Presented by Petroc Trelawny . The opening night of the 2007 Cheltenham Music Festival features key works by four of America's greatest composers, from the energy of George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein to the nostalgic lyricism of Samuel Barber. Chloe Hanslip (violin), Nancy Gustafson (soprano), BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Rumon Gamba Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Bernstein Overture: West Side Story
Barber Violin Concerto; Knoxville - Summer of 1915 Gershwin, arr Robert Russell Bennett Porgy and Bess - a Symphonic Portrait