Lincoln Portrait

About This Show

Celebrate the remarkable tenure of Scott Weiss during his 10th and final season as Music Director and Conductor of the USC Symphony Orchestra as he concludes his distinguished career with the University of South Carolina.

The October concert features Allen Guelzo, one of the nation’s foremost scholars of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era, serving as narrator for Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. The program also showcases USC Professor of Saxophone Cliff Leaman as soloist in Eric Ewazen’s Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra.

Ives – The Unanswered Question
William Grant Still – Festive Overture
Gould – Amber Waves from “American Ballads”
Eric Ewazen – Classical Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra
Copland – Lincoln Portrait