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Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24, is a 1947 work for voice and orchestra by Samuel Barber, with text from a 1938 short prose piece by James Agee. The work was commissioned by soprano Eleanor Steber, who premiered it in 1948 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky.
Jun 17, 2021 · Samuel Barber (1910-1981) composed the music for Knoxville: Summer of 1915 in 1947 for a commission from Serge Koussevitzky, conductor of the Boston Symphony, and soprano Eleanor Stebor. Barber intended for the work to be a lyric rhapsody, and he wanted the text, composed by James Agee (1909-1955), to have a clear rhythmic pattern that is ...
To help us support musicians and produce future concerts, please donate at: https://www.kco.la/supportLive recording from performance on November 6, 2016Firs...
- 17 min
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- Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Lyrics: It has become that time of evening when people sit on their porches, rocking gently and talking gently and watching the street and the standing up into...
Aug 14, 2015 · Samuel Barber set it to music for soprano and orchestra in his composition, Knoxville: Summer of 1915. That summer was Agee’s last in an intact family. A year later, in 1916, his father...
Mar 1, 2012 · Samuel Barber (1910-81)Knoxville, Summer 1915Dawn Upshaw, sopranoDavid ZinmanOrchestra of St. Luke'sText by James Agee (1909-55)Pictures: A selection of imag...
- 15 min
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- drtmuir
At-A-Glance. Listen to audio: Composed: 1947. Length: c. 15 minutes. Orchestration: flute (= piccolo), oboe (= English horn), clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet, percussion (triangle), harp, strings, & solo voice. First Los Angeles Philharmonic performance: August 27, 1959, Thomas Schippers conducting, with soloist Leontyne Price. About this Piece
