Guy Livingston’s theme tonight is nocturnes, whether you pronounce it à la française, or with an American drawl… it’s music for the night. This is the third in an ongoing series on the noir, the sleepy, the soporific, or the soothing rain on a deserted city street.

In this episode of American Highways, we hear music of John Luther Adams, Philip Glass, David Lang, Bernard Hermann, and performances by Dawn Upshaw (of course), David Zinman, the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Apollo Quartet and Strings, Joann Falletta, Dennis Russell Davies, and the Del Sol Quartet.

AMERICAN HIGHWAYS #44: Nocturne Playlist

Theme Music :

Steve Reich. The Desert Music (1984)

First Movement (Fast).

Chorus of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas & William Carlos Williams.

Nonesuch Records 79101.

Bernard Hermann

Taxi Driver: A Night Piece for Orchestra

Elmer Bernstein Conducts The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Milan 7313835643-2

Al Hirt

Sleepless Hours (Instr.)

Bobby Hackett

Blue Flame RE 829410999052

David Lang

Orpheus Over and Under: Chorale

Double Edge: Edmund Niemann & Nurit Tilles, pianists.

Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) ‎– CD 625

George Antheil

Lithuanian Night (1922)

1. Moderato (2:18)

2. Presto (1:16)

Del Sol Quartet

Other Minds (distr Naxos) OM1008-2

Al Hirt

Sleepless Hours

Shirley Horn

Blue Flame RE 829410999052

Philip Glass

Orphée – Interlude

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, o.l.v. Dennis Russell Davies.

Nonesuch ‎– 79496-2

David Lang

Orpheus Over and Under: Aria

Double Edge: Edmund Niemann & Nurit Tilles, pianists.

Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) ‎– CD 625

Carlisle Floyd

Susannah – Ain’t It A Pretty Night (which takes place in Polk County, Tennessee!)

Dawn Upshaw; David Zinman: Orchestra Of St. Luke’s

Nonesuch 79458-2 3

John Luther Adams

Night Piece

Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Apollo Quartet and Strings, cond. by Joann Falletta.

New Albion – NA 061 CD

 

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