Patriotic Sounds (Celebrating America 250)

Andrew Constantine, conductor 
Eric Silberger, violin

Aaron Copland’s operatic Tender Land Suite is a work which tells of a farm family in the Midwest, reflecting Depression-era photos and literature. Frenchman Maurice Ravel’s Piano Trio was expanded from the three-instrument original to full symphony orchestra by fellow countryman Yan Pascal Tortelier. Ravel brought the innovative Trio to a hurried completion in August of 1914 so he could enlist in the French Army at the onset of World War I, where he served as an ambulance driver. He drew inspiration from a wide variety of sources, from his Basque dance heritage to Malaysian poetry.

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