THOMSON: 3 Estampas de Niñes (Three Sketches from Childhood)
THOMSON: Stabat Mater for Soprano and String Quartet
ARGENTO: Three Songs from To Be Sung Upon the Water
THOMSON: Mostly About Love
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring
Alexander String Quartet, Janna Baty mezzo-soprano,
Frank Morelli bassoon,
Wei-Yi Yang piano
with Norfolk Festival Fellows
Here is some great American music. Throughout the summer we are celebrating the life of the American Composer, critic and author, Virgil Thomson. His songs can be mesmerizing, although they can also be quirky. Or whimsical. His friend Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring is one of the great American musical works. Written for a ballet by Martha Graham, it continues to be one of the most played and enjoyed works of the last hundred years. It also popularized the American Shaker tune Simple Gifts in a way you will never forget. And the closing, ahhh – the closing moments that just ... fade ...
