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New World Symphony – Going Home
James Ross, conductor
Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer
Dawn Avery: Tsenacomoco (ASO at 80 commission – sponsored by Classical Movements)
Margaret Bonds: Montgomery Variations
Conni Ellisor: Blackberry Winter
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9
Sweet tones of Appalachia imbue Conni Ellisor’s concerto for mountain dulcimer. America’s beauty and diversity inspired Czech composer Antonín Dvorák’s New World Symphony. The program opens with a surprise guest artist.