Classical WETA-FM To Broadcast Bakers' Dozen Of Orchestral Works From Castleton Festival -- Opera To Follow

A variety of 18th, 19th, and 20th c. orchestral works, recorded live days earlier, will be broadcast by WETA-FM at 9 PM on July 5 and July 19, 2010

Verdi: Luisa Miller Overture
Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo
Geminiani: Concerto grosso, Op. 3, No. 2
Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture
Rossini: La gazza ladra Overture
Respighi: The Fountains of Rome
Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Carter: Holiday Overture
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Copland: El salon Mexico
Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite (selections)
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Maazel: Monaco Fanfares
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Gershwin: An American in Paris



Photo credit: Native Virginian Powhatan Mantle. (c) Pamunkey Regional Library 2010.