CSO Program Notes: Coleridge-Taylor, Copland & Dvořák 9

Thomas Wilkins conducts three works featuring unique musical visions of America, capped with Dvořák’s majestic New World Symphony, which draws on African American and Native American source materials. Coleridge-Taylor’s ballet suite captures the spirit of Longfellow’s epic poem The Song of Hiawatha. CSO Principal Clarinet Stephen Williamson performs Copland’s Clarinet Concerto, premiered by Benny Goodman, which features a rollicking blend of jazz and classical sounds. Learn more: cso.org/performances/22-23/cso-classical/coleridge-taylor-copland-and-dvorak-9