DSOLIVE
(9) American Panorama
A cross-section of American music, from Ferde Grofe to Joan Tower.
Morton Gould Star-Spangled Overture from American Ballads
American Panorama launched with Morton Gould's creative re-imagining of the National Anthem.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
February 8, 2019
Joan Tower "Sequoia"
Composer Joan Tower celebrates the mighty forests in this work from 1981.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
February 8, 2019
Leonard Bernstein Three Meditations from "Mass"
Principal Cello Wei Yu was the soloist in this work drawn from Leonard Bernstein's "Mass," which presented the Catholic Mass in a new guise in the early 1970s.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Wei Yu, cello
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
February 8, 2019
Virgil Thomson Suite from "The Plow that Broke the Plains"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
February 8, 2019
Ferde Grofé "Grand Canyon" Suite
Gershwin collaborator Ferde Grofé was also a well-known composer, such as with this work, hugely popular in the mid-20th century.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
February 8, 2019
Encore: Daniel Slatkin "In Fields"
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
February 10, 2019