13 Leroy Anderson's Clever Musical Miniatures
Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:57:56
Live long enough and the popular music of your youth becomes the classical music of today. Witness the clever orchestral miniatures of Leroy Anderson, the once-popular American composer who is now listed in the classical music catalogs. This program takes a new look at and listen to "The Syncopated Clock," "Sleigh Ride," "The Typewriter Song" and other Anderson favorites, as well as his rarely-performed "Concerto in C for Piano & Orchestra." The full script, including information on every CD used, may be found at www.compactdiscoveries.com.
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Live long enough and the popular music of your youth becomes the classical music of today. Witness the clever orchestral miniatures of Leroy Anderson, the once-popular American composer who is now listed in the classical music catalogs. This program takes a new look at and listen to "The Syncopated Clock," "Sleigh Ride," "The Typewriter Song" and other Anderson favorites, as well as his rarely-performed "Concerto in C for Piano & Orchestra." The full script, including information on every CD used, may be found at www.compactdiscoveries.com.
Broadcast History
Originally distributed nationally by the WFMT Radio Network.
Transcript
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Posted on March 08, 2006 at 05:24 AM | Permalink
Review of 13 Leroy Anderson's Clever Musical Miniatures
Having listened to several programs, I find Fred Flaxman to be very well informed and his presentation most inspiring and informational as well. I would recommend these programs to any public radio station knowing that their audiences would receive them well and be appreciative for the station making them available.