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Music From The Show

Oddisee, "Afterthoughts"
Alice In Chains, "Whale & Wasp"
Pearl Jam, "Of The Girl"
Fool's Gold. "Wild Window"
El Ten Eleven, "My Only Swerving"
Lower Dens, "I Get Nervous"
DIVV, "[Drunn]"
Elliot Smith, "Son Of Sam"
Battles, "Wall Street"
Moe, "Cathedral"

College, "Critical Mass"
Balam Acab, "Apart"
Neu!, "Fur Immer"
Konk, "Baby Dee"
Moonlit Sailor, "Skydiver"
And So I Watch You From Afar, "The Stay Golden"
Future Islands, "Long Flight"
Galactic, "Kid Kenner"

From "The Challenges In Performing Choral Music":

Aaron Copland “Lincoln Portrait” performed by:

  • Henry Fonda & London Symphony Orchestra
  • Katherine Hepburn & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
  • James Earl Jones & Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Lee Hoiby and Jesse Givens, “Last Letter Home” performed by Cantus

David Conte and James Geiger, “Elegy for Matthew” performed by the U.C. Davis Chorus and Orchestra, Jeffrey Thomas, conductor

Howard Hanson and Walt Whitman, “Song of Democracy” performed by Eastman School of Music Chorus, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson, conductor

Halsey Stevens and Stephen Vincent Benet, "The Ballad of William Sycamore" performed by USC Choral Ensembles and Orchestra, conducted by William Dehning

Charles Ives, “Circus Band” performed by San Francisco Symphony and Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, “Wheels of a Dream” from “Ragtime-The Musical” performed by the Original Broadway Cast.

This segment aired on March 14, 2014. The audio for this segment is not available.

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