Coverging Cultures
This program brings the old world<br>of festive Spain in Turina's La<br>Procession du RocÃo into a meeting<br>with Roger Nixon's Californian<br>'tonal fresco' Fiesta del Pacifico.<br>Chang Su Koh's Korean Dances use<br>exotic traditional rhythms, whereas<br>Bernstein's Symphonic Dances refer<br>to Cuban cha-cha and the Mexican<br>mambo. James Bonney's Chaos<br>Theory is a concerto for electric<br>guitar which fuses hard-rock<br>intensity with classical sophistication.<br>The Lone Star Wind Orchestra's<br>American Tapestry album (8.570968)<br>was described as 'completely<br>stunning.' (MusicWeb International)