Summer Fun & Festivities: A Charlotte Tradition!
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Summer Pops 2008 at Symphony Park
June 29
Fifth Third Bank’s Celebrate America July 3
Note: Artists and repertoire subject to change.
Get ready for the Charlotte Symphony’s annual Summer Pops Picnic Contest! Prizes will be awarded in three categories: Most Festive Picnic, Most Patriotic Picnic, and Most Appetizing Picnic. Picnics will be judged at 7 p.m. during the prelude performance on Sunday, June 29th at Symphony Park, SouthPark.
SYMPHONIC DANCES
Albert-George Schram, conducting
Sun Jun 29 |
Symphony Park at SouthPark – 8:15pm
Prelude at 7:00pm with TBA |
HANSON |
Maypole Dances from Merry Mount |
GERSHWIN/arr. Bennett |
Porgy and Bess |
BARBER |
Adagio for Strings |
LOESSER/arr. Custer |
Guys and Dolls |
BERNSTEIN |
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story |
RODGERS |
Carousel Waltz from Carousel |
CELEBRATE AMERICA
Sponsored by Fifth Third Bank
Albert-George Schram, conducting
Thr Jul 3 |
Symphony Park at SouthPark – 8:15pm
Prelude at 7:00pm |
SMITH/arr. Tyzik |
The Star-Spangled Banner |
SOUSA |
Liberty Bell March |
ARNAUD/John WILLIAMS |
Bugler’s Dream/Olympic Fanfare |
SHOSTAKOVICH |
Festive Overture |
BRAHMS/arr. Schmeling |
Hungarian Dance No. 5 |
SLATKIN |
Carmen’s Hoe Down |
Traditional |
Armed Forces Salute |
Arr. Hermann |
George M. Cohan Salute |
BERLIN/arr. Healy |
A Tribute to Irving Berlin |
arr. Healy |
Saints!!! |
WARD/ arr. D’Angelo |
America the Beautiful |