John ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast MachineBARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915, for soprano and orchestra arr. Jessie MONTGOMERY I Want to Go Home, for soprano and orchestra John WILLIAMS “Escapades” from Catch Me If You Can, for saxophone, vibraphone, and bass GERSHWIN An American in Paris 

The BSO opens its season with a tribute to some of the great American composers, past and present. The pulse-pounding energy of John Adams takes us for a Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Jessie Montgomery’s arrangement of I Want to Go Home and Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915both reflect on memory, history, and longing. John Williams’ “Escapades” from the Spielberg film Catch Me If You Can evokes an air of cool mischievousness with its dynamic interplay of saxophone, vibraphone, and bass. The jazzy swagger of Gershwin’s famous An American in Paris finishes the evening.