LPO FUNharmonics programme: Appalachian Spring - 5 May 2024

Appalachian Spring FAMILY CONCERT FUNHARMONICS

Music from and inspired by America

SUNDAY 5 MAY 2024

SOUTHBANK CENTRE’S ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL

CONCERT 12 NOON – 1PM ACTIVITIES 10AM – 11.45AM

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APPALACHIAN SPRING

CHARLOTTE POLITI conductor

RACHEL LEACH presenter

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Welcome to the Royal Festival Hall and to today’s joyful performance of Appalachian Spring! Aaron Copland’s iconic music will take us back to 19th-century rural Pennsylvania, where a young couple prepare for their wedding day and look ahead to a bright future. Originally composed for a ballet, Appalachian Spring is thought of as typically American classical music, and features some very famous tunes that you might know already. We will also hear Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, which celebrates the American dream of the 20th century, and celebrate the ‘uncommon woman’ with Joan Tower’s brilliant fanfare, as well as learning more about Copland’s own American dream through our participation song, One Hundred Years Ago …. Along the way we’ll also take a trip on a ship across the Atlantic with pioneering Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen. So, pack your bags, warm up your singing voice, and get ready for our musical adventure across America!

TODAY’S MUSIC ON STAGE TODAY

AARON COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man

RACHEL LEACH One Hundred Years Ago …

AARON COPLAND

Appalachian Spring (extracts)

ERROLLYN WALLEN Mighty River (extracts)

JOAN TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman 1

FOYER ACTIVITIES AT THE SOUTHBANK CENTRE

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MEET THE ORCHESTRA Harp & Percussion

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SINGHARMONICS

THE CLORE BALLROOM

10.30–10.50am | 11.00–11.20am | 11.30–11.50am

MEET THE ORCHESTRA SINGHARMONICS

A fun vocal workshop, suitable for the whole family – bring your voice and get ready to learn our audience participation song for today, led by Aga Serugo-Lugo.

See and hear orchestral instruments up close in our interactive chamber music sessions inspired by today’s concert. Sessions last for around 15 minutes and are drop-in. Suitable for ages 5+. Pre-concert only. Concert ticket-holders only. Please be aware spaces are subject to availability.

HAVE A GO

OAE TOTS

Try out different instruments with expert musicians from the woodwind and brass families. Suitable for ages 6+. Pre-concert only. Concert ticket-holders only. Please be aware spaces are subject to availability.

An introduction to the period instruments of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as they play music inspired by today’s concert. Suitable for ages 2–5. Pre-booked ticket-holders only (ticketed separately).