NATIONAL SYMPHONY CONCERTS: LATE SUMMER 2008
NSO @ WOLF TRAP
Thursday, July 24 at 8:15 pm at the Filene Center
Not the Messiah! (He’s a Very Naughty Boy)
Starring : Eric Idle
John Du Prez, conductor
Master Chorale of Washington, Donald McCullough, Music Director
Friday, July 25 at 8:15 pm at the Filene Center
Romance Under the Stars (Wolf Trap is for Lovers)
Emil de Cou, conductor
PROGRAM:
BIZET: Excerpts from Carmen
DEBUSSY: Clair de Lune (arr. Stokowski)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture
PROKOFIEV: Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet
BERNSTEIN: “TONIGHT” from West Side Story
RACHMANINOFF: Finale from Symphony #2
GADE: Jalousie
SAINT-SAËNS: Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
PUCCINI: Selections from La Boheme
GERSHWIN: Love Walked In
RAVEL: Bolero
Saturday, July 26 at 8:15 pm at the Filene Center
Broadway ROCKS! (from Phantom to Dreamgirls)
Randall Craig Fleischer, conductor
Vocalists: Susan Egan, Capathia Jenkins,
Doug LaBrecque & Rob Evan
The Washington Chorus, Julian Wachner, Music Director
Thursday, July 31 at 8:15 pm at the Filene Center
Beethoven’s Best
Emil de Cou, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
Choral Arts Society of Washington, Norman Scribner, artistic director
All Beethoven Program (subject to change)?
Leonore Overture No. 3?
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat
Highlights from Fidelio ? Finale from Symphony No. 9 – “Ode to Joy”?
Friday, August 1 at 8:30 pm at the Filene Center
Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies
Emil de Cou, conductor
Program:
Oklahoma!: Main Title, Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ and The Surrey with the Fringe on Top ?Oklahoma ??
Carousel: The Carousel Waltz ?If I Loved You ?June is Bustin’ Out All Over
The King And I:?The March of the Siamese Children ?Getting to Know You ?Shall We Dance?
South Pacific: Overture ?There is Nothin’ Like a Dame ?Some Enchanted Evening ?Dites-Moi & Finale
State Fair ?It’s a Grand Night for Singing #1, #2
Sound of Music: Introduction ?The Sound of Music?Main Title ?Do-Re-Mi ?So Long, Farewell?Climb Ev’ry Mountain & Finale
Saturday, August 2 at 8:30 pm at the Filene Center
Dial “H” for Hitchcock
Emil de Cou, conductor
A symphonic spook-tacular including clips from To Catch a Thief, Strangers on a Train, Dial M for Murder, and North by Northwest. Don’t miss this classic (and classical!) evening of suspense. We guarantee, regardless of the weather, that you’ll have goose-bumps!
National Symphony Orchestra Capitol Concert
Annual Labor Day Concert
West Lawn, U.S. Capitol
Sunday, August 31, 2008, 8 p.m.
Emil de Cou Conductor
Free, no tickets required