The unique sound of American music has long been an object of curiosity for musicians from around the world. Argentinian Alberto Ginastera, considered his country’s greatest compositional export, spent a summer at Tanglewood with the American iconoclast Aaron Copland. His “Impresiones de la Luna” explores the common ground between the landscapes of the American West and Argentine high desert. Maurice Ravel’s interest in jazz led him to an encounter with George Gershwin, himself an admirer of the Frenchman’s work. Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” melds old and new in his signature lush style. Hungarian Ernst von Dohnanyi, whose Neo-Romantic and colorful music is sure to leave you with a smile, spent the later part of his life as a professor at Florida State University after spending the early 1940’s pushing back against Nazi influence in Hungary. His Sextet for winds, strings, and piano is a bombastic masterpiece that is as unique in its character as it is in its instrumentation. Join us for a program celebrating composers whose encounters with the American style left an indelible mark on their music.

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