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LIFE, The Promise of Living
Classical Americana explores how music reflects “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. This week: growing pains. The struggles of our youth are an inescapable part of Life. But music has the magical ability to turn all the angst and anguish into something beautiful. Come of age, musically speaking, with help from composers like Jake Heggie, Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber and Oscar Levant.
LIFE, Scenes from Childhood
This season on Classical Americana, as the Declaration of Independence nears 250 years old, we’re exploring how music reflects those most American of values: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This week, host Lara Downes starts at the very beginning with an hour of music that captures the spirit of childhood, from a lullaby by Florence Price to Chick Correa’s Children’s Songs, and more.
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