Made in America
“Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character.” ~Theodore Roosevelt
Saturday, August 22 at 3 pm
First Presbyterian Church, Tyler
Commemorating the United States of America’s semiquincentennial, New Texas Sinfonia begins its sixth season with music as American as apple pie. The first half of the program combines echoes of a young nation with European influences of the twentieth century. Written in 1970, Peggy Stuart Coolidge’s Pioneer Dances evokes sounds of a burgeoning republic: capturing westward expansion and the American frontier. Not long after his return from Berlin and Paris, George Antheil composed Dreams for a Parisian ballet choreographed by George Balanchine. It balances folksy and cultivated with exotic and populist, culminating in an engaging suite.
Alongside works by Florence Price and Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis, this celebration of Americana finishes with the masterful playing of award winning violinist Jaewon Wee in Samuel Barber’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14.
New Texas Sinfonia
Jaewon Wee, violin
Weston Jennings, conductor
This program runs approximately 95 minutes with one intermission.
$25 adults / students and children free admission
$20 early bird tickets available until August 1st!
Join us in the Sanctuary for a Pre-Concert Conversation with Music Director Weston Jennings 30 minutes prior to concert start time.
Program
Peggy Stuart Coolidge - Pioneer Dances
George Antheil - Dreams
Florence Price - Suite of Dances
Aaron Jay Kernis - Elegy
Samuel Barber - Concerto for Violin, Op. 14
