Rhapsody in Blue
BERNSTEIN Overture, Candide
COPLAND Short Symphony
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Hymn for Everyone
WILLIAM GRANT STILL Symphony No.4
KELLEN GRAY conductor
JUNYAN CHEN piano
Taking us across the Atlantic in this all-American extravaganza, South Carolina native Kellen Gray celebrates the diversity of American culture and its influence on classical music. Bernstein’s genre-defying operetta Candide is full of wit and emotion while Short Symphony by Copland fizzes with vibrant Mexican folk themes. Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone is full of lush, chorale-like textures, and there’s a dynamic mix of classical and African American traditions in the Symphony No.4 by Harlem Renaissance icon William Grant Still.
Post-Concert Talk in the Music Room – starts 15 minutes after the concert ends
with Conductor Kellen Gray and pianist Junyan Chen.
COPLAND Short Symphony
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Hymn for Everyone
WILLIAM GRANT STILL Symphony No.4
KELLEN GRAY conductor
JUNYAN CHEN piano
Taking us across the Atlantic in this all-American extravaganza, South Carolina native Kellen Gray celebrates the diversity of American culture and its influence on classical music. Bernstein’s genre-defying operetta Candide is full of wit and emotion while Short Symphony by Copland fizzes with vibrant Mexican folk themes. Jessie Montgomery’s Hymn for Everyone is full of lush, chorale-like textures, and there’s a dynamic mix of classical and African American traditions in the Symphony No.4 by Harlem Renaissance icon William Grant Still.
Post-Concert Talk in the Music Room – starts 15 minutes after the concert ends
with Conductor Kellen Gray and pianist Junyan Chen.
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