Vermont Symphony Orchestra Summer Festival Tour: “Strike Up the Orchestra”

Friday, July 5th

Gates open: 5:30 pm

Concert begins: 7:30 pm

Suicide Six Ski Area | South Pomfret, VT

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Pack a picnic basket and celebrate the sound of summer in Vermont with the VSO! This year’s program, “Strike Up the Orchestra!” was crafted by guest conductor Sharon Lavery, making her VSO debut. The orchestra showcases the composers who set America to music: Gershwin, Joplin, Bernstein, Copland, and the foremost film composer of our generation, John Williams. VSO Principal Clarinet Kelli O’Connor is our featured soloist in a jazzy concerto written by Artie Shaw. Each concert closes with a dazzling fireworks display accompanying Tchaikovsky’s famous 1812 Overture and the beloved marches of John Philip Sousa.

Program:

SMITH – Star Spangled Banner
BERNSTEIN – Overture to Candide
COPLAND – “Hoedown” from Rodeo
GRAINGER – Irish Tune from County Derry
SHAW – Clarinet Concerto
INAR TOPRAK – Captain Marvel
JOPLIN, arr. Cacavas – Music from The Sting

Intermission

GERSHWIN, arr. Campbell/Watson – Strike Up the Band
GERSHWIN, arr. Bennett – Selections from Porgy and Bess
JOHN WILLIAMS – John Williams Suite: Selections from Superman Returns, arr. Bob Cerulli; Theme from Jurassic Park; Raiders March
TCHAIKOVSKY – 1812 Overture (excerpt)
SOUSA – Liberty Bell March
SOUSA – Stars and Stripes Forever