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The Festival Strings Lucerne and Daniel Dodds are tying together a delightful garland of the loveliest melodies and dances from the New World in keeping with this summer’s theme, “American Dreams.” Though the program begins with a Czech composer — Antonín Dvořák, with the vibrant and feather-light Scherzo from his Serenade for Strings — it fits perfectly, since Dvořák was the “midwife” who helped American music discover its own identity. The African American composer Florence Price carries his musical language forward: her touching Andante cantabile goes straight to the heart. Also on board is the “Bad Boy of Music,” George Antheil, with a cheeky Allegro from his First Serenade. John Corigliano sends us traveling toward a better world filled with pleasure and brightness in his sonorous Voyage, inspired by Charles Baudelaire’s famous poem L’Invitation au voyage. George Gershwin enchants with a gentle lullaby, and Leonard Bernstein invites us to waltz. And how to top all that? With the Hoe-Down from Aaron Copland’s ballet Rodeo, of course — a square dance in classic country style.

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Festival Strings Lucerne | Daniel Dodds | Karl-Heinz Schütz

KKL Luzern Concert Hall

Although Leila Josefowicz cut her teeth on standard repertoire, the biggest transformation of her professional life has been the chance to collaborate with living composers. Near the top of that impressive list is John Adams, who she says “changed my life totally.” This program begins with a treat for American history buffs and ends with Tchaikovsky’s emotions riding high.

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6

Orchestra Hall Minneapolis

Schubert’s 200-year-old Trout Quintet sounds new thanks to the energy and passion of the Fellows of your New World Symphony. Clarinetist Jon Manasse explores the "little miracles of self-reference" in Anna Clyne’s Strange Loops and the dreamy fairy tales of Robert Schumann’s trio. 

Schubert, Clyne & Schumann

New World Center

Rachmaninov’s emotionally charged Symphony No3 is packed full of sweeping melodies and the bittersweet memories of the home he left behind. It’s the finale in our concert where classical meets jazz. First though, Principal Guest Conductor Patrick Hahn swaps podium for piano in Antheil’s A Jazz Symphony and pianist Frank Dupree takes centre stage with his jazz trio in Gershwin's hugely popular Piano Concerto in F. Join us for an electrifying night to remember.

Gershwin & Rachmaninov

Usher Hall

Rachmaninov’s emotionally charged Symphony No3 is packed full of sweeping melodies and the bittersweet memories of the home he left behind. It’s the finale in our concert where classical meets jazz. First though, Principal Guest Conductor Patrick Hahn swaps podium for piano in Antheil’s A Jazz Symphony and pianist Frank Dupree takes centre stage with his jazz trio in Gershwin’s hugely popular Piano Concerto in F. Join us for an electrifying night to remember. 

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Music Hall, Aberdeen

Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Soloist concert Kopatchinskaja · Ahonen

Mozarteum Foundation

3rd Academy Concert

Francke Foundations

**American Journey: A Symphony of the Land and Its People**

**Date:** March 21, 2025 - March 22, 2025  
**Time:** Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM  
**Venue:** Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S Buchanan St, Amarillo, TX 79101, United States

Embark on an unforgettable sonic journey across the American landscape with the Amarillo Symphony's captivating concert, "American Journey." This two-night event promises to immerse you in the power and versatility of music, featuring our very own principal trombonist, John Shanks. Under the baton of conductor George Jackson, experience the unpredictable symphonic masterpiece of Charles Ives alongside other remarkable pieces that celebrate the spirit of America.

**Repertoire Highlights:**
- George Antheil's "Over The Plains"
- Samuel Jones' "Trombone Concerto"
- Charles Ives' "Symphony No. 1"

**Special Features:**
- A showcase of the exceptional talent of John Shanks, principal trombonist.
- A diverse repertoire that traverses the rich musical landscape of America.
- The dynamic leadership of conductor George Jackson.

**Ticket Information:**
Single tickets will be available closer to the event date. For more information on tickets and subscriptions, please contact the Amarillo Symphony at 806-376-8782 or visit our website.

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Join us at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts for an evening that celebrates the essence of America through music. Whether you're a long-time classical music enthusiast or looking for a unique cultural experience, "American Journey" promises to be an event that resonates with the soul of America.

American Journey

Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts

The OSM, Rafael Payare, and pianist Marc-André Hamelin invite you to revisit the Roaring Twenties in America with this thrilling event!

An Evening with Gatsby

Place des Arts

Antheil & Jezek

Gewandhaus

All University of Texas at Austin students are allowed one free ticket as long as they are available. Student tickets must be picked up at the Box Office with valid student I.D. Seating is unassigned.

Les Noces & Ballet Mécanique

The University of Texas at Austin

Through music spanning the 1920s to today, the American Composers Orchestra explores the United States’ influence on the Weimar Republic, and, conversely, aspects of the Weimar legacy that resonate now in American culture. They perform Antheil’s Jazz Symphony, one of the first significant classical pieces influenced by jazz; short works by Duke Ellington, which caused a sensation during Sam Wooding and the Chocolate Kiddies’ 1925 tour of Berlin and Hamburg; and “My Ship” from Kurt Weill’s Lady in the Dark, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. New works include a world premiere by Tonia Ko, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall; a world premiere by John Glover, featuring mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williamsand accordionist Felipe Hostins; and the New York premiere of Clans from Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s Lowak Shoppala’.

American Composers Orchestra

Carnegie Hall

The SLSO and Jazz St. Louis come together for a very special festival. In three concerts over two weeks, Leonard Slatkin explores the ways jazz has enriched orchestral music. Each program ends with a work by George Gershwin, here suite from the opera Porgy and Bess. George Antheil’s Jazz Symphony is one of the first works of orchestral jazz, and Duke Ellington’s final work, The Three Black Kings was written as a eulogy for Martin Luther King, Jr. Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins makes her SLSO debut in Emmy winner Jeff Beal’s new jazz-inflected Violin Concerto. 

Porgy and Bess

Touhill Performing Arts Center

Bjorn Kydland is a native of Massachusetts, having lived there for 23 years so far. At age 11, Bjorn began to study trumpet, and since has done so with various helpful private teachers. Until 8th grade, he was homeschooled, and then transitioned to his local high school in order to join the band program. During high school Bjorn joined NEC Preparatory School playing in the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and went on after to attend Boston Conservatory at Berklee for a bachelor’s degree. He now attends the Carnegie Mellon School of Music pursuing his Masters in Trumpet Performance.

Student Recital: Bjorn Kydland

Carnegie Mellon University

Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer’s Human Archipelago, written for cello soloist Inbal Segev, makes use of jazz-like techniques to explore climate change and human migration. George Antheil’s A Jazz Symphony was one of the first American works to fuse jazz and classical music, while Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, a work of extraordinary rhythmic vitality, has actually been covered by several jazz musicians.

Fresno Philharmonic

Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall

In a tongue-in-cheek quip, Brahms described his Second Piano Concerto as “a tiny, tiny pianoforte
concerto, with a tiny, tiny wisp of a scherzo.” Approaching the dimensions of a symphony, full of
nobility and brilliance, the monstrously difficult work will be performed by the world-renowned Austrian pianist, Rudolf Buchbinder.

Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2

Meyerson Symphony Center

Manhattan School of Music’s public programs are made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Lives of the Piano: The Piano and Rhythm

Manhattan School of Music

Rhapsody in Blue

Empress Theatre

Continuing a partnership forged between the American Symphony Orchestra and the Bryant Park Corporation in the wake of COVID-19, the ASO will present a free concert as part of the Picnic Performance series at Bryant Park. The program highlights the different forms of expression and musical languages that emerged in the 1920s, including new elements of dance, theater and jazz.

In the years immediately following World War I, the American artistic scene experienced an extraordinary burst of creativity. Responding to the horror and brutality of that war, artists, writers and composers rejected the exalted ideals of the previous century, focusing instead on creating new means of expression, ones that would accurately reflect the realities this new age required. With jazz, many American composers found a new source of inspiration, one distinctly American, as well as thoroughly fresh, modern and exciting. Some of the works offered in this program reflect this fascination in the Roaring Twenties with this language, with its irresistible rhythmic energy and catchy melodies. Other composers sought to push the boundaries of musical expression with radical, ‘ultra-modern’ languages. Whether by polytonality, jagged counterpoint and asymmetric ostinatos, or brash atonality—in which melody, harmony and rhythm are harshly distorted and deconstructed—the experimental impulses of this generation are presented here in its arguably finest exponents.

American Expressions

Bryant Park

Kupferberg Center for the Arts

A three-part celebration starting with the music that defined the Roaring Twenties.  First, listen to music of the era in the concert hall, such as George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris.Then, foxtrot on the Plaza to the JT & Friends band, and finally, enjoy the landmark 1927 silent film It starring Clara Bow, accompanied on the organ by Dennis James.

Gershwin's Roaring '20s

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

AMERICA IN WEIMAR: ON THE MARGINS explores American influence on the Weimar period and—conversely—the legacy of Weimar’s embrace of transgression, non-Teutonic identity, and utopian ideals, all of which continually resonate in today’s American art and music.

America in Weimar: On the Margins

A master of American musical style, <strong>John Morris Russell</strong> has devoted himself to redefining the American orchestral experience. In his tenth year as conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, the wide-range and diversity of his work as a conductor, collaborator and educator continues to reinvigorate the musical scene throughout Cincinnati and across the continent. As Music Director of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina, Mr. Russell leads the classical subscription series as well as the prestigious Hilton Head International Piano Competition; he also serves as Principal Pops Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, following in the footsteps of Marvin Hamlisch and Doc Severinsen. As a guest conductor, JMR has worked with many of the most distinguished orchestras in North America.

Beethoven's Pastoral

Music and visual art come together in a program of reflection and radiance. Antheil and Gould showcase the expressive power of strings, leading into Copland’s Appalachian Spring, paired with a multimedia presentation inspired by the luminous artwork of Nancy Noël.

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George Antheil

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