Harmonious

We travel from the mystical Brasilian rainforst from Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Uirapurú to Charles Ives’ New York (photo), where Central Park in the Dark mixes fragmented sounds of the city with silence and memories. The Quiet City, from Aaron Coplands, reveals citylife in the Big Apple when it has quieted down, filled with loneliness and introspection. Finally, George Gershwin’s An American in Paris, which is like a musical city tour, brimming with vitality and humor but also nostalgia.

Playlist

• Heitor Villa-Lobos: Uirapurú
  Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
  Isaac Karabtchevsky (conductor).
• Charles Ives: Central Park in the dark
  Boston Symphony Orchestra
  Seiji Ozawa (conductor).
• Aaron Copland: Quiet City
  Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  Sir Neville Marriner (conductor).
• George Gershwin: An American in Paris
  New York Philharmonic Orchestra
  Leonard Bernstein (conductor).