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American Dream: Corona Strings perform an all-American programme

Add to my Calendar 30-09-2017 19:30 30-09-2017 21:30 36 American Dream: Corona Strings perform an all-American programme Janet Lincé’s inventive programming for Corona Strings has devised an all-American celebration for their Autumn concert on 30th September 2017 which will include evocative string works by favourite composers including Gershwin and Copland.  More unusual works being performed include ‘Pioneer Dances’, written in 1970 by composer and conductor Peggy Stuart Coolidge, which was inspired by the 19th century settlers of America.  David Diamond’s ‘Rounds’; probably his most popular work, are three short and contrasting movements full of foot-tapping American folk influences.  And Arthur Foote’s ‘Suite for Strings’, with its playful pizzicato, was premiered and first recorded by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1944 under Serge Koussevitzky. SJE Arts - St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

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SJE Arts - St John the Evangelist Church
109A Iffley Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 1EH
England

Programme

Astor Piazzolla – Libertango
George Gershwin – Lullaby
Aaron Copland – Rodeo: Hoe-down
Peggy Stuart Coolidge – Pioneer Dances
David Diamond – Rounds, for string orchestra
Arthur Foote – Suite for String Orchestra, Op.63

Performers

Janet Lince – Conductor

Corona Strings

Programme Note

Janet Lincé’s inventive programming for Corona Strings has devised an all-American celebration for their Autumn concert on 30th September 2017 which will include evocative string works by favourite composers including Gershwin and Copland.  More unusual works being performed include ‘Pioneer Dances’, written in 1970 by composer and conductor Peggy Stuart Coolidge, which was inspired by the 19th century settlers of America.  David Diamond’s ‘Rounds’; probably his most popular work, are three short and contrasting movements full of foot-tapping American folk influences.  And Arthur Foote’s ‘Suite for Strings’, with its playful pizzicato, was premiered and first recorded by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1944 under Serge Koussevitzky.

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