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This week: an all-American program for Independence Day. Playlist:LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918–1990) arr. RANDALL CRAIG FLEISCHERWest Side Story Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (1957/2012)America (2:56)From Delights & DancesCedille Records CDR 90000 141 (Track 12)Harlem QuartetChicago SinfoniettaMei-Ann Chen, conductorWILLIAM SCHUMAN (1910–1992)A Free Song (1942) (13:41)Part I. “Look down, fair moon”Part II. Song of the BannerFrom The Pulitzer ProjectCedille Records CDR 90000 125 (Tracks 1–2)Grant Park OrchestraGrant Park Orchestra ChorusCarlos Kalmar, conductorChristopher Bell, Chorus DirectorCOLERIDGE-TAYLOR PERKINSON (1932–2004)Grass: Poem for Piano, Strings & Percussion (1956) (16:08)From Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A CelebrationCedille Records CDR 90000 087 (Track 4)Joseph Joubert, pianoChicago SinfoniettaPaul Freeman, conductorJOHN ADAMS (b. 1946)Road Movies (1995)II. Meditative (6:17)From String PoeticCedille Records CDR 90000 103 (Track 13)Jennifer Koh, violinReiko Uchida, pianoSTACY GARROP (b. 1969)In Eleanor’s Words for mezzo-soprano and piano (2009)I. The Newspaper Column (3:38)From In Eleanor’s Words: Music of Stacy GarropCedille Records CDR 90000 122 (Track 2)Buffy Baggott, mezzo-sopranoKuang-Hao Huang, pianoAARON JAY KERNIS (b. 1960)Too Hot Toccata (1996) (5:53)From Symphony in WavesCedille Records CDR 90000 105 (Track 2)Grant Park OrchestraCarlos Kalmar, conductor