OMMProm 2013 ''All-American''

George Gershwin Girl Crazy Overture
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (Pianist: Clarence Lee)
Philip Glass Symphony No. 4 ''Heroes'': IV. Sons of a Silent Age
John Williams Star Wars: Main Title
Alan Menken Enchanted Suite
Samuel Barber Violin Concerto: II. Andante (Violinist: Edward Tan)
Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3: IV. Molto deliberato – Allegro risoluto

Come tune in to the sounds of OMM's All-American playlist featuring a selection of works tinged with pop, jazz and rock 'n' roll. Beginning with billboard hits of yore (including I Got Rhythm and Embraceable You) in Gershwin’s Girl Crazy Overture and followed by the famously familiar Rhapsody in Blue, echoes of David Bowie’s Sons of a Silent Age are then heard in Philip Glass’ Heroes Symphony.

Magnificent melodies abound: film lovers will be titillated with tunes from Star Wars and Disney’s Enchanted, and Edward Tan will perform lines of heartrending pathos from Barber’s Violin Concerto. The evening will draw to a close with the fanfares of Copland’s Third Symphony, a grand and glorious evocation of the vast American plains.

Clarence Lee is the 2nd Prize winner of the 2011 National Piano and Violin Competition Artist Category, and is known for his blend of ‘brawn with sensitivity’ and a touch with ‘moments of true poetry’ and Edward Tan makes his return after his electrifying 2011 performance of Korngold’s Violin Concerto.