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America: Variations on a Theme

A Taste of the 20th Century • 1h 48m

COPLAND Suite from ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
GERSHWIN ๐˜™๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ
ELLINGTON ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ-๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€™
COPLAND Suite from ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ

This program of three quintessentially American composers paints a musical portrait of the country as they knew it: full of promises, tensions, and fraught beauty. In conversation, pianist Marc-Andrรฉ Hamelin reflects on his early exposure to jazz and his approach to interpreting the music of Gershwin and Ellington, and conductor David Robertson considers each piece a lens for the nation itself. The frontier austerity of ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ and the bustling urban energy of ๐˜™๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ capture the diversity of 20th-century American landscapes, while cultural landscapes emerge from Ellingtonโ€™s dream of a brighter future and Coplandโ€™s groping postwar lament.

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COPLAND, GERSHWIN, ELLINGTON, IN FOCUS, DAVID ROBERTSON, MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN
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David Robertson conductor
Marc-Andrรฉ Hamelin piano

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