American Landscapes
Series produced by KCME
American Landscapes is a weekly potpourri of the best of American music, hosted by Michael Campion. You’ll be treated to works by composers such as Copland, Samuel Barber, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Edward MacDowell, George Chadwick and many others. There will be much-loved music that never gets old, music to get reacquainted with and music that you’ll be hearing for the first time, with plenty to add to your list of favorites. And every piece you hear will be born in the USA!
American Landscapes is produced and hosted by Michael Campion.
176 Pieces
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This week the Promenade Overture by John Corigliano, piano etudes by H Leslie Adams, variations by George Gershwin, a saxophone sonata by John C. W...
- Added: Sep 17, 2022
- Length: 58:10
- Purchases: 2
Jerome Kern goes to the movies, Leo Sowerby tips his hat to Percy Grainger, Frederick Converse embraces Walt Whitman, Peter Schickele ignores PDQ B...
- Added: Sep 02, 2022
- Length: 58:06
- Purchases: 2
A movement from the Piano Concerto by Amy Beach, Ken Miller celebrates the Emerald Valley, the Third Symphony by Roy Harris, a Modern Suite from th...
- Added: Aug 29, 2022
- Length: 58:11
- Purchases: 2
Alan Hovhaness' Guitar Concerto No. 2, a meditation of the Ohio River by Byron O'Keefe, Snappy Saloon Songs by Fred Hersch, a Jazz Symphony for Pau...
- Added: Aug 13, 2022
- Length: 58:19
- Purchases: 3
Doug Lofstrom's pastoral Music for Strings, a violin sonata by Ruben Goldmark, a scandalous overture by Samuel Barber, chamber music by John Alden ...
- Added: Aug 01, 2022
- Length: 58:33
- Purchases: 3
Music this week by Howard Hanson from his opera The Merry Mount, a stunning viola concerto by Max Wolpert, Visions of Hildegard by Barbara Harbach ...
Bought by WDPR, Rhythm & News Service, KNCT FM, KWAX, and KVNO
- Added: Apr 30, 2022
- Length: 57:18
- Purchases: 5
This week we shine a light on a piece by Anthony Scarmolin, hear the World Dance by Ronn Yedidia, revisit Howard Hanson's youth, explore a chamber ...
- Added: Apr 14, 2022
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 4
Music for wind band by Kenneth Fuchs, John Gottsch celebrates Princess Yurievskaya and Tsar Alexander II, George W. Chadwick is inspired by the mus...
- Added: Mar 19, 2022
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 4
A delightful conversation with composer Danae Vlasse featuring some of her best works including two pieces from her recent Grammy-winning album Myt...
- Added: Mar 11, 2022
- Length: 57:37
- Purchases: 4
Music by Romeo Cascarino inspired by Pygmalion and Galatea, Michael Torke's take on the month of July, Kenneth Fuchs takes a cue from artist Helen ...
- Added: Feb 25, 2022
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 4
James Curnow shines a spotlight on the euphonium, Music from Henry Hadley's Fourth Symphony, a diabolic scherzo by Charles Tomlinson Griffes, A bea...
- Added: Jan 06, 2022
- Length: 58:11
- Purchases: 4
Joyful American Music to help celebrate the New Year with rousing overtures, jubilees, marches and festival music. Morton Gould, Stephen Foster and...
- Added: Jun 01, 2018
- Length: 57:56
- Purchases: 5
A further selection of music by American composers for the season.
Bought by WDPR, KVNO, RadioStPete Florida, KVNO, KWAX and more
- Added: Dec 07, 2020
- Length: 58:05
- Purchases: 6
Music by American composers in celebration of Christmas.
- Added: Dec 05, 2018
- Length: 57:32
- Purchases: 12
This week a playful dance by Claude T. Smith, a compositional challenge resulting in a August Diary by Doug Lofstrom, A rhapsody for hope by David ...
- Added: Nov 26, 2021
- Length: 58:15
- Purchases: 4
This week a trumpet concerto by Michael Mikulka, a new take on ancient chant by Victoria Bond, music to wake up to by Arthur Foote, music from a cl...
- Added: Nov 16, 2021
- Length: 58:11
- Purchases: 4
This week a movement from the affirming Clarinet Concerto by Rick Sowash, a late-night jazz set from Mike Titlebaum, the breaking of dawn in music ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2021
- Length: 58:06
- Purchases: 3
Music for harp by Dan Locklair, Romeo Cascarino explores the beauty and heartache of The Acadian Land, Seth Sladek explores the spectrum of harmoni...
- Added: Oct 20, 2021
- Length: 57:36
- Purchases: 3
This week a different take on Rhapsody in Blue, a Gershwinesque suite by Charles Pizer, Aldo Forte Rhapsodizes, John Knowles Paine gets romantic an...
- Added: Sep 30, 2021
- Length: 57:33
- Purchases: 4
A rhapsody is a freeform piece that just represents anything the composer likes. Five examples of the form by American composers this week.
- Added: Sep 14, 2021
- Length: 57:35
- Purchases: 3
