Featuring “Ansel Adams: America,” composed by Chris and Dave Brubeck and performed by the National Symphony Orchestra, pairing sweeping melodies with more than 100 striking photographs of or by Ansel shown on huge screens, in-house and on the lawn. Program also includes Copland's Lincoln Portrait, Gershwin's An American in Paris and excerpts from John Williams' score to the award-winning film Lincoln.

A Pre-Performance Discussion by Rich Kleinfeldt of WETA will be offered one hour before performance time. More information here

PROGRAM (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man
WILLIAMS: Music from the movie Lincoln
COPLAND: A Lincoln Portrait
BRUBECK: “Ansel Adams: America”
GERSHWIN: An American in Paris

• Enjoy Ansel Adams’s breathtaking photographs paired with the grandeur of Chris and Dave Brubeck’s visionary composition. Performances of “Ansel Adams: America” mark the first time that the majestic photography of Adams has been featured in a concert setting.
• “Ansel Adams: America” was nominated for a 2013 GRAMMY for Best Instrumental Composition.
• “As majestic images of Half Dome and Horsetail Falls fade in and out on a giant screen, the music builds and then melts to mirror the majesty of a church or echoes the Southwestern style as a mission takes the screen. When the final moonlit mountain went dark, the music stopped and the full house erupted. The effect is both inspiring and humbling.”— J.T. Long, Sacramento Press