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America's Pioneers
Copland, Mozart, Dvorak
Part of the Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra 2019 - 2020 Season
Add to my Calendar 30-11-2019 19:30 30-11-2019 21:30 36 America's Pioneers This concert celebrates two symphonies that have taken their inspiration from the wide open spaces and opportunities of the new world. Dvorak’s New World Symphony takes it influences from Native American music and the African-American spirituals he heard whilst living in New York City, and Copland’s Appalachian Spring was adapted from a ballet set amongst 19th century American pioneers after building a new Pennsylvania farmhouse. St Peter's Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Peter's Church
Kensington Park Road
Notting Hill
London
W11 2PN
England
Programme
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring (1944 - 13 instruments)
Antonin Dvorak – Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World', Op.95
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Al desio, di chi t'adora, K.577
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Alma grande e nobil core, K.578
Performers
Mark Shanahan – Conductor
Angharad Shanahan – soprano
Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra
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Programme Note
This concert celebrates two symphonies that have taken their inspiration from the wide open spaces and opportunities of the new world. Dvorak’s New World Symphony takes it influences from Native American music and the African-American spirituals he heard whilst living in New York City, and Copland’s Appalachian Spring was adapted from a ballet set amongst 19th century American pioneers after building a new Pennsylvania farmhouse.
