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

English Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Woods – Conductor

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.

Presented by the London Chamber Music Society

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