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01 May 2026 Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA)
Copland’s American Inspiration
Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Matthias Pintscher - Marian Anderson Hall
Program Info: John Williams - Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Matthias Pintscher - Assonanza, for violin and orchestra Aaron Copland - Symphony No. 3
Copland captured 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—the source of his Fanfare for the Common Man—summons that irrepressible spirit in a deeply satisfying listening experience.
Is there a composer more uniquely American than Aaron Copland? Conjuring up images of the fog-shrouded Blue Ridge and the sun-brittle prairie, celebrating the sweat of honest toil and the heroism of the everyday, he embodies the heart of the American ethos. No matter how many times you’ve heard the clarion call of his Fanfare for the Common Man, its soaring spirit summons pride. Get ready for goosebumps.
Conductor and composer Matthias Pintscher plays a dual role in this program, conducting his 2022 work Assonanza, written for the violinist Leila Josefowicz, who performs it here. Hear this “daring, probing, thinking, dancing, spectacularly virtuosic” violinist (Los Angeles Times) in Pintscher’s brilliantly dramatic concerto.
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