Description
Captain Darren Lin, Associate Director of "The President's Own" United States Marine Chamber Orchestra joins Loras Schissel and David Plylar of the Music Division in a conversation about the evening's concert. The discussion covers some American perspectives in chamber orchestra music in honor of America's 250th birthday. With the concert program drawn mostly from the Library's collections, the preconcert conversation touches on the music of Tania León, Kenji Bunch, Henry Cowell, Carl Ruggles, Samuel Barber, David Diamond, Vivian Fine, Ruth Crawford Seeger, George Walker, and Aaron Copland.
For transcript and more information, visit https://www.loc.gov/item/video-13226/