Classic music and rail travel developed throughout the Western world in parallel so perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that there is so much music inspired by the steam engine. This coffee break takes us back to the rails with polkas by Eduard and Johann Strauss. We check in on the conceptual and influential Arthur Honegger's Pacific 231 and circle back to Copland's John Henry, a steel-driving man. The journey ends with a brief listen to David Borden's Fog, Stars, Train, West Hill Lights, Etc., an electronica homage to rail travel. Here is a link to the whole work-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTzdHxbwTHw

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