George Whitefield Chadwick - Tam O’Shanter, after Robert Burns (1915)

Tam O’Shanter - Symphonic Ballad after Robert Burns (1915) An orchestral work by American composer George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931), based on the Robert Burns poem of the same name. Chadwick composed this work as a gift for the 1915 Norfolk Festival in Connecticut, which was run by his friend and colleague Horatio Parker. In the poem, Tam O’Shanter makes his way home after a long night at the pub. He witnesses a fantastic vision of witches and monsters gathered at an abandoned church, dancing to Sco