The Canton Symphony’s 2023-24 season opens with Ode to Freedom. Based on America the Beautiful, Joan Tower’s Made in America evokes a familiar melody in a modern setting. Following, we will feature 14-year-old Cooper Violin Competition winner, Seohyun Kim, who will perform the world premiere of Jeff Scott’s (previously of the Imani Winds), Song of the Uirapuru, and Ravel’s Tzigane. Finally, we will conclude with the epic Fifth Symphony of Shostakovich, which was inspired in response to the oppressive Soviet propaganda machine.

PROGRAM

MADE IN AMERICA………………………………………………………………Joan Tower
SONG OF THE UIRAPURU “MUSICIAN WREN”……………….Jeff Scott
TZIGANE……………………………………………………………………………..Maurice Ravel
Intermission
SYMPHONY NO. 5………………………………………………….Dmitri Shostakovich