Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture: A Star Spangled Evening with the Nashville Symphony

Nashville Symphony
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor

Beat the heat and celebrate the Independence Day holiday with the Nashville Symphony at Schermerhorn Symphony Center! It’s an evening of all-American classics, along with some of your favorite patriotic tunes. We’ll go out with a bang — literally! — when the orchestra performs Tchaikovsky’s explosive 1812 Overture.

Program includes:

• Gary Call – Plight of the Common Man
• Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
• Barber – Knoxville, Summer of 1915
• Gershwin – Cuban Overture
• William Grant Still – Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American"
• George M. Cohan – Medley
• Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
• Richard Hayman – Servicemen on Parade