World Cup. Each day you should listen to music from a different country. There were 32 countries represented, and 31 days in the month of August, so you legitimately skip at least one country -- it may be a real challenge to find classical music from countries like North Korea. The FIFA list of participating countries.

#CzechADay
The challenge is to listen to classical music composed by a native son (or daughter) from the area now known as the Czech Republic. The music can be from any style period, the composers living or dead. In addition to major composers such as Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana, Janos Janacek and Bohislav Martinu, there are many others to choose from. For example, there's Zdenek Fibich, Jan Ladislav Dusek, Adalbert Gyrowetz, Johann Zelenka, Heinrich Iganz Franz von Biber, Franz Krommer, and many, many more.

#AmericanADay July 18-24, 2010

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boysmithers‎: #americanaday Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras 2 a bizarre journey beginning at the bottom of the sea and ending with a fun train ride
Twitter - Jul 18, 2010 5:17:33 PM

rebcamuse‎: in honor of the events that happened on this date in 1863 #americanaday
YouTube - Ives: "Three Places In New England" 1/3‎ - youtube.com
Twitter - Jul 18, 2010 10:19:38 PM

operaskank‎: #AmericanADay Bernard Herrmann - Symphony No. 1 (Unicorn 2063)
Twitter - Jul 19, 2010 10:03:08 AM

UMKCCons‎: Happy Bday Gerard Schawrz. Listening to his recordings of Diamond, Piston, Hanson, Creston @NaxosMusicLib and @DelosMusic #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 19, 2010 10:11:35 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @operaskank Good stuff. Love Herrmann. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 19, 2010 10:20:05 AM

villa_lobos‎: @UMKCCons In honor of Gerard Schwarz's birthday, my #AmericanADay is his recording of Villa-Lobos's Harmonica Concerto, w/ Robert Bonfiglio
Twitter - Jul 19, 2010 10:32:17 AM

RalphGraves‎: #Americanaday Listening to some jaunty tunes by Louis Moreau Gottschalk. No that's real Americana!
Twitter - Jul 19, 2010 11:02:43 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @RalphGraves I need some Gottschalk in my library. It's great stuff. #Americanaday
Twitter - Jul 19, 2010 11:14:30 AM

DrGeoduck‎: Good morning! For #AmericanADay, it's some Randall Thompson choral music: "The Testament of Freedom"
Twitter - Jul 19, 2010 11:18:28 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @DrGeoduck Good one. Have you heard the old Koussevitzky recording? #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 19, 2010 11:19:31 AM

DelosMusic‎: RT @UMKCCons: Happy Bday Gerard Schawrz. Listening 2 recordings Diamond, Piston, Hanson, Creston @NaxosMusicLib & @DelosMusic #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 19, 2010 12:10:02 PM

NaxosMusicLib‎: What are your fav works by American composers? #NowPlaying Ives "Celestial Railroad" [8.559221] #AmericanADay #classicalmusic
Twitter - Jul 19, 2010 1:01:25 PM

NaxosUSA‎: RT @UMKCCons: Happy Bday Gerard Schawrz. Listening 2 recordings Diamond, Piston, Hanson, Creston @NaxosMusicLib & @DelosMusic #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 19, 2010 1:40:46 PM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Starting off with William Grant Still's Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 (Naxos 8559603)
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 7:51:28 AM

Tom_Godell‎: #AmericanAday: Randall Thompson's Testament of Freedom from a 1945 Koussevitzky/Boston Symphony concert.
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 8:53:42 AM

UMKCCons‎: German-born #AmericanADay Ingolf Dahl: Sinfonietta @NaxosMusicLib KCD-11030
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 9:43:12 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @UMKCCons Check out Dahl's Music for Brass, if you haven't heard it before. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 9:54:28 AM

McAllisterSax‎: RT @UMKCCons: German-born #AmericanADay Ingolf Dahl: Sinfonietta @NaxosMusicLib KCD-11030
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 9:57:49 AM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay W.G. Still's 3 Visions for piano, played by the late Richard Fields, on Orion LAN0273 @NaxosMusicLib
Memorial to honor Richard Fields‎ - enquirer.com
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 10:34:23 AM

NaxosMusicLib‎: <3 RT @villa_lobos #AmericanADay W.G. Still's 3 Visions for piano, played by the late Richard Fields, on Orion LAN0273
Memorial to honor Richard Fields‎ - enquirer.com
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 11:05:05 AM

DrGeoduck‎: David Diamond this morning for #AmericanADay, courtesy of Seattle SO/Schwarz and @NaxosRecords. First up: Symphony No. 1.
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 11:23:26 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @DrGeoduck I LOVE David Diamond! What a magnificent, horribly underrated composer. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 11:27:09 AM

DrGeoduck‎: And finally, Diamond's "The Enormous Room". @SeattleSymphony, G. Schwarz, @NaxosRecords #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 12:51:11 PM

DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay Leonard Bernstein, "West Side Story", Original Broadway Cast. #OperaADay (LB said it wasn't an opera, but I'm not so sure)
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 1:47:01 PM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay Lucas Foss: Griffelkin @NaxosMusicLib @Chandosrecords CHAN10067-68 #opera
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 2:23:27 PM

Tom_Godell‎: @DrGeoduck I think West Side Story is a Singspiel like Mozart's Magic Flute. #AmericanADay #OperaADay
Twitter - Jul 20, 2010 6:15:01 PM

RalphGraves‎: #WTJU #AmericanADay Joan Tower: Music for Cello & Orchestra w/Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony & Lynn Harrell, cello.
91.1 FM WTJU Charlottesville‎ - wtju.net
Twitter - Jul 21, 2010 8:31:23 AM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay Art Tatum: Improvisations @NaxosMusicLib 8.559130
Twitter - Jul 21, 2010 10:11:46 AM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Brazilian Camargo Guarnieri's beautiful Ponteio 46 for strings - play or download from the OSESP site -
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo‎ - osesp.art.br
Twitter - Jul 21, 2010 10:50:53 AM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Listening to Chanticleer' Mexican Baroque disc: compositions by Ignacio Jerusalem and Manuel de Zumaya.
Mexican Baroque / Chanticleer | ArkivMusic‎ - arkivmusic.com
Twitter - Jul 21, 2010 11:10:04 AM

DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay is Alberto Ginastera from #Argentina, his three string quartets courtesy of @NaxosRecords. Excellent stuff.
Twitter - Jul 21, 2010 11:26:05 AM

Tom_Godell‎: #AmericanAday: Mark O'Connor's delightful Fiddle Concerto.
Twitter - Jul 21, 2010 12:14:09 PM

NaxosMusicLib‎: "Tea for two" = happy music RT @UMKCCons #AmericanADay Art Tatum: Improvisations @NaxosMusicLib 8.559130
Twitter - Jul 21, 2010 12:23:36 PM

Tom_Godell‎: #AmericanAday: Mark O'Connor's delightful Fiddle Concerto.
Twitter - Jul 21, 2010 12:14:09 PM

NaxosMusicLib‎: King's Singers *sigh* [SIGCD192] #AmericanADay [the composers are American]--OK I know this is chessy, but I just can't help myself
Twitter - Jul 21, 2010 12:36:23 PM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanaDay Listening to String Quartets by Arthur Foote, another underrated American composer (IMHO) ht.ly/2emtn
Twitter - Jul 21, 2010 1:30:26 PM

DrGeoduck‎: One more quite brief #AmericanADay: John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine.
Twitter - Jul 21, 2010 4:23:22 PM

WhiteTieRecords‎: RT @RalphGraves: #AmericanADay Listening to Chanticleer' Mexican Baroque disc: compositions by Ignacio Jerusalem ...
Mexican Baroque / Chanticleer | ArkivMusic‎ - arkivmusic.com
Twitter - Jul 21, 2010 6:35:03 PM

WTJUClassical‎: #AmericanADay #WTJU Matt Doran: Four Movements, Susan Nigro, Mark Lindeblad - lovely stuff for contrabassoon
91.1 FM WTJU Charlottesville‎ - wtju.net
Twitter - Jul 22, 2010 6:16:17 AM

Tom_Godell‎: I'd forgotten how incredibly good Randall Thompson's 2nd Symphony is. #AmericanAday
Twitter - Jul 22, 2010 7:20:02 AM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay @NaxosMusicLib CDR90000-063 American Works for Organ & Orchestra: Barber, Piston, Colgrass, and Sowerby.
Twitter - Jul 22, 2010 10:03:44 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @UMKCCons Good stuff! #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 22, 2010 10:15:03 AM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Alberto Williams from Argentina - Marco Polo has a 2 vol set of Piano Music with Valentin Surif - I like the Milongas
Twitter - Jul 22, 2010 10:23:34 AM

NaxosMusicLib‎: #AmericanADay George Rochberg's Piano Music Vol. 1 "Circles of Fire" [8.559631]
Twitter - Jul 22, 2010 11:09:12 AM

DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay Terry Riley, Requiem for Adam, Kronos Quartet
Twitter - Jul 22, 2010 11:32:41 AM

DrGeoduck‎: Additional #AmericanADay - Seattle composer George Frederick McKay's "From A Moonlit Ceremony", on @NaxosRecords
Twitter - Jul 22, 2010 1:08:57 PM

Tom_Godell‎: #AmericanAday Hanson Serenade for Flute, Harp, Strings; Cowell Hymn & Fuguing Tune #2. Koussevitzky conducting the incomparable Boston SO.
Twitter - Jul 23, 2010 8:31:27 AM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Gilberto Mendes: "Ulysses in Copacabana Surfing with James Joyce and Dorothy Lamour" - North/South CO - What a great title!
Twitter - Jul 23, 2010 10:19:39 AM

NaxosMusicLib‎: #AmericanADay Aaron Copland's The Tender Land Suite [8.559297] If you're logged into the NML:
Naxos Music Library - Invaluable Resource for Music Enthusiasts ...‎ - naxosmusiclibrary.com
Twitter - Jul 23, 2010 10:32:42 AM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay Margaret Brouwer: Aurolucent Circles/Mandala/Remembrances w/ Evelyn Glennie/Gerard Schwarz @NaxosMusicLib 8.559250
Twitter - Jul 23, 2010 10:54:28 AM

DrGeoduck‎: For #AmericanADay I'm listening to a CD called American Landscapes: 3 Guitar ctos by US composers with Sharon Isbin & St. Paul Chamber Orch
Twitter - Jul 23, 2010 11:30:31 AM

DrGeoduck‎: Now playing: From Afar... A Fantasy for Guitar and Orchestra by Joseph Schwantner #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 23, 2010 11:59:51 AM

ebcamuse‎: RT @operaskank My first blog posting in five months. ... Dame Janet sings Argento #americanaday
solemn, slight or beautiful « dramma per musica‎ - drammapermusica.com
Twitter - Jul 24, 2010 2:31:13 PM

#AmericanADay July 11-17, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:08:00 +0000

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Gary Kulesha's Piano Trio no2, from the excellent Gryphon Trio CD Canadian Premieres, on Analekta
Twitter - Jul 11, 2010 12:39:08 PM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Listening to Mexican composer Cesar Chavez, his Symphony No. 3. A unique compositional voice for sure. ht.ly/2aaCD
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 10:00:12 AM

Tom_Godell‎: For #AmericanAday listening to Irving Fine's most charming music: Partita, Violin Sonata, Alice in Wonderland, Choral New Yorker...
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 10:34:24 AM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay Del Tredici: Vintage Alice @NaxosMusicLib INNOVA669 @innovadotmu
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 11:07:47 AM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Say, gang, would you consider Kurt Weill an American composer?
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 11:26:54 AM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay Corigliano: Oboe Concerto @NaxosMusicLib PPC9041
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 11:49:01 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @RalphGraves I'd say his broadway shows are certainly American. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 11:53:21 AM

operaskank‎: #AmericanADay Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of Our Lives (Preamble 1779)
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 11:58:30 AM

DCDRecords‎: #AmericanADay - Listening to Brass Trios by Walter Ross
DCD Records‎ - dcdrecords.com
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 12:47:24 PM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Brazilian Alberto Nepomuceno's Suite Antiga, op.11 - Download this score of this lovely piece from IMSLP: Suite Antiga, Op.11 (Nepomuceno, Alberto) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music ...‎ - imslp.org
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 12:35:47 PM

RalphGraves‎: @Tom_Godell @znmeb #AmericanADay Thanks for the feedback. Think I'll go with Paul Creston instead.
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 1:41:49 PM

Tom_Godell‎: @RalphGraves That'd be like counting Schoenberg's Verklaerte Nacht or Stravinsky's Rite, IMO. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 2:26:23 PM

RalphGraves‎: @znmeb @Tom_Godell Weill's "Seven Deadly Sins" popped up in my iPod, and I was just wondering if it counted. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 2:25:07 PM

UMKCCons‎: UMKC is home to the Creston manuscripts & docs RT @Tom_Godell @RalphGraves Creston is as American as the proverbial Apple Pie. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 2:56:15 PM

Tom_Godell‎: @UMKCCons Very cool! #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 3:00:45 PM

NaxosMusicLib‎: Love this! RT @UMKCCons #AmericanADay Del Tredici: Vintage Alice @NaxosMusicLib INNOVA669 @innovadotmu
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 3:25:14 PM

UMKCCons‎: oooo totes fun #AmericanADay disc on @Chandosrecords with ADAMS: Short Ride, Grand Piano and LANG: Experienced, Under Orpehus @NaxosMusicLib
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 4:11:36 PM

NaxosMusicLib‎: A popular CD w/ several Naxos staff: Corey Dargel's 'Someone Will Take Care of Me" [NWAM021] #AmericanADay
Corey Dargel‎ - coreydargel.com
Twitter - Jul 12, 2010 5:02:19 PM

WTJUClassical‎: #AmericanADay Earl Wild's Etude #1 - Kirill Gerstein (Debut: OehmsClassics label)
Twitter - Jul 13, 2010 12:00:44 AM

Tom_Godell‎: Today's #AmericanAday selection is Arthur Foote's lovely Suite for strings. Here's the prelude: ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to Arthur Foote – Suite in E (1/3 ...‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 13, 2010 8:38:26 AM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Carlos Chavez: Symphony No. 4 Sinfonia Romantica -- beautifully composed! ht.ly/2aLid
Twitter - Jul 13, 2010 10:10:14 AM
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UMKCCons‎: Because I'm being a tad sadistic for 9:30 am #AmericanADay Bernstein: Mass @NaxosMusicLib 8.559622-23 At least it's Alsop and B-more.
Twitter - Jul 13, 2010 10:36:53 AM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Dave Brubeck's Chromatic Fantasy Sonata, played by John Salmon 8.559212 @NaxosMusicLib
Twitter - Jul 13, 2010 10:36:42 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @UMKCCons I love Mass. I consider it to be Lenny's masterpiece. BTW, I prefer his recording. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 13, 2010 10:38:04 AM

NaxosMusicLib‎: Who doesn't like a good B-A-C-H motif? RT @villa_lobos #AmericanADay Dave Brubeck's Chromatic Fantasy Sonata, played by John Salmon 8.559212
Twitter - Jul 13, 2010 10:55:53 AM

DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay is from #Argentina. Osvaldo Golijov, Oceana.
Twitter - Jul 13, 2010 11:34:40 AM

DrGeoduck‎: And the final work on this Golijov CD, Three Songs, sung by Dawn Upshaw. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 13, 2010 12:18:30 PM

Tom_Godell‎: #AmericanAday - Piano Sonatas by Copland, Barber & Carter played by John Owings. Here's Copland's scherzo: ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to Copland-Piano sonata/Vivace (mov. 2)‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 14, 2010 8:13:05 AM

RalphGraves‎: #WTJU 91.1fm #AmericanADay Morton Gould - Formations for Symphonic Band. Bright, fun music for wind ensemble.
91.1 FM WTJU Charlottesville‎ - wtju.net
Twitter - Jul 14, 2010 7:59:53 AM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay David Rakowski's many many piano etudes. Recorded on Bridge available @NaxosMusicLib
Twitter - Jul 14, 2010 9:45:35 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @UMKCCons Nice. I really apprecaite Rakowski's sense of humor. Very rare in music these days. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 14, 2010 9:48:02 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @operaskank Excellent choice. Wish I had that to compare to Bernstein's old recording. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 14, 2010 10:33:25 AM

RalphGraves‎: I need some levity in my life. Listening to Leroy Anderson's "Bugler's Holiday" & other orchestral bon-bons. (Naxos 8.559313) #AmericanADay.
Twitter - Jul 14, 2010 12:36:28 PM

Tom_Godell‎: @RalphGraves I have a version of Bugler's Holiday for bassoons. I should send you the mp3. It's hilarious. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 14, 2010 12:43:32 PM

WTJUClassical‎: #AmericanADay Armand Russell: Suite Concertante for Tuba and WInd Quintet; Floyd Cooley, et al.
Twitter - Jul 14, 2010 2:39:59 PM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Continuing with my Carlos Chavez cycle of symphonies. Up to Symphony No. 5 today. ht.ly/2btT8
Twitter - Jul 14, 2010 2:29:07 PM

DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay Morton Gould, Guaracha, performed in a 1942 episode of "Command Performance" by NBC Symphony/Stokowski
Twitter - Jul 14, 2010 4:35:51 PM

villa_lobos‎: Whoa! Nearly missed #AmericanADay! Mauricio Nunes Garcia - Missa de Nossa Senhora de Conceicao - Brazil's 1st great composer
Twitter - Jul 14, 2010 10:36:38 PM
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RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Christopher Rouse: Symphony No. 1 - David Zinman & the Baltimore Symphony perform. Rouse: Symphony No 1, Phantasmata / Zinman, Baltimore So | ArkivMusic‎ - arkivmusic.com
Twitter - Jul 13, 2010 12:35:46 PM

WTJUClassical‎: #AmericanADay Del Tredici's Acrostic Song from Final Alice: Harvey Pittel
Twitter - Jul 13, 2010 12:51:28 PM

NaxosMusicLib‎: #NowPlayling Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's "Sinfonietta No. 1" [CDR90000-087] --Great CD! #AmericanADay #Classicalmusic #jazz #blues in 1
Twitter - Jul 13, 2010 3:30:46 PM

WTJUClassical‎: #AmericanADay Paul Schoenfield: 4 Souvenirs for Violin and Piano, Caroline Goulding, Christopher O'Riley
91.1 FM WTJU Charlottesville‎ - wtju.net
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 6:30:38 AM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay Amy Beach: Mass in E-flat Major @NaxosMusicLIb TROY179
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 9:51:29 AM

operaskank‎: #AmericanADay Vincent Persichetti's Symphony No. 9 ("Sinfonia janiculum"), with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 10:52:12 AM

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Tom_Godell‎: #AmericanAday David Diamond's powerful Symphony #2 from a concert performance by Serge Koussevitzky & the Boston Symphony.
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 10:44:07 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @UMKCCons I could listen to Hovhaness all day. And probably will later this month. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 11:29:10 AM

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villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Camargo Guarnieri's Sonatina no3 (in the G-clef), played by Ricardo Peres on Novadisc
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 11:27:14 AM

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UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay Hovhaness: And God created Great Whales (awesome trombone parts) & Prayer of St. Gregory @NaxosMusicLib @DelosMusic DE3157
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 11:25:00 AM

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DrGeoduck‎: Good morning! Listening to a CD of works by Peter Lieberson. First: The Six Realms for amplified cello & orchestra, #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 11:18:48 AM

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DrGeoduck‎: Peter Lieberson, Horn Concerto #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 11:45:27 AM

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WTJUClassical‎: @Tom_Godell Ditto! One of my all-time faves @UMKCCons I could listen to Hovhaness all day. . #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 11:37:00 AM

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DrGeoduck‎: And now, Peter Lieberson's Rilke Songs, sung by the sublime Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. What a voice, what an artist! #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 12:08:53 PM

villa_lobos‎: How do they train the whales to play trombones? RT @UMKCCons #AmericanADay Hovhaness: And God created Great Whales (awesome trombone parts)
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 12:51:51 PM

DrGeoduck‎: #OperaADay: Daron Hagen's Amelia from @SeattleOpera, though it's incomplete because of of @KingFM's incompetence #AmericanADay #KingFMSucks
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 1:58:31 PM

DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings, plus a couple of assorted Philip Glass pieces from an Orange Mountain Music sampler
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 7:36:02 PM

Tom_Godell‎: @DrGeoduck Two different kinds of minimalism. Interesting combination. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 15, 2010 7:37:06 PM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Jeffrey Hass: Concerto for Amplified Piano & Wind Ensemble, on an excellent Albany disc American Piano Concertos TROY878
Twitter - Jul 16, 2010 11:00:54 AM

Tom_Godell‎: #AmericanAday Alan Hovhaness Symphony #6 "Celestial Gate" and Harp Concerto. Lovely, lovely music.
Twitter - Jul 16, 2010 11:03:02 AM

DrGeoduck‎: The Hayden Wayne piece was interesting... reminded me of Malcolm Arnold in a way. But it did not seem like a symphony at all. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 16, 2010 12:07:08 PM

NaxosMusicLib‎: #NowPlayling Samuel Jones' "Roundings" [8.559079] -A piece w/ roots in FDR's New Deal #AmericanADay #classicalmusic
Twitter - Jul 16, 2010 12:40:03 PM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay Schwantner: Music of Amber @NaxosMusicLib 8.559206
Twitter - Jul 16, 2010 2:38:19 PM

rebcamuse‎: I really love what Laurindo Almeida and Bud Shank do with Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5 @villa_lobos #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 17, 2010 5:31:08 PM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Claudio Santoro Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonia da Paz", on a BIS CD, cond. John Neschling @NaxosMusicLib
Twitter - Jul 17, 2010 9:26:11 PM

#AmericanADay July 4-10, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:53:00 +0000

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring Suite - I saw Copland conduct this in St. Paul MN at a July 4 concert in 1975, 35 yrs ago!
Twitter - Jul 4, 2010 11:41:32 AM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Charles Ives: Variations on America, and because it's also Sunday, William Billings and Supply Belcher "the Handel of Maine"
Twitter - Jul 4, 2010 9:27:06 AM

Tom_Godell‎: Some Bernard Herrmann for @i_is_sam and for #AmericanAday ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to The 7th Voyage of Sinbad（1958 ...‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 5, 2010 10:03:49 AM

Tom_Godell‎: Continuing #AmericanAday with Walter Piston's Symphonies 2-4 & this gem: ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to Walter Piston – Prelude and ...‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 5, 2010 10:19:31 AM

RalphGraves‎: @Tom_Godell I might be doubling up some this month. U.S. composer plus Western Hemisphere composer. #Americanaday
Twitter - Jul 5, 2010 12:22:17 PM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Silvestre Revueltas's great, final, work: La Coronela, on a @NaxosUSA CD -
Amazon.com: La Coronela / Itinerarios / Colorines: Revueltas, Eco…‎ - amazon.com
Twitter - Jul 5, 2010 11:48:03 AM

Tom_Godell‎: Continuing #AmericanAday with Walter Piston's Symphonies 2-4 & this gem: ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to Walter Piston – Prelude and ...‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 5, 2010 10:19:31 AM

Tom_Godell‎: Today's #AmericanAday is Walter Piston & his Symphonies 5-8. Such joyous, life-affirming music. Here's a deliciou... ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to Walter Piston, Symphony No. 6 ...‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 8:49:47 AM

UMKCCons‎: So I didn't listen to Ives on the 4th. Correcting that now. #AmericanADay Ives: Holidays Symphony @NaxosMusicLib of course.
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 10:27:37 AM

UMKCCons‎: & now for something completely different, moving to South America #AmericanADay Ginastera: Harp Cto @NaxosMusicLib 0021012BC
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 11:09:57 AM

NaxosMusicLib‎: O! Nice choice! Me too. RT @UMKCCons No Ives on the 4th--Correcting that now #AmericanADay Ives: Holidays Symphony @NaxosMusicLib of course
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 11:08:19 AM

DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay "A Concord Symphony" -- the Piano Sonata #2, composed by @CharlesIves, orchestrated by #Canadian Henry Brant.
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 11:39:10 AM

UMKCCons‎: & now for something completely different, moving to South America #AmericanADay Ginastera: Harp Cto @NaxosMusicLib 0021012BC
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 11:09:56 AM

NaxosMusicLib‎: O! Nice choice! Me too. RT @UMKCCons No Ives on the 4th--Correcting that now #AmericanADay Ives: Holidays Symphony @NaxosMusicLib of course
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 11:08:18 AM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Listening to John Knowles Paine's Mass in D. Gorgeous, Brahmsian choral passages. Big work, though. About 1 hour 30 minutes.
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 12:05:50 PM

UofSCMusicLib‎: RT @villa_lobos: #AmericanADay Ned Rorem's Suite for Guitar, played by David Leisner, Azica71218 @NaxosMusicLib
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 12:04:56 PM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Ned Rorem's Suite for Guitar, played by David Leisner, Azica71218 @NaxosMusicLib
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 12:01:58 PM

DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay "A Concord Symphony" -- the Piano Sonata #2, composed by @CharlesIves, orchestrated by #Canadian Henry Brant.
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 11:39:10 AM

DrGeoduck‎: Wow, that Concord Symphony was a lot of fun. It didn't really sound much like Ives, and yet it did. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 12:35:43 PM

boysmithers‎: Villa-Lobos Fantasie for piano, clarinet and bassoon #americanaday
Clarinet Recital: Donnell Library, NYC. 10/22/00 - Gary Dranch‎ - mp3.com.au
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 5:42:28 PM

villa_lobos‎: RT @boysmithers: Villa-Lobos Fantasie for piano, clarinet and bassoon #americanaday
Clarinet Recital: Donnell Library, NYC. 10/22/00 - Gary Dranch‎ - mp3.com.au
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 6:59:08 PM

KeenKwok‎: RT @boysmithers: Villa-Lobos Fantasie for piano, clarinet and bassoon #americanaday
Clarinet Recital: Donnell Library, NYC. 10/22/00 - Gary Dranch‎ - mp3.com.au
Twitter - Jul 6, 2010 8:42:47 PM

DCDRecords‎: #WTJU #Americanaday Villa-Lobos: Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra w/Janos Starker.
91.1 FM WTJU Charlottesville‎ - wtju.net
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 8:23:42 AM

Tom_Godell‎: For #AmericanAday sampling Symphonies of Roy Harris: 1, 3, 5 & this: ♫ blip.fm/~t50y3
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 8:43:42 AM

RalphGraves‎: #WTJU 91.1fm #AmericanADay Morton Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra.
91.1 FM WTJU Charlottesville‎ - wtju.net
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 8:37:22 AM

UMKCCons‎: Two operas today Michael Gandolfi: Pinocchio's Adventures in Funland and R. Murray Schafer: Beatuy and the Beast #AmericanADay #Canadian
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 10:15:33 AM

RalphGraves‎: @UMKCCons #Americanaday I agree. And it's been more than a year since I last checked them out.
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 10:47:11 AM

UMKCCons‎: @RalphGraves I love the Chavez symphonies. so worth the listen. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 10:38:41 AM

DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay William Schuman this morning: Symphony No. 4, Seattle SO/Schwarz on @NaxosRecords
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 11:37:57 AM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Osvaldo Golijov's moving Yiddishbbuk, played by @CuartLatinoAmer on Dorian @Sono__Luminus DSL-92108 @NaxosMusicLib
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 11:55:38 AM
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DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay William Schuman this morning: Symphony No. 4, Seattle SO/Schwarz on @NaxosRecords
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 11:37:57 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @DrGeoduck Which version of Candide? There were so many. The original is still my favorite. #OperaADay #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 1:08:02 PM

DrGeoduck‎: #OperaADay & #AmericanADay all rolled into one: today's opera is Bernstein's Candide. The overture is one of the most glorious things ever.
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 1:04:30 PM

NaxosMusicLib‎: :) RT @villa_lobos #AmericanADay Osvaldo Golijov's moving Yiddishbbuk, played by @CuartLatinoAmer on Dorian @Sono__Luminus DSL-92108
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 2:35:23 PM

NaxosMusicLib‎: #NowPlaying Persichetti's Mass, Op. 84 [8.559358] #AmericanADay #classicalmusic #goodness
Twitter - Jul 7, 2010 4:49:32 PM

WTJUClassical‎: Oops...#AmericanADay Daniel Pinkham: The Saints Preserve Us! USAF Singing Sergeants #WTJU
91.1 FM WTJU Charlottesville‎ - wtju.net
Twitter - Jul 8, 2010 6:56:22 AM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Horatio Parker: Hora Novissima. This is a big piece, all right -- very Brahmsian.
Twitter - Jul 8, 2010 9:06:39 AM

UMKCCons‎: Happy Birthday George Antheil! Time for some Ballet mechanique! #AmericanADay @NaxosMusicLib NI2567
Twitter - Jul 8, 2010 10:26:11 AM

Tom_Godell‎: #AmericanAday: Samuel Barber Symphony #2 and Violin Concerto performed by Serge Koussevitzky & the Boston Symphony. Now back 2 my conference
Twitter - Jul 8, 2010 10:52:33 AM

DrGeoduck‎: The thing I most often find myself thinking during #ClassicsADay: "Wow, I need to listen to more of (composer name)." #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 8, 2010 11:28:40 AM

‎NaxosMusicLib‎: Introducing myself to his 5th symphony, "Joyous" RT @UMKCCons Happy Bday George Antheil! Time for some Ballet mechanique! #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 8, 2010 11:47:27 AM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Canadian Oskar Morawetz - Tribute to Mozart, with the Orford Quartet - Centrediscs CMCCD8702 @NaxosMusicLib
Twitter - Jul 8, 2010 12:14:52 PM

‎NaxosMusicLib‎: You & me both RT @DrGeoduck Thing I most often think during #ClassicsADay "Wow, I need to listen to more of (composer name)." #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 8, 2010 2:35:55 PM

davidlrattigan‎: RT @Tom_Godell: More Samuel Barber for #AmericanAday. My favorite of his songs: The Monk & His Cat. ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to Samuel Barber – The Monk And His Cat‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 8, 2010 3:45:42 PM

Tom_Godell‎: Listening to Irving Fine's Symphony & String Quartet (his two most serious works). #AmericanAday
Twitter - Jul 9, 2010 8:29:47 AM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Villa-Lobos String Quartets, Nos. 10-14 Finishing up the cycle!
Twitter - Jul 9, 2010 9:39:49 AM

DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay Finishing off this William Schuman CD on @NaxosRecords: Orchestra Song, Circus Overture, and now, Symphony No. 9
Twitter - Jul 9, 2010 11:41:14 AM

UMKCCons‎: #AmericanADay Harry Partch: Barstow, San Francisco, The Letter, US Highball. Some Americana at it's best. @NaxosMusicLib WER6638-2
Twitter - Jul 9, 2010 11:34:55 AM

RalphGraves‎: #Americanaday Listening to John Knowles Paine's Piano Sonata in A minor, Op. 1. A little old-fashioned, perhaps, but still nicely crafted.
Twitter - Jul 9, 2010 11:19:41 AM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Johann Friedrich Peter's String Quintet #1, 9.80797 @NaxosMusicLib - I love the Haydn-like Moravian music of Colonial America
Twitter - Jul 9, 2010 12:51:55 PM

UMKCCons‎: Morton Gould's pulitzer prize winning (1995) StringMusic @NaxosMusicLib TROY300 #AmericanADay @Gschirmer
Twitter - Jul 9, 2010 2:01:29 PM

NaxosMusicLib‎: RT @villa_lobos #AmericanADay J.F. Peter's String Quintet 1 9.80797 @NaxosMusicLib -Love Haydn-like Moravian music of Colonial US
Twitter - Jul 9, 2010 2:41:49 PM

pulitzertweets‎: RT @UMKCCons: Morton Gould's pulitzer prize winning (1995) StringMusic @NaxosMusicLib TROY300 #AmericanADay @Gschirmer
Twitter - Jul 9, 2010 2:20:42 PM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Continuing my Chavez symphonic cycle w/Symphony No. 2, "Sinfonia India" ... Great music from Mexico!
Chavez: The Complete Symphonies / Mata, London So | ArkivMusic‎ - arkivmusic.com
Twitter - Jul 9, 2010 2:51:24 PM

‎NaxosMusicLib‎: RT @villa_lobos #AmericanADay J.F. Peter's String Quintet 1 9.80797 @NaxosMusicLib -Love Haydn-like Moravian music of Colonial US
Twitter - Jul 9, 2010 2:41:49 PM

DrGeoduck‎: Been listening to a variety of shorter pieces: I should mention Philip Glass, Charles Tomlinson Griffes and @NicoMuhly for #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 9, 2010 5:15:15 PM

#ClassicsADay Participants

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:53:00 +0000

Participants of the Classics A Day themes are a varied group, indeed. However they have a few common characteristics; they're convivial, interesting, and witty conversationalists. Here's a list of know participants. All are worth following on Twitter if you don't already!

Australia
operarules Paulo M is an opera enthusiast

Canada
Alberta
villa_lobos‎ Dean Frey, curator of the Heitor Villa-Lobos website.

Ontario
davidlrattigan Freelance writer and creative arts professional

China
KeenKwok - Keen Kwok is a classical guitarist living in China

Netherlands
jaapvandegeer - Head of Innovation for the DOK Library Concept Center

otterhouse - Rolf, a faculty member of the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and European Archive

United States
(location unknown)
angemina - Mina Bee is a "baby composer" and music student.

boysmithers - "Evil" Ed Smithson blogs about books and music at c210344, and is just starting to explore classical music.

MariamMKobras - Music teacher, author at Welcome to the Mimosa Club blog

pulitzertweets - Twittering about all things related to the Pulitzer Prize

Arizona
McAllisterSax - Timothy McAllister is a saxophone soloist, performs with the PRISM Quartet, and is on the faculty of Arizona State University

California
delosmusic - Delos Music is a world-renowned independent classical label based in California.

lisztnut - Dale Matt is a software developer, pianist and composer (among many other talents)

whitetierecords - White Tie Records is an independent classical label that also distributes other classical labels.

Indiana
TinaWRey - professional organist, member of Reynolds Associates, Inc., organ builders and maintainers

Kentucky
Tom_Godell - General Manager of public radio station WUKY

Massachussetts
rebcamuse - A musicologist, performer, and writer of the highly entertaining Musically Miscellaneous Mayhem blog

Missouri
UMKCCons- A staff member at the University of Missouri at Kansas City Conservatory

New York
yearofclassical - A New York City blogger who is devoting an entire year to discovering classical music through listening

Tennessee
NaxosMusicLib - A staff member of the Naxos Online Music Library

South Carolina
UofSCMusicLib - A staff member of the University of South Carolina Music Library

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Virginia
RalphGraves‎ - Ralph Graves - composer, podcaster, president of DCD Records‎
WTJUClassical - Paula O'Buckley - classical music director at WTJU, nurse, opera singer and more!

Washington
drgeoduck - Geo Duck, opera lover (among many other interests)

#AmericanADay July 1-3, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:22:00 +0000

WTJUClassical‎: Samuel Barber's String Quartet, Op. 11 with Emerson String Quartet wtju.net/stream #WTJU #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 8:21:29 AM

Tom_Godell‎: I can think of no better way to begin our #AmericanAday listening than with Copland's Fanfare. ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to copland – fanfare‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 8:13:26 AM

TinaWRey‎: RT @Tom_Godell: I can think of no better way to begin our #AmericanAday listening than with Copland's Fanfare. ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to copland – fanfare‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 9:15:21 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @RalphGraves Didn't know Ormandy recorded 2. I recall a lovely recording of 1 by Ormandy. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 9:01:38 AM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Starting of w/Eugue Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra's recording of Charles Ives 2nd Symphony. Bully!
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 8:59:58 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @mireika Are you a fan of William Schuman's music? #AmericanAday
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 9:19:43 AM

TinaWRey‎: RT @Tom_Godell: I can think of no better way to begin our #AmericanAday listening than with Copland's Fanfare. ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to copland – fanfare‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 9:15:21 AM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Starting of w/Eugue Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra's recording of Charles Ives 2nd Symphony. Bully!
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 8:59:58 AM

RalphGraves‎: @Tom_Godell It's on a BMG disc w/Serebrier & London Phil doing Ive's 4th #AmericanADay
Ives: Symphonies No 2 & 4 /Ormandy, Serebrier, Et Al | ArkivMusic‎ - arkivmusic.com
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 9:35:22 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @TinaWRey Copland's piano music is very interesting, especially the Sonata and Variations. Do you know his Organ Sym? #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 9:28:18 AM

TinaWRey‎: RT @Tom_Godell: I can think of no better way to begin our #AmericanAday listening than with Copland's Fanfare. ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to copland – fanfare‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 9:15:21 AM

UMKCCons‎: Starting #AmericanADay off with one of the quintessentials. Time for some Copland! Fanfare, Appalachian Spring, Quiet City, Rodeo, & Billy
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 10:00:57 AM

NaxosMusicLib‎: RT @RalphGraves #Schumannaday July it's an American Composer a Day (North & South American) #AmericanADay. Details here: ht.ly/25yJ7
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 9:57:38 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @RalphGraves Yes. He recorded it for RCA toward the end of his career. Now I remember. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 9:36:14 AM

RalphGraves‎: @Tom_Godell It's on a BMG disc w/Serebrier & London Phil doing Ive's 4th #AmericanADay
Ives: Symphonies No 2 & 4 /Ormandy, Serebrier, Et Al | ArkivMusic‎ - arkivmusic.com
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 9:35:22 AM

UMKCCons‎: Copland: Appalachian Spring. Do you prefer the original 13-player instrumentation or full orchestra version? GO! #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 10:46:37 AM

DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay, #Canadian composer Claude Vivier, Orion.
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 10:27:43 AM

NaxosMusicLib‎: @RalphGraves No prob! & will do! I'm excited about the #AmericanADay strand :-)
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 10:23:51 AM

UMKCCons‎: Starting #AmericanADay off with one of the quintessentials. Time for some Copland! Fanfare, Appalachian Spring, Quiet City, Rodeo, & Billy
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 10:00:56 AM
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DrGeoduck‎: #AmericanADay, #Canadian composer Claude Vivier, Orion.
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 10:27:43 AM

NaxosMusicLib‎: @RalphGraves No prob! & will do! I'm excited about the #AmericanADay strand :-)
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 10:23:51 AM

UMKCCons‎: Starting #AmericanADay off with one of the quintessentials. Time for some Copland! Fanfare, Appalachian Spring, Quiet City, Rodeo, & Billy
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 10:00:56 AM

DrGeoduck‎: One more #AmericanADay: Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music.
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 11:26:14 AM

NaxosMusicLib‎: Full orch RT @UMKCCons Copland: Appalachian Spring. Do you prefer the original 13-player instrumentation or full orch version? #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 11:18:20 AM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Raymond Bisha of Naxos has kindly provided a list of Canadian composers for today's listening. ht.ly/25NiI
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 11:07:22 AM

RalphGraves‎: #schumannaday July it's an American Composer a Day (and we mean North and South American) #AmericanADay. Details here. ht.ly/25yJv
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 12:00:26 PM

DrGeoduck‎: Great thing about A Little Night Music: it fits under #AmericanADay #OperaADay and #LivingComposerADay
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 11:55:11 AM

villa_lobos‎: #AmericanADay Canada's great Oscar Peterson: "Hymn to Freedom", from the Fantasy CD Freedom Song @NaxosMusicLib Jazz
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 12:24:37 PM

Tom_Godell‎: @UMKCCons Full orchestra suite only. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 12:11:33 PM

RalphGraves‎: #schumannaday July it's an American Composer a Day (and we mean North and South American) #AmericanADay. Details here. ht.ly/25yJv
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 12:00:26 PM

UMKCCons‎: FYI Canadian Composers bit.ly/bGvYiT for #americanaday
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 12:49:16 PM

villa_lobos‎: For #CanadaDay, another #AmericanaDay choice: Ernest MacMillan's 2 Sketches on French Canadian Airs, Alcan Q4 on Atma ACD22596 #OCanada
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 12:45:51 PM

RalphGraves‎: #schumannaday July it's an American Composer a Day (and we mean North and South American) #AmericanADay. Details here.
Classics A Day: July, 2010 #AmericanADay‎ - blogspot.com
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 3:00:20 PM

NaxosMusicLib‎: Enjoyed @theclassicalrev piece on Hovhaness ht.ly/25Vpj & am now listening to it [8.559385] in the NML! #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 2:48:53 PM

Tom_Godell‎: @MariamMKobras Last month was focused on Robert Schumann. This month it's #AmericanAday. I started with Copland & William Schuman.
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 3:12:44 PM

RalphGraves‎: #schumannaday July it's an American Composer a Day (and we mean North and South American) #AmericanADay. Details here.
Classics A Day: July, 2010 #AmericanADay‎ - blogspot.com
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 3:00:20 PM

NaxosMusicLib‎: Enjoyed @theclassicalrev piece on Hovhaness ht.ly/25Vpj & am now listening to it [8.559385] in the NML! #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 2:48:53 PM

UMKCCons‎: Julian Orbon's Concerto grosso reminds me a lot of Martinu especially Mvt. III #AmericanADay @NaxosMusicLib DOR-90178
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 3:57:58 PM

RalphGraves‎: #schumannaday July it's an American Composer a Day (and we mean North and South American) #AmericanADay. Details here.
Classics A Day: July, 2010 #AmericanADay‎ - blogspot.com
Twitter - Jul 1, 2010 6:00:15 PM

MariamMKobras‎: RT @Tom_Godell: More William Schuman for #AmericanAday: Symphonies 6-10. always fascinating. Here's a s... ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to William Schuman: Sinfonia No.9 ...‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 2, 2010 8:24:01 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @MariamMKobras Hope you enjoyed the sample. There's a lot more Schuman on blip. Check out the American Festival Overture. #AmericanAday
Twitter - Jul 2, 2010 8:26:00 AM

MariamMKobras‎: RT @Tom_Godell: More William Schuman for #AmericanAday: Symphonies 6-10. always fascinating. Here's a s... ♫
Blip.fm | Tom_Godell | Listen to William Schuman: Sinfonia No.9 ...‎ - blip.fm
Twitter - Jul 2, 2010 8:24:01 AM

Tom_Godell‎: @RalphGraves I need to listen to more Thomson. BTW, have you heard Symphony 2 by Randall Thompson? Great stuff. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 2, 2010 9:30:48 AM

RalphGraves‎: #AmericanADay Virgil Thomson - Symphony on a Hymn Tune
Twitter - Jul 2, 2010 9:29:30 AM

RalphGraves‎: @UMKCCons Barrios is an excellent choice. I'll definitely be listening to him later this month. #Americanaday
Twitter - Jul 2, 2010 10:09:52 AM

‎DrGeoduck‎: For #AmericanADay, I listened to a CD called "The Eleventh Finger" by Jenny Lin, featuring numerous American composers, to wit...
Twitter - Jul 2, 2010 1:14:07 PM

Previous #ClassicsADay Themes

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:14:00 +0000

If you're late to the party, or trying to think of a new theme, here's a list of themes from previous months.

June, 2010
#SchumannADay
This theme was in honor of Robert Schumann's birthday. It wasn't long before some people were also including the music of his wife, Clara Wieck Schumann!

May, 2010
#LivingComposerADay
Not all the great classical music has been written -- and not all the great composers are dead! In May we listened to living composers from all over the world. Some old masters, others young Turks, with quite a few composers inbetween those two extremes. Is classical music dying? Judging by the amount of music listened to this month from living composers, no.

April, 2010
#RussianComposerADay
To mark the birthdays of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Sergei Prokofiev (both born in April), this month we listened to music by Russian composers from 1800's up to the present.

March 2010
#ConcertoADay
If the composer called it a concerto, then it was fair game. In March Twitterers listened to everything from concerto grossos of the 1700's to repertoire masterworks to modernist chamber concertos for small groups of instruments.

February 2010
#SymphonyADay
Symphony's a pretty broad term -- covering everything from the sinfonias of the Baroque up to the offerings of modern composers. The selections by participating Twitterers was as far-ranging and varied as the recorded repertoire allowed.