William Schuman: Undertow (1945)

William Schuman (1910-1992): Undertow, choreographic episodes for orchestra (1945). 1. Opening - The Transgressor is born 2. The Transgressor approaches manhood 3. A group of hoodlums rushes past 4. Polyhymnia urges salvation 5. Entrance of Ate - Flirting with the Transgressor 6. Drunken women mock the bridal couple 7. Ate returns with the hoodlums 8. The drunk women interrupt - Ate escapes 9. The Transgressor and Medusa - Love and Death 10. Alone, the Transgressor whrites in fear 11. Finale - The Transgressor atones for his mortal sin NBC Symphony Orchestra diretta da Guido Cantelli. Broadcast from Manhattan Center, Nerw York, on December 4, 1950. Cover image: painting by Kate Gritton. **** The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform us immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly. Your collaboration will be appreciated.