Harris, R.: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6

Harris, R.: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6

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• Harris, R.
• 5/6 US

Roy Harris made an indelible mark on<br>American orchestral music, enlivening<br>Old World symphonic traditions with<br>New World individualism. Amid the<br>background of war in Europe, he<br>crafted his Fifth and Sixth 'the heroic and<br>freedom-loving people of our great ally,<br>the Union of Soviet Republics', the<br>latter, subtitled Gettysburg, to 'the<br>Armed Forces of Our Nation'. The<br>single-movement Acceleration was later<br>reworked within the Sixth Symphony.<br>In each piece, Harris's nationalistic<br>fervour is underpinned by an abiding<br>faith in the ability of the human spirit<br>to triumph through adversity.