The Nashville Symphony December 4, 2008

In Copland's Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, the huge sound made by more than 80 musicians and 3,568 organ pipes will engulf the audience in glorious music. In addition, Ives' Variations on "America," originally composed for solo organ (here arranged by William Schuman), sets the familiar theme 'My country 'tis of thee' to a set of capricious variations. The program ends with Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.