Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.
The Saturday night performance will broadcast on Classical KUSC on July 2, 2017, and it was also recorded for PBS's "Great Performances" next season!
A small statue of liberty stood in the lounge, right above the winding staircase.
Music director Carl St.Clair conducted, with 7 actors. Visuals were projected on a big screen behind the orchestra, like an IMAX! This was like a documentary, when I hear it on KUSC, I may think it was a normal radio show, and not a concert performance! :)
Peter Boyer: Ellis Island: The Dream of America
Actors
Helen Cohen (Poland): Lesley Fera
James Apanomith (Greece): Johnathan McClian
Lillian Galletta (Italy): Samantha Sloyan
Lazarus Salamon (Hungary): Dean Chekvala
Helen Rosenthal (Belgium): Kira Sternbach
Manny Steen (Ireland): Barry Bostwick
Katherine Beychok (Russia): Lyn Greene
Composer Peter Boyer started the project with an idea of having 10 pieces, 2 minutes each and with 1 minute interludes. But deciding the stories could not fit in that size, came down to these 7. He said he considered diversity and balance, to pick and choose the immigrants.
I think he was saying this was going to be the 170th performance of this piece, definitely a big hit for a living composer!
Here's an interview from ABC.
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