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CELEBRATE AMERICA!
Friday, June 30, 2023 (Rain Date July 1)
Program

TALCOTT MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL
HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, music director

The 2023 Talcott Mountain Music Festival Series is presented by

 

CELEBRATE AMERICA!
Friday, June 30, 2023
7:30 p.m. / The Performing Arts Center at Simsbury Meadows / Simsbury, CT

 

CAROLYN KUAN, conductor
JAVIER COLON, vocals
THE FIRST CATHEDRAL PRAISES OF ZION CHOIR, chorus
Archbishop LeRoy Bailey Jr., Senior Pastor
Rev. Talonie Daniels, Director of Worship and Arts

 

    Presentation of the Colors 

JOHN SMITH 
(1750-1836) 
Arr. Walter Damrosch 

 

 

The Star-Spangled Banner 

 

QUINN MASON
(b. 1996)

 

 

Excerpts from Inspiration!

ROBERT “BOB” LOWDEN 
(1920-1998) 

 

Armed Forces Salute 
(The Official Songs of the U.S. Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Air Force, and Navy) 

HEZEKIAH WALKER
(b. 1932) 

 

Every Praise

SAMUEL A. WARD/
KATHARINE LEE BATES
(1848-1903) | (1859-1929)Arr. Shoup

 

America the Beautiful

ALAIN BOUBLIL
(b. 1941)

 

“Bring Him Home” from Les Misérables

LUDWIG GORANSSON
(b. 1984)

 

Black Panther Suite

Arr. TED RICKETTS

 

Satchmo! A Tribute to Louis Armstrong


-INTERMISSION-

JOHN WILLIAMS
(b. 1932)

 

Liberty Fanfare

MORTON GOULD
(1913-1996)

 

American Salute

LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
(b. 1980)
Arr. Larry Moore

 

Music from Encanto

LEONARD COHEN
(1934-2016)

 

Hallelujah

LEONARD BERNSTEIN
(1918-1990)

 

"Maria" from West Side Story 

RICHARD SMALLWOOD
(b. 1948)

 

Total Praise

 

PYOTR ILLYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893)

 

1812 Overture (w/cut)

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA 
(1854-1932) 

 

The Stars and Stripes Forever 


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.