APPALACHIAN SPRING WITH RYAN BANCROFT

Ives

Three Places in New England

WALLEN

Dances for Orchestra (World Premiere)*

Copland

Appalachian Spring (complete ballet)

Ryan Bancroft Conductor

Thu 2 Nov, 2pm

The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY

Thu 2 Nov, 7.30pm

The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh

Fri 3 Nov, 7.30pm

City Halls, Glasgow

Please note: The Dementia-Friendly concert on Thu 2 Nov, 2pm will be a shortened programme including only Copland’s Appalachian Spring See P55 for further information.

From homespun folk hymns to blazing marching bands, experience musical America at its most visionary – in the hands of vibrant young California-born conductor (and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland alumnus) Ryan Bancroft.

Aaron Copland’s warm and generous ballet score Appalachian Spring combines foot-tapping folk dances with moving musical evocations of America’s vast landscapes. Charles Ives, however, paints mystical musical portraits of three New England sites, with ghostly memories of Civil War tunes alongside raucous parading bands jostling for our attention.

In between, we unveil a brand new piece from the vivid musical imagination of Belize-born, now Scottish-based composer Errollyn Wallen.