“American Roots” California Symphony at Lesher Center on Jan 24th in Walnut Creek

American Roots California Symphony:

Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
Sunday, January 24, 2016
4:00 PM | $52 – $82

Join the California Symphony for a program that shines the light on composers with American roots. Whether born here or influenced by that early 20th-century jazzy American sound, this crop of composers and their works showcase how the United States put our stamp on the classical music cannon.
Stravinsky—Scherzo á la russe
Milhaud—Le création du monde
Bernstein—Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
Weill—A Little Three-Penny Music
Gershwin—Rhapsody in Blue
Charlie Albright, piano