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Roger Kimball, the Editor and Publisher of The New Criterion, sits down for a few words with Chris Buskirk, the Editor and Publisher of American Greatness, on “The Chris Buskirk Show.”
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The title of this episode pretty much tells the story: Jay discusses, plays, and celebrates piano duets.
Schubert, “Marche militaire” No. 1 in D major, Op. 51, No. 1
Debussy, “En bateau,” from the “Petite Suite”
Mendelssohn, Andante and Allegro brillant, Op. 92
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Actually, Jay says “an ingenious, joyful jolt.” He is speaking of the Toccata in G by Théodore Dubois. That’s how the podcast begins. We also get Grieg (and a memory of a TV game show, long ago). Lead Belly (singing “Study War No More”). Mozart, Hahn, and “America”—a fugue on “America,” which is also known as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee” (and as “God Save the Queen” by some of our cousins).
Dubois, Toccata in G
Grieg, “Morning Mood” from “Peer Gynt”
Trad., “Study War No More”
Mozart, “Soave sia il vento” from “Così fan tutte”
Hahn, Danse, Piano Concerto
Thayer, Fugue on “America” from the Organ Sonata No. 2
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In honor of Independence Day, Jay does an all American program: ending with “Plenty Good Room,” the spiritual. He begins with some ballet, cowboy style: “Hoe Down” (Copland). Along the way, we have songs, piano pieces, an aria, some bluegrass—Happy Fourth, to all.
Copland, “Hoe-Down,” from “Rodeo”
MacDowell, “By a Meadow Brook,” from “Woodland Sketches”
Beach, “Ah, Love, but a Day”
Wheeler, Scott, “Isolation Rag”
Hoiby, “Lady of the Harbor”
Meyer, Edgar, et al. (?), “Death by Triple Fiddle”
Floyd, “Ain’t It a Pretty Night?” from “Susannah”
Gershwin-Heifetz, Prelude in C-sharp Minor
Trad., “Plenty Good Room”