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Variations on America

Name: Variations on America
Start: 2026-02-15T14:30:00
Location: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Sarasota Orchestra

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Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero opens the rich treasure chest of American music. Adolphus Hailstork’s An American Port of Call captures the relentless energy of the port of Norfolk, Virginia. Pianist Clayton Stephenson performs Gershwin’s jazz and blues-infused Concerto in F. Charles Ives composed his delightful and quirky Variations on “America” when he was only 17. Audiences at the 1934 premiere of Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony were so moved t...

Program

William Dawson - Negro Folk Symphony

George Gershwin - Concerto in F

Composer

Charles Ives - Variations on "America"

Composer

Adolphus Hailstork - An American Port of Call

Composer

Participants

Clayton Stephenson

Piano

Sarasota Orchestra