National Symphony Orchestra: Journey to America/Leonard Slatkin conducting, Salute to the New Land
- Thu., Jan. 31, 2002, 7:00 PM
- Concert Hall
- Approx. 2hrs
- $19.00 - $69.00
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About
Leonard Slatkin, conducting
Corey Evan Rotz, Tenor
Vladimir Shvets, Baritone +
Washington Chorus, Robert Shafer, music director
"Salute to the New Land"
Program
SMITH - "Star-Spangled Banner", arr. Dorati
DOHNANYI - American Rhapsody
DVORAK - American Flag
SMITH - "Star-Spangled Banner", arr. Stokowski
BLOCH - America, an epic Rhapsody in three parts
Post-Concert Discussion - "Star Spangled Banner"
Martin Goldsmith, Moderator, Director of Classical Programming, XM Satellite Radio and author of Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany
John Newsom, Chief, Music Division, Library of Congress, and an authority on the music of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Lonn Taylor, author of The Star-Spangled Banner: The Flag That Inspired the National Anthem and Historian, Social History, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
Leonard Slatkin, Music Director, National Symphony Orchestra
Join moderator Martin Goldsmith for a spirited discussion of the history and musical variations of the “Star Spangled Banner” with John Newson, Lonn Taylor and Maestro Leonard Slatkin.
Artists
Leonard Slatkin
Swedish Radio Chorus
Watch and Listen
Requires Real Player
From the Gift Shop
CD-Turnage: Fractured Lines conducted by Slatkin
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