American Landscapes

Series produced by KCME

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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.


195 Pieces

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Program 164
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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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...

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 5
Program 165
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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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 ...

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  • Added: Nov 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:15
  • Purchases: 6
Program 166
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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James Curnow shines a spotlight on the euphonium, Music from Henry Hadley's Fourth Symphony, a diabolic scherzo by Charles Tomlinson Griffes, A bea...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 6
Program 167
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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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 ...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 5
Program 168 Danae Vlasse
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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A delightful conversation with composer Danae Vlasse featuring some of her best works including two pieces from her recent Grammy-winning album Myt...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 57:37
  • Purchases: 6
Program 169
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Music for wind band by Kenneth Fuchs, John Gottsch celebrates Princess Yurievskaya and Tsar Alexander II, George W. Chadwick is inspired by the mus...

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2022
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 6
Program 170
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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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 ...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
Program 171
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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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 ...

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 57:18
  • Purchases: 6
Program 172
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Doug Lofstrom's pastoral Music for Strings, a violin sonata by Ruben Goldmark, a scandalous overture by Samuel Barber, chamber music by John Alden ...

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:33
  • Purchases: 4
Program 173
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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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...

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 4
Program 174
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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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...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 3
Program 175
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Jerome Kern goes to the movies, Leo Sowerby tips his hat to Percy Grainger, Frederick Converse embraces Walt Whitman, Peter Schickele ignores PDQ B...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 58:06
  • Purchases: 3
Program 176
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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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...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:10
  • Purchases: 3
Program 177
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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this week the first movement from the brilliant Clarinet Concerto by Rick Sowash, a deeply personal statement for saxophone and piano by Steven Ban...

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 58:12
  • Purchases: 3
Program 178
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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this week Peter Boyer raises the curtain, David Baker shades the blues, Amy Beach leads us through Grandmother's Garden, Miguel del Aguila takes us...

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2022
  • Length: 57:57
  • Purchases: 4
Program 179
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold takes us to Juarez, Arnold Rosner and Howard Hanson take us back to their student days, George McKay takes us on a harbor c...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 57:33
  • Purchases: 4
Program 180
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Louis Coerne wields Excalibur in a rarely-heard tone poem. Also music from a beautiful oboe sonata by Christopher Tyler Nickel, classic tunes from ...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 57:47
  • Purchases: 4
Program 181
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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George Bristow reflects on a 20 year nap, Aaron Copland takes us to a Rodeo, George Gershwin shows us how to play his piano preludes and more.

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:17
  • Purchases: 4
Program 182
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Swashbuckling music by Kevin McKee, an Essay by Samuel Barber, a viola sonata movement by Arthur Foote, some camera studies by Sousa and others.

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:16
  • Purchases: 4
Program 183
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Some jazzy bassoon music from Ken Cooper, alternate film music from Henry Mancini, Legends of the Hudson River from Ferde Grofe and more.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KVNO, and KWAX


  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 57:14
  • Purchases: 3

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