Today's performance is sponsored by Jim Grossen & Sara Phillips.
Appalachian Spring
May 3 at 2:30 pm | Bijou Theatre
Program
Aram Demirjian, conductor
W.C. HANDY (1873-1958)
St. Louis Blues (1914) (arr. Jeff Tyzik)
NICKY SOHN (b. 1992)
A Tale of the Bunny and the Tiger
KSO 9 for 90 Commission and World Premiere
CHARLES IVES (1874-1954)
Three Places in New England (1908-1914)
I. The “St. Gaudens” in Boston Common (Col. Shaw and his Colored Regiment)
II. Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut
III. The Housatonic at Stockbridge
--- Intermission ---
AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)
Appalachian Spring Suite (1944)
Version for 13 instruments
The KSO’s 9 for 90 initiative celebrates the symphony's 90th season by commissioning and premiering nine new works presented across the organization’s artistic programming, from Masterworks and Chamber concerts to Youth Ensembles and the Q and Concertmaster series. Learn more
Three Places in New England
Featured Artists
Program Notes
Program notes by Ken Meltzer
