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National Symphony Orchestra: Journey to America/Leonard Slatkin conducting, Salute to the New Land

  • Jan 31, 2002 at 7:00 PM
  • Concert Hall
  • Approx. 2hrs
  • $19.00 - $69.00

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About the Program

Artists:
"Journey to America-A Musical Immigration"
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

The Washington Chorus
Corey Evan Rotz
Vladimir Shvets

SMITH - "Star-Spangled Banner", arr. Stokowski
BLOCH - America, an epic Rhapsody in three parts

I. ...1620 (The soil -- the Indians -- England -- the Mayflower -- the landing of the pilgrims

II. ...1861-1865 (Hours of joy -- hours of sorrow)

III. 1926... (The present - the future)

The Washington Chorus

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.



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Watch and Listen

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Additional Resources

About the Kennedy Center NSO Journey to America Series

"Coming to America"
KC News article
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Journey To America Website
Visit The Journey to America homepage to view more information on all festival events.

Hear From the Musicians

These are all new works to me, although the composers are familiar.(Dvorak certainly should be) I think both Bloch and Dohnanyi should be played more often.I'm looking forward to this concert.
Submitted by: Member of the National Symphony Orchestra

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