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An American in Paris
Raleigh Classical
An American in Paris

Fri-Sat, Nov 17-18, 2023 | 8pm
MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL, WOOLNER STAGE
MARTIN MARIETTA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, RALEIGH

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Program

North Carolina Symphony
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

Aubree Oliverson, violin


Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Suite from Billy the Kid
    I. The Open Prairie
    II. Street in a Frontier Town
    III. Card Game at Night
    IV. Gun Battle
    V. Celebration After Billy's Capture
    VI. Billy's Death
    VII. The Open Prairie Again

Reena Esmail (b. 1983)
The Blue Room Violin Concerto
Aubree Oliverson, violin


INTERMISSION


George Gershwin (1898-1937)
An American in Paris

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
    I. Prologue
    II. Somewhere
    III. Scherzo
    IV. Mambo
    V. Cha Cha
    VI. Meeting Scene
    VII. "Cool" Fugue
    VIII. Rumble
    IX. Finale


The North Carolina Symphony gratefully acknowledges the support of Concert Sponsor Roux MacNeill Studio.