American & Canadian Sounds – Concert 2: LCMS 2022/23 Sunday series at Kings Place, London on Sunday 19th February 2023

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American & Canadian Sounds – Concert 2

LCMS 2022/23 Sunday series

Add to my Calendar 19-02-2023 18:00 19-02-2023 20:00 36 American & Canadian Sounds – Concert 2 The second in the LCMS American & Canadian Sounds series featureds some highlights of twentieth-century American music. Samuel Barber’s famous Adagio for strings is followed by the tone poem ‘Dismal Swamp’ by William Grant Still. Gershwin’s popular Rhapsody in Blue is performed in a striking arrangement for chamber orchestra before we have two pieces by Aaron Copland; the haunting sounds of ‘Quiet City’ and the original chamber orchestra version of his famous ballet suite ‘Appalachian Spring’ from the 1940s. LCMS Sunday Concerts Kings Place, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Kings Place
90 York Way
Kings Cross
London
N1 9AG
England

Sunday 19th February 2023
6:00 PM

Programme

Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings, Op.11
W G Still – Dismal Swamp
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Aaron Copland – Quiet City
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring (1945 - orchestra)

Performers

Kenneth Woods – Conductor

English Symphony Orchestra

Programme Note

The second in the LCMS American & Canadian Sounds series featureds some highlights of twentieth-century American music. Samuel Barber’s famous Adagio for strings is followed by the tone poem ‘Dismal Swamp’ by William Grant Still. Gershwin’s popular Rhapsody in Blue is performed in a striking arrangement for chamber orchestra before we have two pieces by Aaron Copland; the haunting sounds of ‘Quiet City’ and the original chamber orchestra version of his famous ballet suite ‘Appalachian Spring’ from the 1940s.

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