February 19, 2009

Composer or Artist Selection Time
Arcangelo CORELLI Concerto in F

10:17

Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL Concerto for turmpet & orchestra in E-Major

18:46

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Symphony No 6 in F-Major

17:01

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Robert SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in a-minor, Op. 129

24.:25 

Aaron COPLAND Billy The Kid  32:37
THE MEANDER    
Mystery Meander Mystery Composer  3:57

The Meander Teaser - Double

1) Identify the name and origian of the Meander selection?

ANSWER: "Summertime" is the name of an aria composed by George Gerswin for the 1935 opera "Porgy and Bess."  The lyrics are by DuBose and Dorothy Hayward and Irag Gershwin. Gershwin is said to have based this song on a Ukrainian lullaby, Oi Khodyt Som Kolo Vikon (A Dream Passes By The Windows), which he heard in a New York City performance by Oleksander Koshetz's Ukrainian National Chorus.

2)  What was Billy the Kid's real name?

ANSWER: William H. Bonney


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