Concert Program
The Academy
of Music 161st
Anniversary Concert
Saturday, January 27, 2018
The Philadelphia Orchestra,
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Music Director
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
conductor
Steve Martin
special guest
Laquita Mitchell
soprano
Kevin Short
Bass-baritone
Copland
“Hoe-Down,” from Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Gershwin
“Summertime,” from Porgy and Bess
Gershwin
“Bess, You Is My Woman Now,” from Porgy and Bess
Ravel
Alborada del gracioso
Martin
Works to be announced from the stage
Bernstein
Three Dance Episodes, from On the Town
I.The Great Lover
II.Lonely Town: Pas de deux
III. Times Square 1944
The Academy
of Music 161st
Anniversary Concert
Saturday, January 27, 2018
The Philadelphia Orchestra,
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Music Director
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
conductor
Steve Martin
special guest
Laquita Mitchell
soprano
Kevin Short
Bass-baritone
Copland
“Hoe-Down,” from Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Gershwin
“Summertime,” from Porgy and Bess
Gershwin
“Bess, You Is My Woman Now,” from Porgy and Bess
Ravel
Alborada del gracioso
Martin
Works to be announced from the stage
Bernstein
Three Dance Episodes, from On the Town
I.The Great Lover
II.Lonely Town: Pas de deux
III. Times Square 1944
The 161st Anniversary Concert was written and directed by Creative Director James Alexander.
Musicians of The Philadelphia Orchestra are graciously donating their services for tonight’s concert.
Kevin Short is performing courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.
Philadelphia Orchestra concerts are supported by grants from the Annenberg Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The 161st Anniversary Concert was written and directed by Creative Director James Alexander.
Musicians of The Philadelphia Orchestra are graciously donating their services for tonight’s concert.
Kevin Short is performing courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.
Philadelphia Orchestra concerts are supported by grants from the Annenberg Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and the National Endowment for the Arts.