Program
GEORGES BIZET
“The Toreadors” from Carmen
JULIUS FUČIK
Entrance of the Gladiators
RICHARD WAGNER
The Ride of the Valkyries
CRAIG ARMSTRONG
“Dream Violin” from The Great Gatsby
AARON COPLAND
“Hoe-Down” from Rodeo
SAMUEL BARBER
Adagio for Strings
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Overture to William Tell
GEORGE GERSHWIN arr. DON ROSE
Strike Up The Band Overture
W.C. HANDY arr. JEFF TYZIK
St. Louis Blues
DUKE ELLINGTON arr. MORTON GOULD
Sophisticated Lady
GEORGE GERSHWIN orch. FERDE GROFÉ
Rhapsody in Blue
Artists, programs, and dates are subject to change.
Put on your flapper dresses and zoot suits and get ready to journey back to the decadence of the Roaring ‘20s and the Jazz Age.
Rhapsody in Blue and the PSO both celebrate one hundred year in 2024. A fitting coincidence as Rhapsody was part of the program for the PSO’s first POPS! concert, held at the Eastland Ballroom in 1939.