Love & Spring
October 14-15, 2010
NAC, 53 Elgin street
October 14-15, 2010
NAC, 53 Elgin street
Love & Spring
Featuring
Alexander Shelley, conductor
Louis Lortie, piano
Copland’s quintessentially American voice – optimistic, confident, tender, nostalgic – speaks of young love in his ballet score, which includes the beloved hymn, "Simple Gifts." A century earlier, Schumann’s "Spring" Symphony, born of his head-over-heels love for his new bride Clara, also refers to the most hopeful of seasons. Schumann’s friend Felix Mendelssohn, who led the successful premiere of the work, wrote the concerto that rounds out the program – all led by Alexander Shelley, who wowed audiences last season in his brilliant NAC Orchestra debut.
Featuring
Alexander Shelley, conductor
Louis Lortie, piano
Copland’s quintessentially American voice – optimistic, confident, tender, nostalgic – speaks of young love in his ballet score, which includes the beloved hymn, "Simple Gifts." A century earlier, Schumann’s "Spring" Symphony, born of his head-over-heels love for his new bride Clara, also refers to the most hopeful of seasons. Schumann’s friend Felix Mendelssohn, who led the successful premiere of the work, wrote the concerto that rounds out the program – all led by Alexander Shelley, who wowed audiences last season in his brilliant NAC Orchestra debut.