Anon Spirituals – a cappella
Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
Milhaud La Création du monde
Varèse Amériques

Marin Alsop conductor
London Adventist Chorale



Just as Antonín Dvořák lived the American dream through his touching symphonic hymn to the slave songs and spirituals of America, so another immigrant, Edgar Varèse, discovered New Worlds in his epic Amériques. His piece was hailed as the most important piece ‘for grand orchestra’ created on American soil since the turn of the 19th century – a bittersweet, wordless rhapsody that envelops like a dream and includes among its sonic armoury the sounds of sirens, duck-calls, whips and even a steamboat whistle. Amériques promises a concert experience not to be missed in this exploration of American musical discovery.

Free pre-concert performance | 6.00pm–6.45pm | Royal Festival Hall
Foyle Future Firsts present Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel by Les Six (orch. Constant) – a rare revival of the score to Cocteau’s nonsensical ballet.

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Select a link below to listen to selected movements from this concert (Flash Player opens in a new window).

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" - I. Adagio - Allegro molto
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" - II. Largo
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" - IV. Allegro con fuoco
Milhaud: La Creation du monde, Op. 81
Varese: Ameriques

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