American Fanfare
Unorchestrated
English - September 23, 2022 02:26 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMusic Interviews Music Music History classicalmusic orchestralmusic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Meet the 22-23 Akron Symphony Orchestra Season Opener—American Fanfare— with host Ken Heinlein and Music Director Christopher Wilkins.
Six Americans compose portraits of our nation and our people. Copland’s brass and percussion fanfare salutes civilians serving our country through simple daily acts. Gershwin’s jazz-age portrayal of an American visitor to Paris revels in musical tone painting. Shakamaxon is the historic Indian village—bordering on present-day Philadelphia—where Chief Tamanend signed the 1682 treaty between William Penn and the Lenape Indians. Jerod Tate’s spirited dance for strings pays respectful and playful homage to the Lenape people.