Composer of the Week - Charles Ives - Episode 3

With Donald Macleod. Ives's brand of patriotism verged on the jingoistic, but his music tells a more nuanced story, as in the deeply moving From Hanover Square North, the composer's evocation of a moment of spontaneous popular grief at the news of the sinking of the liner Lusitania. Also in the programme, Ives's 'symphony', New England Holidays, which has been described as an American Four Seasons. Tom Sails Away Gerald Finley (baritone) Julius Drake (piano) From Hanover Square North, at the End of a Tragic Day, the Voice of the People Again Arose Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra CCM Chamber Choir Gerhard Samuel (conductor) A Symphony: New England Holidays Fred Spector (Jew's Harp) Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor).