Berlin Academy of American Music / Garrett Keast

2G+ AND PHYSICAL DISTANCE

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What better news could you wish for in the middle of a pandemic, when everyone is talking about the death of culture, than the formation of a new orchestra? The Berlin Academy of American Music is just such an orchestra and they now come to the Elbphilharmonie. An ensemble that seeks to combine high standards with outstanding entertainment through the great works of American composers, immigrants and exiles.

Performers

Berlin Academy of American Music

Kiveli Dörken piano

conductor Garrett Keast

Programme

Aaron Copland
Saturday Night Waltz

Charles Ives
Country Band March

Caroline Shaw
Entr’acte

Igor Strawinsky
Concerto Es-Dur »Dumbarton Oaks«

– Interval –

Darius Milhaud
La création du monde op. 81

Leonard Bernstein
Ouvertüre

George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (version for piano and jazz band)

Leonard Bernstein
Overture from »Candide«