Program
Case Scaglione Conductor
Experience Respighi’s masterpieces, Pines and Fountains of Rome. These stunning works reveal Respighi’s brilliant brushstrokes in painting scenes of the majesty of nature and dancing water. The program opens with two giants among today’s living composers: Hailstork’s powerful homage to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, followed by Michael Daugherty’s American Gothic, a work of irrepressible fun that brings the iconic art of Grant Wood to life.
Adolphus HAILSTORK | Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed
Michael DAUGHERTY | American Gothic
Ottorino RESPIGHI | Fountains of Rome
Ottorino RESPIGHI | Pines of Rome
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Featured Artists
Case Scaglione Conductor
Case Scaglione is currently in his fifth season as a Chief Conductor of the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn in Germany and in his fourth season as a Music Director of Orchestre national d’Île de France. He has previously served as Associate Conductor with the New York Philharmonic and as Music Director of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra of Los Angeles...continue reading
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Seating in the Berg Choral Terrace is available for this performance!