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Digital Program - May 2024 Concert for the City

Translations (Pre-Concert and Concert Programs) 12:45pm Pre-Concert Program and Performers 2pm Concert Program and Performers

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12:45pm Pre-Concert Program

COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT SYMPHONY HALL, 12:45-1:40PM

O’BLOCK/KAY ROOM
Ann Hobson & Prentice Pilot Youth Pre-Concert
Boston Arts Academy Strings
BEAM (Bridge to Equity and Achievement in Music) Ensemble
Project STEP (String Training Education Program)

HIGGINSON HALL
Seiji Ozawa Multicultural Pre-Concert
Odaiko New England (ONE)
Juan Nieves Ensemble

CABOT/CAHNERS ROOM
John Oliver Choral Pre-Concert
Boston Arts Academy Spirituals Choir
Northeastern University Madrigal Singers

MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE ENTRANCE
Arthur Fielder Boston Pops Corridor Performance
Boston Arts Academy Big Brass

MILLER ROOM
Instrument Playground

HUNTINGTON AVENUE ENTRANCE/CORRIDOR
Step & Repeat Photo Booth

There is a Quiet Room space located in Room S16 on the first balcony level.

12:45pm Pre-Concert Performers

2pm Concert Program

Photo & Video Policy: Phone videos and photos without flash are allowed for personal use only, as long as they do not affect the performance or the experience of your fellow audience members. Cameras are prohibited.

Welcome remarks by Chad Smith, Eunice and Julian Cohen President and Chief Executive Officer

Proud Mary (5')
John FOGERTY (b.1945)
BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY’S TINA TURNER REVUE

Introductory remarks by Thomas Wilkins, BSO Artistic Advisor, Education and Community Engagement, and Germeshausen Youth and Family Concerts Conductor

Presenting Boston Youth Poet Laureate Anjalequa Leynneyah Verona Birkett

Ring Shout and Holy Dance from Four Black American Dances (11’)
Carlos SIMON (b.1986)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, ANDRIS NELSONS CONDUCTING

At the River and Simple Gifts from Old American Songs (5’)
Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, ANDRIS NELSONS CONDUCTING
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JAMES BURTON, conductor

Kauyumari (6’)
Gabriela ORTIZ (b.1964)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THOMAS WILKINS CONDUCTING

Violin Concerto in G minor, I. Allegro maestoso (12’)
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875-1912)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, THOMAS WILKINS CONDUCTING
NATHAN AMARAL, VIOLIN

Caravan (5’)
Duke ELLINGTON (1899-1974) (arr. Edmar COLÓN)
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA, KEITH LOCKHART CONDUCTING

The Club, from In the Heights (5’)
Lin-Manuel MIRANDA (b.1980) (arr. Emilio SOLLA)
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA, KEITH LOCKHART CONDUCTING

Make Our Garden Grow, from Candide (4’)
Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA, JAMES BURTON CONDUCTING
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JAMES BURTON, conductor

CONCERT FOR THE CITY IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE LI-QIU FAMILY FOUNDATION.

2pm Concert Performers