Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Happy Birthday, America! American Highlights
Taimur Sullivan, alto saxophone
The Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra offers a wide-ranging program of American music to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States. Joan Tower's bold Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman and Leonard Bernstein's unforgettable Symphonic Dances from West Side Story will contrast deeply contemplative music by Samuel Barber and Jonathan Bailey Holland. John Williams' cool jazz score for the film Catch Me if You Can is reimagined as a spellbinding concerto for alto saxophone, expertly played by Champaign's own Taimur Sullivan. The lively Fandangos of Roberto Sierra will bring the evening to an uproarious close.
TOWER: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
BARBER: Adagio for Strings
BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
WILLIAMS: Escapades (From the film Catch Me if You Can) for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
HOLLAND: Dream Elegy
SIERRA: Fandangos
