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Nimbus

American Folklore

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Details

Composer
Various
Artist
Yale Symphony Orchestra
Format
CD
Label
Nimbus
Released
Sep 05, 2025
Catalog #
NI6462
UPC
0710357646225

About

The Yale Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1965 by a group of students who saw the growing potential for a large orchestral ensemble to thrive on campus. With a spirit for promoting new music and performing underrepresented composers alongside works of the standard Western canon, the orchestra has become a destination for students who wish to perform orchestral music at the conservatory level while taking advantage of all that Yale - a liberal-arts institution - has to offer. In it's more than fifty years, the orchestra has performed in some of the most hallowed music halls in the United States from Carnegie Hall in New York to Benaroya Hall in Seattle, toured twelve countries including Turkey, Russia, Brazil and Mexico, and premiered over fifty works of new music by composers including Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, and Caroline Shaw. YSO alumni have music careers in major orchestras around the world, including the New York Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, and the Berlin Philharmonic. The YSO is led by William Boughton, who is in his seventh and final year conducting the orchestra.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Spring 03:17
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Spring
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  2. 2 II. Meander 03:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Meander
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  3. 3 III. Giggling Rapids 03:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Giggling Rapids
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  4. 4 IV. Lake 07:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Lake
    Duration
    07:11
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  5. 5 I. Introduction: The Open Prairie 03:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Introduction: The Open Prairie
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  6. 6 II. Street in a Frontier Town - 03:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Street in a Frontier Town -
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  7. 7 II. Mexican Dance and Finale 03:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Mexican Dance and Finale
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  8. 8 III. Prairie Night: Card Game at Night, Billy and his Sweetheart) 03:31
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Prairie Night: Card Game at Night, Billy and his Sweetheart)
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  9. 9 IV. Gun Battle 01:52
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Gun Battle
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  10. 10 V. Celebration: After Billy's Capture 02:32
    Track
    10
    Title
    V. Celebration: After Billy's Capture
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  11. 11 VI. Billy's Death 01:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    VI. Billy's Death
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  12. 12 VII. The Open Prairie again 01:46
    Track
    12
    Title
    VII. The Open Prairie again
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  13. 13 Dreamtime Ancestors: II. Rainbow Serpent 05:53
    Track
    13
    Title
    Dreamtime Ancestors: II. Rainbow Serpent
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Christopher Theofanidis
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  14. 14 Symphonic Fantasy 21:32
    Track
    14
    Title
    Symphonic Fantasy
    Duration
    21:32
    Composer
    Bernard Rands
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton
  15. 15 Of Our New Day Begun 10:33
    Track
    15
    Title
    Of Our New Day Begun
    Duration
    10:33
    Composer
    Omar Thomas
    Ensemble
    Yale Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Boughton