Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
The American Romantics, Joanna McGregor
Series of concerts celebrating the music of American romantic composers. Recorded on Independence Day in the unique setting of the Ship and Dockside Gallery at Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, British pianist Joanna MacGregor performs and introduces a diverse solo programme, including works by Barber, Gershwin, Ives and Conlon Nancarrow, as well as her own arrangements of traditional gospel songs. Joanna MacGregor (piano) Lost Highway (Gospel songs arr. MacGregor) Trad: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; Deep River; Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down Charles Ives: The Alcotts (Concord Sonata) Conlon Nancarrow: Prelude and Blues Lou Harrison: Piano Concerto (Slow Movement) Mary Lou Harrison: Old Time Spiritual Professor Longhair: Big Chief Dr John: Big Mac Dameron/Count Basie: Nina Simone's Good Bait Barber: Excursions Gershwin: The Gershwin Songbook.