Summer with Barber and Copland

Barber / Stravinsky / Copland With the warm-blooded sounds of Samuel Barber and Aaron Copland, summer simply enters your mind. These American masters combine symphonic dramatic sound with heartwarming harmonies. A feeling of happiness overcomes the listener when the delightful Appalachian Spring ballet suite sounds. Aaron Copland opens all sensitive registers for a dancing wedding celebration. This positive energy is held by colleague Samuel Barber. In the picturesque Knoxville, Summer of 1915 for soprano and orchestra, long, languid summer evenings and endless childhood dreams prevail. There is great anticipation for the guest appearance of mezzo-soprano and Grammy winner Julia Bullock. The committed star vocalist is exceptionally familiar with the American repertoire. She thus performed Barber's Knoxville with the LA Philharmonic and London Philharmonic. As the crowning touch to summer sounds Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements. A whirling masterpiece with which the famous…