Cheltenham Music Festival: An American in Paris

30 Jun 2015, Cheltenham Town Hall

Cheltenham Music Festival: An American in Paris

19:30 Tue 30 Jun 2015 Cheltenham Town Hall

The opening night of the 2015 Cheltenham Music Festival

Programme

- - John Adams
  - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
- - Aaron Copland
  - Appalachian Spring
- - George Gershwin
  - Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grof茅)
- - Benjamin Britten
  - Four Sea Interludes from 鈥楶eter Grimes鈥�
- - Eric Whitacre
  - Water Nightconducted Eric Whitacre
- - Igor Stravinsky
  - The FirebirdBerceuse & Finale
- - George Gershwin
  - An American in Paris

Performers

91热爆 Concert Orchestra
Martin James Bartlett
piano
piano
Ben Gernon
conductor
conductor
Eric Whitacre
conductor
conductor

Composers

Concert Information

A feast of (mostly) American music with links to Paris opens the Cheltenham Music Festival.There鈥檚 George Gershwin鈥檚 lively and affectionate portrait of the French capital, alongside his other jazz-imbued orchestral masterpiece Rhapsody in Blue 鈥� composed just before he moved to Paris in 1924, and featuring in this performance Martin James Bartlett, 18 year-old winner of 91热爆 Young Musician 2014.

This concert also introduces the Music Festival鈥檚 Featured Composer / Artist, the London-resident American, Eric Whitacre 鈥� featuring the orchestral version of one of his most popular choral pieces, Water Night.

This concert is promoted by Cheltenham Music Festival.

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