This sparkling work draws on Smith's many creative reserves at the peak of his compositional stride. The work is a deep well of noble melodic themes, inventive scoring, coloristic passages, and a kind of

The awe-inspiring legacy of the Pony Express comes alive in this audacious musical tale of one of America's greatest institutions. Conceived from a single rhythmic motif, this adrenaline-fueled work yields

A musical portrait of the United States as a series of ethnic variations on a single theme – in this case, one of the earliest popular songs of the original Colonies: "Barbara Allen."  The folk