Compact Discoveries 192: More Still

From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
Length: 58:40

Three more works by American composer William Grant Still on this second program in a series of three devoted to his music. Read the full description.

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Playing: Compact Discoveries 192: More Still
From: Fred Flaxman

Cdslogo2inch_small Includes Wood Notes from 1947, his Symphony No. 2 in G Minor ("Song of a New Race") from 1937, and three of the four movements of his Symphony No. 3 ("The Sunday Symphony"). John Jeter conducts the Fort Smith, Arkansas, Symphony.

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Piece Description

Includes Wood Notes from 1947, his Symphony No. 2 in G Minor ("Song of a New Race") from 1937, and three of the four movements of his Symphony No. 3 ("The Sunday Symphony"). John Jeter conducts the Fort Smith, Arkansas, Symphony.

Broadcast History

This is the world premiere of this program.

Transcript

Compact Discoveries®
a series of one-hour radio programs produced, written, hosted, and edited by Fred Flaxman
©2012 by Fred Flaxman

Program 192
"More Still"

MUSIC: Still: excerpt from the opening of the third movement of the Symphony No. 2 in G Minor (“Song of a New Race”) performed by the Fort Smith Symphony conducted by John Jeter [Naxos 8.559676, Track 7] [under the following]

Hello and welcome to Compact Discoveries. I’m your guide, Fred Flaxman. Stay with me for the next hour and we’ll listen to a second hour of music by the American composer William Grant Still. I’m calling this hour “More Still,” and am planning one more hour of music by Still to be called “Still More Still.” If you missed the first hour, you can stream it on demand at your convenience. You’ll find a link to it at compactdiscoveries.com. It was program number 191. And this is program 192.

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