Copland’s American Inspiration

Matthias Pintscher Conductor
Leila Josefowicz Violin

Williams Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Pintscher Assonanza, for violin and orchestra—First Philadelphia Orchestra Performances
Copland Symphony No. 3

Copland captured the mythos of the American spirit in his music, so evocative of windswept prairies, mountain hollows, and the optimism and resilience idealistically attributed to the inheritors of the new world. Like Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, and Rodeo, his Third Symphony—which incorporates his Fanfare for the Common Man—summons that irrepressible spirit in a deeply satisfying listening experience.

You may also like the following events from The Philadelphia Orchestra:

• This Thursday, 26th February, 07:30 pm, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in Philadelphia
• Next Sunday, 8th March, 02:00 pm, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in Philadelphia
• Next month, 12th March, 07:30 pm, Liszt’s Piano Fireworks in Philadelphia

Also check out other Music events in Philadelphia, Entertainment events in Philadelphia.