COPLAND & BERNSTEIN
HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, Music Director

COPLAND & BERNSTEIN

Friday, March 8, 2024 / 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 9, 2024 / 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 10, 2024 / 3:00 p.m.
Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts


Caroline KUAN, conductor
Andrew Kerski and Anastasia Barhatova, ballroom dancers


AARON COPLAND
(1900-1990)

 

Appalachian Spring (Original Complete Ballet for 13 instruments) 1958 Film Choreographed and Featuring Martha Graham

Completed by Aaron Sherber, Jennifer DeLapp-Birkett, Philip Rothman Bcv and David Newman

∼ INTERMISSION∼

LEONARD BERNSTEIN
(1918-1990)

 

Fancy Free (Complete Ballet)
Opening Dance
Scene at the Bar
Enter Two Girls
Pas de deux
Competition Scene
Variation 1: Galop
Variation 2: Waltz
Variation 3: Danzón
Finale

JOHANN STRAUSS, JR.
(1825-1899)

 

On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314


*Ft. rarely shown historical footage of Martha Graham from the 1958 performance of Appalachian Spring

Appalachian Spring

Choreography by Martha Graham. / Music by Aaron Copland / Danced by Martha Graham Stuart Hodes, Bertram Ross, Matt Turney, Helen / McGehee, Ethel Winter, Miriam Cole, Yuriko / Produced by Nathan Kroll / Courtesy of Martha Graham Resources

The copyright for Appalachian Spring is held by the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance.
No reproduction any kind is allowed without permission from the Center.


The 2023-2024 Masterworks Series is presented by

The 2023-2024 Masterworks Series is also sponsored by
The Elizabeth M. and Harriette M. Landon Foundation


The post of Music Director is endowed by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation.

We kindly request that you refrain from using flash photography and video recording during the performance, however we encourage you take photos and share them on your favorite social media platforms- be sure to tag us so we can join in on the excitement!

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council,
the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.