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Orchestral Music

North Carolina Symphony: Pops in the City

North Carolina Symphony Launches 80th Anniversary Season with "Pops in the City" - Grant Llewellyn Conducts Bernstein, Copland, Dvořák and More at Free Outdoor Concert
Orchestral Music Preview, September 9, 2012
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Orchestral Music Review by Andrea McKerlie, September 9, 2012

( Sun., Sep. 9, 2012 )

Performed by Grant Llewellyn, conductor

Red Hat Amphitheater, 500 South McDowell Street, Raleigh, NC 27601

Program

Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein

Spoon River - Percy Grainger

Building the Community" from "Sketches from Pinehurst - Terry Mizesko

Accelerations Waltz, Op. 234 - Johann Strauss, Jr./arr. Aubrey Winter

Overture di Ballo - Arthur Sullivan

“The Old North State” - arr. James Bates

The Entertainer - Scott Joplin/arr. John Cacavas

Scherzo from Symphony No. 1 in A-flat Major, “Afro American” - William Grant Still

Molto vivace and Largo from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New World” - Antonín Dvořák

An Outdoor Overture - Aaron Copland

Notes

Celebrate with the North Carolina Symphony as we launch our 80th Season. Enjoy a free concert outdoors in the heart of downtown Raleigh. We perform selections for every musical taste and highlight a wonderful legacy of service to the people and schools of The Old North State.