This concert features music by three prominent American composers. Samuel Barber offers an array of his versatile talents, from the energetic and ballet-inspired dance music to the reflective and famous Adagio for Strings featured in the film “Platoon.” John Williams, best known as a film composer for Star Wars, Jaws and E.T., describes his Horn Concerto as a symphonic poem that explores a variety of colors and moods.” Aaron Copland’s Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo is fun-filled, classic western music featuring the toe-tapping “Hoedown.”
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Concert Commentaries
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Explore & Engage
Themes and programs that give you a deeper, more meaningful and more personally relevant connection to the music!
What makes that "American Sound"? Come early and learn more about the American composers, including Barber and Copland, featured on these programs through displays in the lobby and our Concert Prelude with new Assistant Conductor Thomas Hong.
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