Rhapsodies in Red, White and Blue

Rhapsodies in Red, White
and Blue

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About the performance

The Festival goes Stateside for an evening of 20th century North American classics inspired by the pilgrims of New England, the upheavals of civil war and the spirit of prohibition.

Conductor and composer Gunther Schuller has an extraordinary career that spans performing with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and jamming alongside Miles Davis, making him the ideal conductor for tonight's concert.

Aaron Copland made use of folk songs such as Camptown Races and quotations from Abraham Lincoln, including excerpts from his Gettysburg Address, to create a homage to America's great President. Steven Osborne joins the orchestra for Gershwin's quintessentially American Rhapsody in Blue, performed here in its jazziest incarnation. Charles Ives's Fourth Symphony brings this concert to a colourful climax.

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Performance Details

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Gunther Schuller
Conductor

Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus
Timothy Dean
Chorus Master

Steven Osborne Piano

Clarke Peters Narrator

Copland Lincoln Portrait
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (original jazz band version)
Ives Symphony No 4

Booking Information

Performance Dates:

August 2010
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Tickets: From £10 - £40
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes approximately
Venue: Usher Hall
Series: Orchestras
Edinburgh - The city of edinburgh council Scottish Arts Council

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with its registered office at The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NE. Registered Charity No SC004694