Summer Pops

Summer Fun & Festivities: A Charlotte Tradition!

Summer Pops 2008 at Symphony Park
June 8, 15, 22, and 29
Celebrate America -- July 3

Note: Artists and repertoire subject to change.

Summer Pops 1

SUMMER SERENADE
Albert-George Schram, conducting
Frank Portone, tenor

Sat      Jun 7

Belle Johnston Park, Pineville – 8:15pm

Sun     Jun 8

Symphony Park at SouthPark  – 8:15pm
Prelude at 7:00pm with the Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra

BUCK

Festival Overture on the Star-Spangled Banner

FOSTER/arr. Proto

Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts – A Portrait of Stephen Foster
I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
Camptown Races

PUCCINI

“Reconditar armonia” from Tosca

SOUSA

El Capitan

RACHMANINOV

Vocalise

arr. Healey

Love is All You Need – A Tribute to the Beatles

Mitch LEIGH/arr. Lang

The Impossible Dream” from Man of La Mancha"

GOLD/arr. Holcombe

Theme from Exodus

Andrew Lloyd WEBBER

“Music of the Night” from The Phantom of Opera

arr. Wendel

Back to the Fifties!

PUCCINI

“Nessun dorma” from Turandot

Summer Pops 2
CELEBRACIÓN SINFÓNICA
Albert-George Schram, conducting 

Sun     Jun 15

Symphony Park at SouthPark  – 8:15pm
Prelude at 7:00pm

Sun     Jun 8

Symphony Park at SouthPark  – 8:15pm
Prelude at 7:00pm with the Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra

TEXIDOR/arr. Winter

Amparito Roca

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Scena e canto gitano
Fandango asturiano

Arr. Dragon

Lady of Spain

DE FALLA

Three-Cornered Hat: Suite No. 2
The Neighbors
Miller’s Dance
Final Dance

MONGE & RUÍZ/arr. Frost

Macarena

DE FALLA

Ritual Fire Dance

Arr. Dragon

Andalucia

RODRIGO

Concierto de Aranjuez, mvt. 2

Arr. Dragon

Valencia

Summer Pops 3
A SUMMER NIGHT ON BROADWAY
Albert-George Schram, conducting
Tamra Hayden, soprano

Sun     Jun 22

Symphony Park at SouthPark  – 8:15pm
Prelude at 7:00pm

arr. Chase

Broadway Tonight!

SCHONBERG/arr. Lowden

Les Misérables

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN/arr. Bennett

The Sound of Music

GERSHWIN

“Summertime” from Porgy and Bess

KANDER & EBB

Cabaret

BOUBLIL & SCHONBERG

“I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables

Andrew Lloyd WEBBER/arr. Mancini 

Jesus Christ Superstar

CASEY & JACOBS/arr. Custer

Hand Jive” from Grease

KANDER & EBB

“All That Jazz” from Chicago

LERNER & LOEWE

“I Could Have Danced All Night” from My Fair Lady

Andrew Lloyd WEBBER

“Think of Me” from The Phantom of Opera

Andrew Lloyd WEBBER/arr. Custer

The Phantom of Opera

Summer Pops 4
SYMPHONIC DANCES
Albert-George Schram, conducting

Sun     Jun 29

Symphony Park at SouthPark  – 8:15pm
Prelude at 7:00pm with TBA

Tue     Jul 1

An Appalachian Summer Festival  – 8:00pm
Farthing Auditorium – Boone, NC

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

Summer Pops 5
CELEBRATE AMERICA
Albert-George Schram, conducting

Sat      Jun 14

Stumptown Park, Matthews  – 8:15pm

Fri       Jun 20

Duke Power EnergyExplorium, Lake Norman – 8:15pm

Sat      Jun 21

Gaston Country Park, Dallas – 8:15pm

Wed    Jul 2

Village Park, Kannapolis – 8:15pm

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


Summer Pops at Symphony Park
Pictures By: Patrick Schneider

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