Lara Downes and Daniel Hope: An Exploration of the American Sound

Classical Americana SKY Concert Series with Classical California Resident Artist Lara Downes and Violinist Daniel Hope!

Lara and Daniel explore their shared passion for celebrating the sounds and stories that helped to distinguish American music through the contributions of immigrant composers, especially via the exodus of Jewish composers who fled Hitler’s Europe and created the iconic film soundtracks of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

0:00 - Salut d'Amour | Edward Elgar
2:48 - Context behind Salut d'Amour & Why Classical Americana
7:45 Marietta's Lied From the opera "Die tote Stadt", Op. 12 | Erich Wolfgang Korngold
13:40 - Lost in the Stars | Kurt Weill
16:13 - Ain’t Necessarily So | George Gershwin/Jascha Heifetz
19:02 - I Got Rhythm | George Gershwin
21:32 Somewhere from West Side Story | Leonard Bernstein

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Daniel Hope
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