Show notes
This week’s show features 4 great composers from Chicago’s past (full playlist below).LEO SOWERBY (1895–1968)From the Northland — Impressions of the Lake Superior CountryIV. The Shining Big-Sea Water (5:07)From Prairie: Tone Poems by Leo SowerbyCedille Records 90000 033 (Track 7)Czech National Symphony OrchestraPaul Freeman, conductorSOWERBYThe Canticle of the SunPraised 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)From The Pulitzer ProjectCedille Records CDR 90000 125 (Tracks 12-15)Grant Park ChorusGrant Park OrchestraCarlos Kalmar, conductorROBERT KURKA (1921–1957)Serenade for Small Orchestra, Op. 25 (1954)Allegro (5:23)From Robert Kurka: Symphonic WorksCedille Records CDR 90000 077 (Track 9)Grant Park OrchestraCarlos Kalmar, conductorKURKAThe Good Soldier SchweikAct 1, scene 7 (4:29)From Robert Kurka: The Good Soldier SchweikCedille Records CDR 90000 062 (Tracks 16–18)Jason Collins, tenorKelli Harrington, sopranoChicago Opera TheaterAlexander Platt, conductorWILLIAM FERRIS (b. 1942)Lyrica Sacra (1962) (7:32)Qui Manducat Mean CarnemQui Vult Venire Post MeSicut LiliumFrom American Choral PremieresCedille Records CDR 90000 109 (Tracks 10–12)William Ferris ChoralePaul French, conductorFERRISEd È Subito SeraII. Ora che sale il giorno (5:00)From Corridors of Light: Music of William FerrisCedille Records CDR 7004 (Track 3)John Vorrasi, tenorChicago String EnsembleAlan Heatherington, conductorCOLERIDGE-TAYLOR PERKINSON (1932–2004)Sinfonietta No. 1 for Strings (1954-55)III. Rondo: Allegro furioso (6:17)From Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A CelebrationCedille Records CDR 90000 087 (Track 3)Chicago SinfoniettaPaul Freeman, conductorPERKINSONMovement for String Trio (2004)From Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A CelebrationCedille Records CDR 90000 087 (Track 16)Sanford Allen, violinJesse Levine, violaCarter Brey, cello