Celebration of American composers; Preview BBC National Orchestra of Wales Brangwyn Hall, Swansea coffee break.(Features)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: May 15, 2008 | Copyright information

MUSIC from three American composers will be performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as they continue their season of concerts at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea on Saturday.

The pieces will bring vividly to life the different faces of the United States in all its different moods.

The blues and jazz of Gershwin's New York will be heard as pianist Peter Donohoe returns to join the orchestra to perform Gershwin's famous Piano Concerto.

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