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00:00 Leonard Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Prologue (Allegro Moderato) “Somewhere“ (Adagio) Scherzo (Vivace e Leggiero) Mambo (Meno Presto) Cha-Cha Meeting Scene (Meno Mosso) “Cool“, Fugue (Allegretto) Rumble (Molto Allegro) Finale (Adagio) 27:46 Jasmine Barnes, KINSFOLKNEM 56:54 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture 1:21:59 Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite (1919 Edition) Introduction Danse et Variations de l’Oiseau de Feu Ronde des Princesses Danse infernale de Kachtcheï et de ses sujets Berceuse Finale 1:45:15 Alex Berko, Unstrung Cast Demarre McGill — Flutist Titus Underwood — Oboist Anthony McGill — Clarinetist Andrew Brady — Bassoonist NYO2 Teddy Abrams — Conductor Program notes The “superbly talented youth orchestra“ (New York Classical Review) NYO2 shows off its remarkable artistry at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, led by conductor and pianist Teddy Abrams in a passionate program that includes KINSFOLKNEM, a Carnegie Hall co-commission by Emmy-winning composer Jasmine Barnes! The lineup also includes the operatic grandeur and memorable melodies of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, plus a swooningly romantic work inspired by Tony and Maria’s famous predecessors: Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet. The grand finale is the 1919 Suite from Stravinsky’s The Firebird, full of evocative leitmotifs, bold chromaticism, and the kind of implacable rhythmic irregularity that marked Stravinsky as an iconoclastic new voice in the early 20th-century landscape. Venue: Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center (Dallas) Broadcast date: Saturday, August 17, 2024
