This program features works from Friday, August 10, 2007 festival performance “American Classics – Gershwin, Copland, Barber” at the Birch North Park Theatre.
Lullaby for String Quartet (posthumous) Shanghai Quartet
Weigang Li, Yi-Wen Jiang, violins;
Honggang Li, viola; Nicholas Tzavaras, cello
COPLAND (1900 - 1990)
Appalachian Spring (Original Suite for 13 Instruments)
Sheryl Staples, Adam Barnett-Hart,
Joanna Frankel, Wu Jie, violins;
James Dunham, Pierre Lapointe,
violas;
Andrew Janss, Marie-Stéphanie Janecek, cellos;
Chris Hanulik, bass; Catherine
Ransom Karoly, flute;
Burt Hara, clarinet; Valentin Martchev, bassoon;
Anne-Marie McDermott,
piano
BARBER (1910 - 1981)
Quartet for Strings, Opus 11 Molto allegro e appassionato Molto adagio Molto allegro (come prima)
