In this episode, Dave and Andrew discuss the third winner of the Pulitzer Prize to study with Horatio Parker at Yale, Roger Sessions, for his Concerto for Orchestra. Since the other two winners were Charles Ives and Quincy Porter, it isn't a shock that Sessions was 85 years old when he won. What will they think about this blast from the past?
If you'd like to learn more about Roger Sessions, we recommend:
Episode 33 - 1975: Dominick Argento, From the Diary of Virginia Woolf
Episode 32 - 1974: Donald Martino, Notturno
Episode 31 - 1973: Elliott Carter, String Quartet No. 3
Episode 30 - 1972: Jacob Druckman, Windows
Episode 29 - 1971: Mario Davidovsky, Synchronisms No. 6
Episode 28 - 1970: Charles Wuorinen, Time’s Encomium
Episode 27 - 1969: Karel Husa, String Quartet No. 3
Episode 26 - 1968: George Crumb, Echoes of Time and the River
Episode 25 - 1967: Leon Kirchner, Third String Quartet
Episode 24 - 1966: Leslie Bassett, Variations for Orchestra
Episode 23 - 1965: No Prize (the Pulitzer Hat Trick)
Episode 22 - 1964: No Prize (again)
Episode 21 - 1963: Samuel Barber, Piano Concerto No. 1
Episode 20 - 1962: Robert Ward, The Crucible
Episode 19 - 1961: Walter Piston, Symphony No. 7
Episode 18 - 1960: Elliott Carter, Second String Quartet
Episode 17 - 1959: John La Montaine, Piano Concerto No. 1
Episode 16 - 1958: Samuel Barber, Vanessa
Episode 15 - 1957: Norman Dello Joio, Meditations on Ecclesiastes
Episode 14 - 1956: Ernst Toch, Symphony No. 3
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