The American Sound
Saturdays at 6 p.m. on Classical 101. Rebroadcast Tuesdays at 7pm on Classical 101.
The American Sound showcases a variety of the most beautiful, inspiring classical music with an American accent.
Each week we’ll explore masterworks by great American composers past and present like Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein and Samuel Barber, and contemporaries Eric Whitacre, Michael Daugherty and John Adams.
Plus, we’ll go back to our American roots with George Gershwin’s jazz-inspired music, performances by America’s bluegrass greats and more. Think Bernstein with the Boston Symphony or Bach on a banjo!
Latest Episodes
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Classical 101Like many people in the 1940s, Leonard Bernstein was a fan of actress Bette Davis. And, as Bernstein's conducting and composing careers skyrocketed, the… -
Classical 101Here’s the story of one of Leonard Bernstein’s college capers.Bernstein was a senior at Harvard University when he met Aaron Copland at a concert in 1938.… -
Classical 101If all you know of Leonard Bernstein is the thrilling music from West Side Story, you’re in for an eye-opening summer.Bernstein was a groundbreaking… -
Classical 101You could say that Pluto is the Rodney Dangerfield of planets.Downgraded from “planet” to “dwarf planet” in 2006, and with nearly 100 planets discovered… -
Classical 101Leonard Bernstein was famous. Not just famous for a musician. Famous, period. As in household name, as in friends with movie stars, as in appearing… -
Classical 101It's always a good time in the Classical 101 studios — but it was an especially good time recently when things here got a little jazzy.Actually, more than… -
Classical 101Leonard Bernstein was there at the beginning of Yo-Yo Ma's career. And in a special way, Yo-Yo Ma was there at the end of Bernstein's life.In 1962,… -
Classical 101For more than a decade, Leonard Bernstein brought young people to classical music through his televised Young People's Concerts with the New York… -
Classical 101There's Leonard Bernstein, the composer of all that splashy, jazzy music for West Side Story. There’s Leonard Bernstein, the showy — some might say… -
Classical 101He was pivotal in reviving the American musical genre of ragtime. He has composed music in a range of styles that all but erases the lines between art…
