BERNSTEIN, PRICE & COPLAND
OCT 13 & 14 | Music Hall
Louis Langrée and the CSO perform an all-American program with works from Bernstein, Copland and Price.
Program
BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide
PRICE: Symphony No. 1
COPLAND: Lincoln Portrait
BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
Artists
Louis Langrée, conductor
George Takei, narrator
Venue
Music HallSeries
Friday Morning & Saturday Evening A
What's Interesting
The CSO performs music of American composers representing a variety of perspectives. Bernstein’s optimistic Candide and gripping score to the Oscarwinning film On the Waterfront frame a program including Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, a reprise from Louis Langrée’s first CSO subscription concert as Music Director, and Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1. In 1933, Price’s magnificent, tour de force Symphony No. 1 was the first symphonic work by a Black woman to be played by a major American orchestra.
Pre-Concert Talk
Professor of musicology and CSO Multicultural Awareness Council member Kori Hill joins CSO Associate Conductor Samuel Lee for our pre-concert talk. Kori and Samuel will discuss the musicial and historical significance of Florence Price's Symphony No. 1. Talks take place 1 hour before concert start time.