This concert of 1950s works highlights post-war America’s musical diversity. Selections from Bernstein’s West Side Story pulse with urban energy, blending jazz, Latin, and classical styles sung by Lourdes Rodriguez and Matthew Hill. Piston’s Symphony No. 4 sheds his usual academic tone for a vibrant tribute to industrial power. In contrast, Oboist Bethany Slater will perform Kay’s Pietà, a lyrical concerto for English horn and strings, draws inspiration from Michelangelo’s Madonna della Pietà, offering moments of deep reflection.
The Young People’s Concert is back! Narrator Greg Jukes and Dance Connections join the Orchestra for Prokofiev’s immortal Peter and the Wolf, Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, Encanto, and more!
As the title implies, we are thinking of tunes about spring. “Spring is Here”, “Spring Can really Hang You Up the Most”, “Up Jumped Spring” and “You Must Believe in Spring” as well as tunes about the season including “Easter Parade” and “I’ll Remember April”. It’s all thoughts of warmer weather as the CJB swings you into spring.
A concert journey through winter landscapes, including orchestral selections from the seasonal favorite, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. Bookending the program is Elinor Remick Warren’s musical depiction of a placid and frozen lake as seen on a hike in the High Sierras, “The Crystal Lake” and Tchaikovksy’s First Symphony, aptly titled “Winter Daydreams” – an early work that he continued to hold in high regard throughout his life.
From classic big band Latin tunes like, “Begin the Beguine”, “Caravan”, and “The Peanut Vendor”. To new arrangements of “Black Orpheus”, Mueva Los Huesos”, and “Mas Que Nada” arranged by our own John Zontek. You will have learned all about the clave and other Latin music rhythms by the time you merengue out of the hall.