'Appalachian Spring'

Music by Aaron Copland, John Adams, and Steve Reich anchors an evening inspired by American stories of place, identity, and landscape. Actors perform texts that reflect on the American experience, offering content and perspective alongside these iconic works.

Program

I. Landscape

>>Copland | Appalachian Spring

>>“Nature,” by Ralph Waldo Emerson

II. City

Ives | 2. Putnam Camp

Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

III. Travel

Reich | Different Trains: America – Before the War

The Piano Lesson by August Wilson

IV. The Plains

Carreno | Serenade for Strings 4th Movement

“Warrior’s Daughter,” Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa

V. Revival

John Adams | II. Hymning Slews

A River Runs Through It, by Norman McLean

John Adams “Christian Zeal and Activity”

Eagle Poem, By Joy Harjo

VI. Rebirth

Price | Suite of Dances

Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

VII. MOUNTAINS

Hailstork | Symphony No. 2 Mvt. 2 "Grave"

Butcher’s Crossing by John Williams

VIII. ENDING

Hailstork | III. Scherzo: Allegretto

Denis Johnson, Train Dreams

Artists

Aku Sorenson | conductor
Max Shulman | director
Claylish Coldiron | actor
Abner Genece | actor

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