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PROGRAM #: SOA 11-01 AIRS ON WUOT: October 1, 2013

American Characters Songs about real and fictional characters in American history, including poets, preachers, and a president. The program introduces topics heard throughout the series.

Francis Hopkinson: My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free (, ; , piano) THM 5432 Stephen Foster: Willie We Have Missed You (Rosalind Rees, ; David Starobin, guitar) Vox Allegretto 8167 Henry T. Burleigh: Ethiopia Saluting the Colors (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) EMI/Angel 0946 3 341645 2 8 : Danny Deever (David Bispham, baritone; unknown pianist) Private recording , arr.: The Dodger from (William Warfield, baritone; Aaron Copland, piano) Sony 7464-60899-2 : General William Booth Enters Into Heaven (Vachel Lindsay reading his own poem) Caedmon/TC 1041 Sidney Homer: General William Booth Enters Into Heaven (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) THM 5432 : Charlie Rutlage (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) Ravinia 2009 recital recording Arthur Farwell: Song of the Deathless Voice (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) Ravinia 2009 recital recording Libby Larsen: A Working Woman (Terry Rhodes, soprano; Benton Hess, piano) Albany Records TROY 634 Aaron Copland: Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven? (Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; David Zobel, piano) Eloquentia 504 Elie Siegmeister: Madam and the Census Man (Esther Hinds, soprano; Alan Mandel, piano) CRI 814 John Duke: Richard Cory (Donald Gramm, baritone; Donald Hassard, piano) New World Records 80243 : Letter to Mrs. Bixby (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) Ravinia 2009 recital recording

PROGRAM #: SOA 11-02 AIRS ON WUOT: October 8, 2013

Stephen Foster "Stephen Foster's music is the trunk of the tree of American song, sturdy with songs we love to sing," says Thomas Hampson. In this program we explore Foster's music, the varied artistic roots he drew from, and the musical branches that grew from his work. Interviewee: Ken Emerson, author of Doo-Dah! Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture

Stephen Foster: Open Thy Lattice, Love (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Jay Ungar, mandolin; Molly Mason, bass; David Alpher, piano) EMI 54621. Stephen Foster: Oh! Susanna (Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band); Ballad of America, Volume 2 Stephen Foster: Camptown Races (Pete Seeger, singer and guitar) Smithsonian Folkways American Favorite Ballads Volume 2 SFW40151. Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Le Banjo (Philip Martin, piano) Hyperion 66459 Charles Ives: Symphony #2, fifth movement (, ) Sony Classical 60202 Thomas Moore: Oft in the Stilly Night, arranged by John Stevenson (Maggie Teyte, soprano) Pearl 9326 Stephen Foster: Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway! (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Jay Ungar, violin; Molly Mason, bass and guitar; David Alpher, piano) Angel 54621 : Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali from Lucia di Lammermoor (José Carreras, tenor; New Philharmonia Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos) 470421; CD 2 Stephen Foster: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair (, mezzo-soprano; Osian Ellis, harp) London 417 242 Stephen Foster: Nelly Was a Lady (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) THM 5432 Stephen Foster: Old Folks at Home arranged by Antonin Dvorak (Arthur Woodley, baritone; Collegiate and Harmonie Ensemble, Steven Richman) Music & Arts 4926 Ray Charles: Swanee River Rock (Ray Charles, singer) The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years, Rhino Records : Swanee (Al Jolson) The Great Al Jolson, PIMO 6044; CD 2 Stephen Foster: Comrades, Fill No Glass for Me (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Jay Ungar, Evan Stover, violins; Molly Mason, guitar; David Alpher, piano) Angel 54621 Stephen Foster: Hard Times Come Again No More (Willie Nelson, singer and guitar; Darol Anger, fiddle; David Grisman, mandolin; Phillip Aaberg, keyboard) Six Degrees/Island, album: Heritage Stephen Foster: Beautiful Dreamer (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Jay Ungar, violin; Molly Mason, guitar; David Alpher, piano) Angel 54621

PROGRAM #: SOA 11-03 AIRS ON WUOT: October 15, 2013

Song of Walt Whitman Whitman, the "Bard of Democracy," was the founder of a new American language. With music built deep into his poetry, it's no surprise that Whitman has been a beacon for American .

Ernst Bacon: The Commonplace (William Sharp, baritone; John Musto, piano) CRI 890 Charles Ives: Walt Whitman (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) EMI Classics 0094635823929 Gerald Busby: Behold This Swarthy Face (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) EMI Classics 0094635823929 Elinor Remick Warren: We Two (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) Angel/EMI09463 416452 Robert Strassburg: Prayer of Columbus (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) EMI Classics 0094635823929 Gaetano Donizetti: Ange si pur from La Favorita (Ramon Vargas, tenor; Radio Orchestra, Marcello Viotti) RCA/BMG 74321 66229 2 Ned Rorem: O You Whom I Often and Silently Come (, mezzo-soprano; Malcolm Martineau, piano) EMI 54621 Philip Dalmas: As I Watch'd the Ploughman Plowing (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) EMI Classics 0094635823929 Kurt Weill: Dirge for Two Veterans (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) Angel/EMI09463 416452 Charles Naginski: Look Down Fair Moon (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) EMI Classics 0094635823929 William Harold Neidlinger: Memories of Lincoln (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) EMI Classics 0094635823929 Leonard Bernstein: To What You Said (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) Angel/EMI09463 416452 Ernst Bacon: One Thought Ever At the Fore (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano) Orfeo d'Or C707062

PROGRAM #: SOA 11-04 AIRS ON WUOT: October 22, 2013

Many Are the Voices Many Americans have had to raise their voices to be recognized or even heard in America. In this program, we hear songs of African Americans and Native Americans; women, immigrants, and war resisters; and voices from the labor movement and the gay rights movement.

J John Rosamond Johnson: Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing arranged by William Grant Still (Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Videmus chamber ensemble) New World Records 80399 Hermann Reutter: Song for a Dark Girl (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano) Orfeo d'Or C 707 062; CD 2 John Musto: Silhouette (Paul Sperry, tenor; Irma Vallecillo, piano) Albany Records TROY 081 Arthur Farwell: Inketunga's Thunder Song (William Parker, baritone; William Huckaby, piano) New World Records 80463 Charles Ives: The Indians (Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano) / 2564-60297-2 Peter LaFarge: The Ballad of Ira Hayes (Pete Seeger, singer and guitar) FW 3044 Amy Marcy Beach: Within Thy Heart (Patrick Mason, baritone; Joanne Polk, piano) Bridge 9182 Ruth Crawford Seeger: Chinaman, Laundryman (Lucy Shelton, soprano; Reinbert de Leeuw, piano) DG 000289 449 9252 6 Earl Robinson: Joe Hill (Paul Robeson, bass-baritone; Alan Booth, piano) MCD (or MON) 61580 Marc Blitzstein: Joe Worker from the film soundtrack for Cradle Will Rock (Audra McDonald, soprano; Steven Tyler, piano) BMG 902700 Ned Rorem: The Real War Will Never Get in the Books (Donald Gramm, bass-baritone; Eugene Istomin, piano) PHCD 116 Elie Siegmeister: Official Notice (Esther Hinds, soprano; Alan Mandel, piano) NWCR814 Donald Wheelock: Fury from The AIDS Quilt Songbook (William Parker, baritone; Alan Marks, piano) Harmonia 907602 : We Two Boys Together Clinging (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) EMI 7243 5 55028 2 7 Traditional: Oh, Freedom (Odetta, singer) 1004 (1996 CD) or V.I. Music 450661 (2005 CD)

PROGRAM #: SOA 11-05 AIRS ON WUOT: October 29, 2013

War Cries Throughout our history, America has gone to war with bravado and with anguish. Songs have helped shape those emotions, and express them-inspiring us to battle, sustaining our courage, giving us a way to lament our losses.

Charles Ives: In Flanders Field (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano) THM 5432 Joseph Warren, text: Song on Liberty (Sherrill Milnes, baritone; Jon Spong, ) New World Records 80276 Andrew Law: The American Hero/Bunker Hill (Western Wind) WW1776 John Stafford Smith: The Star Spangled Banner (Reinald Werrenrath, baritone; orchestra conducted by Josef Pasternack) Julia Ward Howe: Battle Hymn of the Republic (Louise Homer, contralto; orchestra unidentified) Romophone 87002-2 Daniel Decatur Emmett: Dixie (Mary Lewis, soprano; orchestra unidentified) Marston 52047-2; CD 1 John Hill Hewitt: All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight (John Aler, tenor; Lawrence Skrobacs, piano) New World Records 80202 George M. Cohan: Over There (Norah Bayes, singer; orchestra unidentified) Archeophone 5007; CD 2 Charles Ives: He is There! (Samuel Ramey, bass-baritone; Warren Jones, piano) Argo 125294 Hugo Weisgall: Shiloh: A Requiem (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano) Orfeo d'Or C707062; CD 1 Leonard Bernstein: So Pretty (, soprano; Tan Crone, piano) KTC-1037 Ned Rorem: Night Battle (Donald Gramm, baritone; Eugene Istomin, piano) PHCD 116 George Crumb, arr.: When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Gilbert Kalish, piano; David Cossin, Haruka Fujii, Ayano Kataoka, Jeffrey Milarsky, percussionists) Chamber Music Society , April 2013

PROGRAM #: SOA 11-06 RELEASE: November 5, 2013

Ives the Chronicler Charles Ives was unprecedented at suiting his musical style to the story he wanted to tell, and he created dozens of surprising "snapshots in song" of what it was like to be alive in America during his lifetime.

Charles Ives: Memories (Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano) Warner Classics 2564 60297-2 Charles Ives: The Circus Band (William Sharp, baritone; Steven Blier, piano) Albany Records TROY 077 Charles Ives: 1, 2, 3 (Helen Boatwright, soprano; John Kirkpatrick, piano) CRI CD 675 Charles Ives: Remembrance (Gerald Finley, baritone; Julius Drake, piano) Hyperion CDA 67516 Charles Ives: Thoreau (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) Tanglewood recital recording 22 July 2009 Charles Ives: Feldeinsamkeit (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Armen Guzelimian, piano) Teldec 9031- 72168-2 Charles Ives: The Camp Meeting (Mary Ann Hart, mezzo-soprano; Dennis Helmrich, piano) Albany Records TROY 079 Charles Ives: Serenity (Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano) Nonesuch 9-71325-2 Charles Ives: The Things Our Fathers Loved (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Michael Tilson-Thomas, piano) RCA 9026-63703-2 Charles Ives: General William Booth Enters Into Heaven (Donald Gramm, baritone; Richard Cumming, piano) Phoenix USA 178 Charles Ives: Mists (Susan Narucki, soprano; Alan Feinberg, piano) Decca 466 841-2 Charles Ives: Ann Street (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Michael Ponti, piano) DG (LP) 2530 696 Charles Ives: The Cage (Marni Nixon, soprano; John McCabe, piano) EMI 2 06631-2 Charles Ives: The Children's Hour (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) Tanglewood recital recording 22 July 2009 Charles Ives: Two Little Flowers (William Sharp, baritone; Steven Blier, piano) DG (LP) 2530 696 Charles Ives: Tom Sails Away (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) Tanglewood recital recording 22 July 2009 Charles Ives: On the Counter (Roberta Alexander, soprano; Tan Crone, piano) Etcetera KTC 1020 Charles Ives: In the Mornin' (Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano) Nonesuch 9-71325-2

PROGRAM #: SOA 11-07 RELEASE: November 12, 2013

Champions of American Song Over the course of the 20th century, our classical singers were enthusiastic advocates for songs by American composers. In this program, we hear the music they brought to far-flung audiences through recitals, phonograph records, and radio broadcasts.

Henry Gilbert: Pirate Song (David Bispham, baritone; pianist unknown) transfer from 78 rpm Edward MacDowell: Long Ago, Sweetheart Mine (Alma Gluck, soprano; Rosario Bourdon, piano) Marston 52001-2; CD 2. Sidney Homer: Dearest (Louise Homer, contralto; Victor Orchestra, conductor unknown) Pearl Gemm CD9950. : The Monk and His Cat (, soprano; Samuel Barber, piano) RCA Victor Gold Seal 09026-61983-2. John Alden Carpenter: The Home Road (Ernestine Schmann-Heink, contralto; Katherine Hoffman, piano) Delos DE5503; CD 2. Henry Burleigh, arr.: Go Down, Moses (Roland Hayes, tenor; Lawrence Brown, piano) NW 247 (LP) Charles Gilbert Spross: Will o' the Wisp (Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano) VAIA 1168. : On the Road to (, baritone; Stewart Wille, piano) DELOS DE5500; CD 1 Stephen Foster: Gentle Annie (, baritone; Leila Edwards, piano) MET 210CD; CD 2 Charles Wakefield Cadman: At Dawning (Paul Robeson, bass-baritone; unidentified orchestra, Walter Goehr, conductor) EMI 2 15598 2; CD 6 : The Bluebird of Happiness (, tenor; RCA Victor Orchestra, , conductor) RCA Victor Gold Seal 09026-68531-2 Oscar Rasbach: Trees (, baritone; Columbia Concert Orchestra, Leon Arnaud conductor) JASCD 474; CD 2 Katherine Kennicott Davis: Nancy Hanks (, soprano; Edwin Biltcliffe, piano) VAIA 1005-2; CD 2 Aaron Copland, arr.: Zion's Walls (William Warfield, baritone; Aaron Copland, piano) Sony Classical SM2K 89326/89327; CD 2 George Crumb: Let It Be Forgotten (Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano) Bridge 9253

PROGRAM #: SOA 11-08 RELEASE: November 19, 2013

Arthur Farwell, American Pioneer At the beginning of the 20th century, deeply influenced by Dvorak's challenge to Americans to find their own musical voices, Arthur Farwell used music of Native Americans and words of American poets as inspiration for his own unique voice. He also pioneered the publishing and preservation of American composers and poets through his famed Wa-Wan Press.

Interviewee: Jonathan Farwell, son of the Interviewee: Neely Bruce, professor of music, Wesleyan University

Arthur Farwell: Ichibuzzhi (Dario Müller, piano) Marco Polo 8.223738. Arthur Farwell: Song of the Deathless Voice (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano) Orfeo 656052 Arthur Farwell: Inketunga's Thunder Song (William Parker, baritone; William Huckaby, piano) New World Records 80463 Charles Wakefield Cadman: From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water (Alma Gluck, soprano; Victor Orchestra, Walter B. Rodgers, conductor) Classics, 1911-1918 Charles Wakefield Cadman: The Moon Drops Low (Jan De Gaetani, mezzo soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano) nonesuch B000005IYX Gena Branscombe: Serenade (Kathleen Shimeta, mezzo-soprano; Martin Hennessey, piano) Albany Records TROY 599 Arthur Farwell: Beggar's Dreams from The Gods of the Mountain (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Kreuger conductor) American Orchestral Compositions, 1890-1916 Arthur Farwell: Navajo War Dance (The New World Singers, John Miner, conductor) New World Records 80542 Arthur Farwell: Dark Her Lodge Door (David Barron, baritone; Neely Bruce, piano) Live on WQXR Radio, New York, April 16, 1975 Arthur Farwell: The Ravens Are Singing (David Barron, baritone; Neely Bruce, piano) Live on WQXR Radio, New York, April 16, 1975 Roy Harris: When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Roberts Wesleyan College Chorale, Robert Shewan, conductor) Albany Music TROY 164 Arthur Farwell: I'm Nobody (Paul Sperry, tenor; Irma Vallecillo, piano) Albany Records TROY 043 Arthur Farwell: The Level Bee (Paul Sperry, tenor; Irma Vallecillo, piano) Albany Records TROY 043 Arthur Farwell: The Old Man's Love Story (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano) Orfeo 656052

PROGRAM #: SOA 11-09 RELEASE: November 26, 2013

"There Is No Gender in Music" So said composer Elinor Remick Warren. In this program we look at the lives and songs of generations of American women composers. Amy Marcy Beach: Ah, Love But A Day (Deborah Voigt, soprano; Brian Zeger, piano) EMI Classics 724355796424. Amy Marcy Beach: Twilight (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) recital in Winona, Minnesota, 2009 Florence Price: My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord (Marian Anderson, contralto; Franz Rupp, piano) RCA Victor Red Seal 63306. Florence Price: Songs to the Dark Virgin (Darryl Taylor, tenor; Maria Corley, piano) Naxos 8.559136 2. Margaret Bonds: Poème d'Automne (Louise Toppin, soprano; John O'Brien, piano) Albany Records TROY 385. : A Parable: A Blade of Grass (Janet Morrow King, mezzo-soprano; David King, piano) private recording. Ruth Crawford Seeger: Rat Riddles (Nan Hughes, mezzo-soprano; Continuum Ensemble, Joel Sachs, director) Naxos 8.559197. Carrie Jacobs-Bond: Her Greatest Charm (Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano) Nonesuch 79178. Carrie Jacobs-Bond: Nothin' but Love (Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano) Elektra Nonesuch 79178. Gladys Rich: American Lullaby (Jay Piersen, baritone; John O'Brien, piano) Albany Records TROY 385. Marion Dix Sullivan: The Blue Juniata (Ranger Doug, voice; Riders in the Sky Ensemble) Pa's Fiddle Recordings PFR 0163-2. Margaret Ruthven Lang: Ojalá (Donald George, tenor; Lucy Mauro, piano) Delos DE3407. Libby Larsen: Bucking Bronco (Louise Toppin, soprano; John O'Brien, piano) Orfeo 656052. Elinor Remick Warren: Sweetgrass Range (Nelson Eddy, baritone; Kraft Music Hall Orch) Mac/Eddy Records JN 187. Miriam Gideon: She Weeps Over Rahoon (William Sharp, baritone; Walter Hilse, piano) New World Records 80393. Lori Laitman: The Kiss (William Sharp, baritone; Lori Laitman, piano) Albany Records TROY 393. Elinor Remick Warren: God Be In My Heart (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano) THM 5432.

PROGRAM #: SOA 11-10 RELEASE: December 3, 2013

Emily Dickinson: Letter to the World The reclusive poet explored all of life's emotions, and there are hundreds of compelling settings of her poems, by composers from Ernst Bacon to André Previn to Ned Rorem.

Aaron Copland: Dear March, Come in (Barbara Bonney, soprano; André Previn, piano) Decca 455511; track 7 Lee Hoiby: A Letter (Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Antoine Palloc, piano) Teldec 0630-16069, track 18 Otto Luening: Experiment to Me (Carolyn Heafner, soprano; Shirley Ann Seguin, piano) MSR 1085; track 9 André Previn: Will there really be a 'Morning'? (Renée Fleming, soprano; Renée Fleming, piano) DG 471028; track 9 Aaron Copland: When They Come Back (John Kennedy Hanks, tenor; Ruth Friedberg, piano) The Art Song in America, Duke University Press; CD 3, track 23 Ernst Bacom: The Banks of the Yellow Sea (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano) Orfeo d'Or C707062; CD 2, track 11 William Bolcom: The Bustle in a House (Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano; Martin Katz, piano) RCA Victor Red Seal 68771; track 15 Ned Rorem: Love's Stricken (Beverly Wolff, mezzo-soprano; Ned Rorem, piano) Phoenix USA 108; track 4 Ned Rorem: Love's Stricken (second version) (Beverly Wolff, mezzo-soprano; Ned Rorem, piano) Phoenix USA 108; track 14 Ernst Bacon: Wild Nights (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano) Orfeo d'Or C707062; CD 2, track 12 John Duke: Heart, We Will Forget Him (Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Antoine Palloc, piano) Teldec 0630-16069, track 25 Aaron Copland: Heart, We Will Forget Him (second version) (Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; David Zobel, piano) Eloquentia 504; track 10 Etta Parker: Have You Got a Brook in Your Little Heart (Virginia Dupuy, mezzo-soprano; Tara Emerson, piano) Gasparo 360; track 17 Arthur Farwell: Papa Above! (Paul Sperry, tenor; Irma Vallecillo, piano) Albany Records TROY 043; track 31 Leo Smit: Of Tolling Bell (Georgine Resick, soprano; Warren Jones, piano) Bridge 9227; track 6 Aaron Copland: Going to Heaven (Phyllis Curtin, soprano; Aaron Copland, piano) VAI Audio 1194; track 11 Ernst Bacon: It's Coming-The Postponeless Creature (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano) Orfeo d'Or C707062; CD 2, track 14 George Perle: Under the Light, Yet Under (Bethany Beardslee, soprano; Morey Ritt, piano) A Tribute to Bethany Beardslee, CRI (CD# n.a.); track 13 William Roy: This Little Rose (Carolyn Heafner, soprano; Shirley Ann Seguin, piano) MSR 1085; track 6 Lori Laitman: The Butterfly Upon (Jennifer Check, soprano; Warren Jones, piano) Albany Records TROY 1118; track 22 Robert Beaser: I Dwell in Possibility (Hila Plitmann, soprano; David Berman, piano) Bridge 9271; track 3 Ernst Bacon: Let Down the Bars (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano) Orfeo d'Or C707062; CD 2, track 13

PROGRAM #: SOA 11-11 RELEASE: December 10, 2013

Songs We've Always Sung Aaron Copland's "Old American Songs" have become recital standards, but traditional texts and tunes have attracted many other classical composers, including John Jacob Niles, George Crumb, and Jake Heggie.

Archival: The Little Horses (Mrs. Kate Jones, recorded by Alan Lomax, 1930's) Aaron Copland, arr.: The Little Horses (William Warfield, baritone; Aaron Copland, piano) Sony 7464- 60899-2 Aaron Copland, arr.: I Bought Me a Cat (Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano; English Chamber Orchestra/Carl Davis) London 417 242-2 Jake Heggie, arr.: The Leather-Winged Bat (Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Antoine Palloc, piano) Teldec 0630-16069, track 13 Roger Ames, arr.: Shenandoah (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Armen Guzelimian, piano) EMI/Angel 0946 3 4645 2 8 Cecil Sharp, arr.: Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair (first version) (John Langstaff, baritone; Sir Gerald Moore, piano) Revels/EMI 72435-95073-2-3 John Jacob Niles, arr.: Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair (second version) (John Jacob Niles, singer) Essential Media Group B000TPTQ2E John Jacob Niles, arr.: Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair (third version) (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano) Orfeo d'Or C707062. George Crumb, arr.: Black, Black, Black is the Color (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Gilbert Kalish, piano; David Cossin, Haruka Fujii, Ayano Kataoka, Jeffrey Milarsky, percussionists) Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society concert, April 2013 John Powell, arr.: The Old Woman's Courtship (John Langstaff, baritone; John Powell, piano) Revels 38871 23022 Clifford Shaw, arr.: The Nightingale (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Armen Guzelimian, piano) EMI/Angel 0946 3 4645 2 8 Traditional: Barbara Allen (Pete Seeger, unaccompanied)from American Folk Tales Goldenlane Records Jake Heggie, arr.: Bar'bry Allen (Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Antoine Palloc, piano) Teldec 0630- 16069, track 14 Howard Brockway, arr.: John Riley (John Langstaff, baritone; Nancy Woodbridge, piano) Revels 38871 22022 Aaron Copland, arr.: The Golden Willow Tree (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano) from recital at Steven Mark Kohn, arr.: California (Andrew Garland, baritone; Donna Loewy, piano) Azica B001AGNMBW Archival: On the Other Shore (unidentified woman + Alan Lomax, recorded by Alan Lomax) Library of Congress Steven Mark Kohn, arr.: On the Other Shore (Andrew Garland, baritone; Donna Loewy, piano) Azica B001AGNMBW

PROGRAM #: SOA 11-12 RELEASE: December 17, 2013

Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes, one of America's great poets, gave jubilant voice to the lives of African Americans. His poetry has inspired settings by dozens of composers; we hear some of that music and learn about the world that inspired him.

Interviewee: Donna Akiba Harper Sullivan, professor of English, Spelman College

Margaret Bonds: The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Vlad Iftinca, piano) recital, July 2013 Ricky Ian Gordon: My People (Harolyn Blackwell, soprano; Warren Jones, piano) RCA 09026-61944-2 Langston Hughes: I, Too (Langston Hughes reads the poem) Smithsonian Folkways SFW47001 Margaret Bonds: I, Too (Kevin Maynor, bass; Eric Olsen, piano) The Black Art Song Fleur de Son Erik Santos: Bound No'th Blues (Darryl Taylor, tenor; Patricia Terry-Ross, harp; Erik Santos, piano and snaps) Naxos 8.559136 Langston Hughes: Minstrel Man (Paul Robeson reads the poem) EMI Classics 509992155 8627; CD 5 Margaret Bonds: Minstrel Man (Kevin Maynor, bass; Eric Olsen, piano) The Black Art Song Fleur de Son Jean Berger: Lonely People (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano) Orfeo d'Or C707062; CD 2 William Grant Still: A Black Pierrot (Darryl Taylor, tenor; Maria Corley, piano) Naxos 8.559136 Howard Swanson: Joy (Darryl Taylor, tenor; Maria Corley, piano) Naxos 8.559136. Henry T. Burleigh: Lovely Dark and Lonely One (Regina McConnell, soprano; Michael Cordovana, piano) CRC 2252 John Stone: Daybreak in Alabama (Amy Bartram, soprano; John Stone, piano) Daybreak in Alabama: A Langston Hughes Song Cycle (no CD info) John Musto: Litany (Paul Sperry, tenor; Irma Vallecillo, piano) Albany Records TROY 081 Hermann Reutter: Drum (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano) Orfeo d'Or C707062; CD 2 Elie Siegmeister: Peace (Esther Hinds, soprano; Alan Mandel, piano) CRI 814 Ricky Ian Gordon: Dream Variations (Audra McDonald, soprano; ensemble conducted by Eric Stern) Nonesuch 79626

PROGRAM #: SOA 11-13 RELEASE: December 24, 2013

Places That Sing To Us There are places in the American landscape that are part of our collective consciousness, thanks to music. In this program, we listen to songs that have helped shape the way we see our country.

Charles Ives: My Native Land (William Sharp, baritone; Steven Blier, piano) Albany Records TROY 077. Henry Russell: A Life in the West (Clifford Jackson, baritone; Peter Basquin, piano) New World Records 80251. Daniel Kelley: Home on the Range, arranged by David Wendel Guion (, baritone; unidentified orchestra, Nathaniel Shilkret, conductor) Nimbus NI 7838. Roger Ames, arr.: Erie Canal (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Armen Guzelimian, piano) EMI Classics 41645 2 8. Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home (Marian Anderson, contralto; Victor Symphony Orchestra, C. O'Connell) Magnum Music MCCD. : Sugar in the Cane (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Craig Rutenberg, piano) THM 5432. Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Leontyne Price, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra, Thomas Schippers, conductor) RCA Victor 61983. Steven Mark Kohn, arr.: Hell in Texas (Andrew Garland, baritone; Donna Loewy, piano) Azica B001AGNMBW. Aaron Copland, arr.: The Boatmen's Dance (Thomas Hampson, baritone; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, , conductor) Teldec 77310-2. Kurt Weill: River Chanty (Steven Kimbrough, baritone; Dalton Baldwin, piano) Arabesque Z6579. Charles Ives: The Housatonic at Stockbridge (Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano) Nonesuch 71325. Ned Rorem: The Lordly Hudson (Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Malcolm Martineau, piano) Erato 80222. Stephen White, arr.: Shenandoah (Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano) TH 5432.