Compact Discoveries 193: Still More Still
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John Jeter conducts the Fort Smith Symphony in performances of Still's Symphony No. 5 ("Western Hemisphere"), Poem for Orchestra, and Symphony No. 4 ("Autochthonous").
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John Jeter conducts the Fort Smith Symphony in performances of Still's Symphony No. 5 ("Western Hemisphere"), Poem for Orchestra, and Symphony No. 4 ("Autochthonous").
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Compact Discoveries®
a series of one-hour radio programs produced, written, hosted, and edited by Fred Flaxman
©2012 by Fred Flaxman
Program 193
"Still More Still"
MUSIC: Still: excerpt from the opening of the third movement of the Symphony No. 4 (“Autochthonous”) performed by the Fort Smith Symphony conducted by John Jeter [Naxos 8.559603, Track 8] [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 the third and final hour of symphonic music by the American composer William Grant Still. I’m calling this hour “Still More Still.”
Since I spoke about William Grant Still’s African-American background and life in the first two hours, I’m not going to repeat myself here. That way I hope to get in more of his music, namely two symphonies and a poem for orchestra. All of this may be found on on...
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