America at 250 - Anchorage Symphony Orchestra

Tim Fain, Violin
George Gershwin - Of Thee I Sing
Samuel Barber - Violin Concerto
Aaron Copland - Symphony No. 3
Copland wrote the Fanfare for the Common Man in 1942, at the height of World War II, as a tribute to the everyday American. It arrives at the end of his monumental Third Symphony, and hearing it build to that moment is one of those experiences that stops you cold. Violinist Tim Fain, whose playing has been heard on the soundtracks to Black Swan, 12 Years a Slave, and Moonlight, brings his remarkable artistry to Barber’s lyrical Violin Concerto. Gershwin’s Of Thee I Sing Overture opens the evening. 

America turns 250 this year. This is what it sounds like.