Colorado Music Festival: All American: Copland, Gershwin, & More

Colorado Music Festival: All American: Copland, Gershwin, & More – an unforgettable cinematic celebration of America’s musical soul. In this dazzling concert film, six‑time Grammy‑winning conductor and Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin leads the Festival Orchestra, with soaring violin soloist Njioma Grievous, as they journey through the most iconic and evocative works that define the American soundscape. The program opens with Aaron Copland’s spirited “Rodeo,” the instantly recognizable “Hoedown” whirling across the screen, and then plunges into John Corigliano’s lush, cinematic Chaconne from *The Red Violin*, a romantic tour de force that brings the 1998 film’s score to life in vivid detail. After a brief intermission, the invigorating “Savannah River Holiday” by Ron Nelson transports viewers to the breezy shores of the South, while Cindy McTee’s hauntingly lyrical “Adagio for Strings” – praised as “unmistakably American‑sounding” by the Washington Post – envelops the audience in an emotionally resonant hush. The concert culminates with George Gershwin’s effervescent symphonic poem *An American in Paris*, a dazzling display of jazz energy that celebrates the vibrancy of the American dream. Each piece, from 1997’s epic *The Red Violin* to 1952’s classic *Savannah River Holiday*, weaves a tapestry of national pride and artistic brilliance that will inspire and delight fans across the country. **Details & tickets**