We wrap up our America 250: A Classical Portrait explorations celebrating great American performers. Ahead of the broadcast, James Jacobs explores the story of Louis Laufman, Hollywood, and Vivaldi.
On the next program of America 250: A Classical Portrait, James Jacobs explores the vibrant and long-standing tradition of summer music festivals in America, where our orchestras some outdoors to play.
On the next program of America 250: A Classical Portrait, James Jacobs explores living composers who are defining the American voice into the future, and highlights the new album from the Apollo Chamber Players "We The People".
On the next program of America 250: A Classical Portrait, James Jacobs explores Terry Riley of the Minimalist movement, the developer of an extremely successful genre that helped sustain classical music.
In the next program of America 250: A Classical Portrait, James Jacobs explores the export of American Jazz and how European composers eagerly adapted the idiom into their compositions.
On the next program of America 250: A Classical Portrait, we explore the impact of American icon, Leonard Bernstein. James Jacobs shares his reflections and a conversation with Bernstein's daughter, Jamie Bernstein.
On the next program of America 250: A Classical Portrait, James Jacobs explores Neo-Romanticism in the 20th century, a return to tonality, through the lens of three violin concertos.
On the next program of America 250: A Classical Portrait, we explore a foundational cultural contribution America has made: its own unique take on musical theater.