Naxos Blog » William Schuman http://blog.naxos.com Insights on music from the world's leading classical music label Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Podcast: William Schuman - Prayer in a Time of War http://blog.naxos.com/2009/11/17/podcast-william-schuman-prayer-in-a-time-of-war/ http://blog.naxos.com/2009/11/17/podcast-william-schuman-prayer-in-a-time-of-war/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:00:41 +0000 Raymond http://blog.naxos.com/?p=4069 SCHUMAN, W.: Symphony No. 6 album coverWhen he graduated from high school, William Schuman enrolled in New York University with every intention of doing a commerce degree. Then his sister took him to a New York Philharmonic concert conducted by Arturo Toscanini. That very night, he decided to become a composer. Schuman went on to become one of the most important American composers and composition teachers of the 20th century. He was president of Julliard School, President of Lincoln Centre in New York, and the composer of eight major symphonies. This podcast looks at a new recording of his Symphony No. 6, Prayer in a Time of War, and New England Tryptich, with the Seattle Symphony conducted by Gerard Schwarz.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559625

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]]> http://blog.naxos.com/2009/11/17/podcast-william-schuman-prayer-in-a-time-of-war/feed/ Podcast: Fanfares and Overtures with Rutgers Wind Ensemble http://blog.naxos.com/2009/09/22/podcast-fanfares-and-overtures-with-rutgers-wind-ensemble/ http://blog.naxos.com/2009/09/22/podcast-fanfares-and-overtures-with-rutgers-wind-ensemble/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:01 +0000 Raymond http://blog.naxos.com/?p=3821 REED, O., HUSA, K., NELHYBEL, V., SCHUMAN, W: Fanfares and Overtures album coverFanfares and Overtures, the first CD by the esteemed Rutgers Wind Ensemble on Naxos Wind Band Classics, presents a dizzying range of music that include either fanfares or overtures. The CD includes music by Herbert Owen Reed, Vaclav Nelhybel, WIlliam Schuman and Karel Husa whose “Music for Prague” may be one of the finest pieces of musical protest music ever written.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.572230

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]]> http://blog.naxos.com/2009/09/22/podcast-fanfares-and-overtures-with-rutgers-wind-ensemble/feed/ Podcast: American Music for Cello and Orchestra http://blog.naxos.com/2008/09/16/podcast-american-music-for-cello-and-orchestra/ http://blog.naxos.com/2008/09/16/podcast-american-music-for-cello-and-orchestra/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:00:01 +0000 Raymond http://blog.naxos.com/?p=831 PERRY, W.: Jamestown Concerto / SCHUMAN, W.: A Song of Orpheus / THOMSON, V.: Cello Concerto album coverWilliam Perry, William Schuman and Virgil Thomson share several important traits.

They are all 20th American composers (though Perry is stil alive, which makes him a 21st century composer), and all have written works for solo cello and orchestra.

This podcast introduces threse three beautiful but still unknown works.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559344

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