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AMERICAN ADVENTURES

Friday, October 7-10, 2022

Program

HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Carolyn Kuan, Music Director

AMERICAN ADVENTURES

Friday, October 7, 2022 / 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 8, 2022 / 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 9, 2022 / 3:00 p.m.
Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

CAROLYN KUAN, conductor

VALERIE COLEMAN
(b. 1970)

Seven O’Clock Shout

FERDE GROFÉ
(1892-1972)

Grand Canyon Suite
Sunrise
Painted Desert
On the Trail
Sunset
Cloudburst

-INTERMISSION-

AARON COPLAND
(1900-1990)

Appalachian Spring Suite

GEORGE GERSHWIN
(1898-1937)

An American in Paris

The 2022-23 Masterworks Series is presented by

The 2022-23 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.
Cameras and recording equipment are not permitted during the performance.
As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off watch alarms and cell phones.
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.

Program Notes

VALERIE COLEMAN (Born September 3, 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky)

Seven O’Clock Shout (2020)

FERDE GROFÉ (Born March 27, 1892 in New York City Died April 3, 1972 in Santa Monica, California)

Grand Canyon Suite (1931)

AARON COPLAND (Born November 14, 1900 in Brooklyn, New York, Died December 2, 1990 in North Tarrytown, New York)

Suite from Appalachian Spring (1943-1944)

GEORGE GERSHWIN (Born September 26, 1898 in Brooklyn, New York, Died July 12, 1937 in Hollywood, California)

An American in Paris (1928)