A NINETY-YEAR LEGACY: A SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION

Richard Lee, conductor

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 3
Hindemith: Trauermusik
Copland: El Salon Mexico
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Porter/Wagner: Cole Porter Classics
Gershwin: Catfish Row, Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess

Join us for this special concert celebrating the 90th anniversary of the orchestra’s first performance.  That first concert, in 1936, took place at a time of great music, both classical and popular!  The entire program consists of works composed in or debuted in 1936, and as you can well imagine, features a wide variety of styles, as well as a lot of American composers:  George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Samuel Barber, and Aaron Copland.  Join us for this celebration of the start and launch into the future of ETSO.