A wide-ranging program features a sampling of different American sounds and composers including Bernstein, Gershwin, Higdon, and Burleigh.
All-American
Playlist
Philadelphia Orchestra: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor, with with Lang Lang, Chick Corea, and Maxim Lando
Bernstein: On the Waterfront Suite
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Thomas Hampson, bass-baritone and Wolfram Rieger, piano
Jennifer Higdon: Civil Words (excerpts)
Burleigh: Ethiopia Saluting the Colors
Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-André Hamelin, pianos
Stravinsky: Tango for Two Pianos
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello, and Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Barber: Cello Sonata
San Francisco Symphony: Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Gershwin: An American in Paris