A concert for children recorded last Saturday in the Royal Festival Hall, London, to mark the bicentenary of the American Declaration of Independence.
STEPHEN ROBERTS (baritone)
ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader ALAN TRAVERSE
Introduced and conducted by Bernard Keeffe
Copland Fanfare for the common man
Sousa March: The Stars and Stripes for ever
Ives Decoration Day arr Copland Old American Songs: Simple gifts (First Set, No 4); The boatman's dance (First Set. No 1); I bought me a cat (First Set, No 5); The little horses ; Ching-a-ring chaw
Gunther Schuller From Seven Studies on themes of Paul Klee : The Twittering Machine (No 4): An Eerie Moment (No 6); Little Blue Devil (No 3)
Bernstein Symphonic Dances (West Side Story)
(Sir Robert Mayer is Woman's Hour's Guest of the Week, Wednesday 1.45 pm R4)