Show notes
This week’s program features music by Chicago composer Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), in observance of Chicago month on WFMT. Playlist: LEO SOWERBY (1895-1968) Comes Autumn Time — Program Overture for Orchestra (4:41) From Prairie: Tone Poems by Leo Sowerby Cedille Records CDR 90000 033 (Track 1) Czech National Symphony Orchestra Paul Freeman, conductor SOWERBY Symphony No. 2 I. Sonatina: Sprightly (9:42) From Leo Sowerby: Symphony No. 2, other works Cedille Records CDR 90000 039 (Track 4) Chicago Sinfonietta Paul Freeman, conductor SOWERBY Concertpiece for Organ & Orchestra, H.307 (18:17) From American Works for Organ and Orchestra Cedille Records CDR 90000 063 (Track 4) David Schrader, organ Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor SOWERBY The Canticle of the Sun O most high… (4:35) Praised be my Lord God with all his creatures… (2:48) Praised be my Lord for our sister the moon… (2:56) Praised be my Lord for our brother the wind… (1:58) Praised be my Lord for our sister water… (2:08) From The Pulitzer Project Cedille Records CDR 90000 125 (Tracks 11-15) Grant Park Orchestra Grant Park Chorus Carlos Kalmar, conductor Christopher Bell, Chorus Director