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National Symphony Orchestra: Journey to America /Leonard Slatkin conducting, Giants in America

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

About the Program | Watch and Listen | Additional Resources | Hear from the Orchestra Musicians | Gift Items

About the Program

Artists:

• Leonard Slatkin, conductor
• Swedish Radio Chorus
• Vardan Mamikonian , Piano

Leonard Slatkin, conducting
The Washington Chorus, Robert Shafer, music director
Loren Kitt, Clarinet
Vardan Mamikonian, piano
Thomas Stewart, Narrator

Program
SMITH - Star-Spangled Banner, arr. Stravinsky
SCHOENBERG - A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46

Thomas Stewert

The Washington Chorus

RACHMANINOFF - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40

Allegro vivace

Largo

Allegro vivace

Vardan Mamikonian

SMITH - Star-Spangled Banner, arr. Weill
WEILL - American Patriotic Songs

Battle Hymn of the Republic

America

The Washington Chorus

STRAVINSKY - Greeting Prelude
STRAVINSKY - Circus Polka
STRAVINSKY - Ebony Concerto for Clarinet and Jazz Band

Allegro modereto

Andante

Modereto - Con moto

Loren Kitt

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Watch and Listen

• Listen to excerpt one from Schoenberg's "A Survivor from Warsaw"
• Listen to excerpt two from Schoenberg's "A Survivor from Warsaw"
• Listen to excerpt one from Stravinsky's "Circus Polka"
• Listen to excerpt two from Stravinsky's "Circus Polka"
• Listen to an excerpt from Stravinsky's "Star-Spangled Banner"
• Listen to an excerpt from Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto"
• Listen to Leonard Slatkin speak about the Journey to America Festival

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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

What a great program! The Schoenberg is extremely powerful. The Rachmaninoff 4th Concerto is one of my favorites, with it's jazz influence; and the rarely heard Stravinsky arrangement of the SSB + the Ebony Concerto = an really exciting evening.
Submitted by: Mr. Truman Harris, NSO

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