American Reflections

Name: American Reflections
Start: 2026-05-16T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Wentz Concert Hall

Schedule

Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Wentz Concert Hall | Naperville, IL

Selections from Margaret Bond’s fervent Montgomery Variations plus Samuel Barber’s lyrical Violin Concerto, featuring virtuoso soloist Nathan Meltzer, make up the first half of our final concert, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Aaron Copland’s magnificent Third Symphony, written in 1946 on commission from Serge Koussevitsky, boasts a heroic finale based on Copland’s earlier Fanfare for the Common Man. The piece was immediately hailed as “the greatest American symphony – it goes from the heart to the heart.”