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MTT conducts Bernstein's West Side Story 
Dawn Upshaw
Dawn Upshaw
The music of Leonard Bernstein—energetic, rhythmically complex and harmonically innovative—takes center stage. Hear music from Bernstein's joyful and moving West Side Story as well as some of his most popular musicals and other pieces. The SFS and MTT are taking this show on the road to Carnegie Hall's season opening, but you can hear it here first.    

Free Inside Music talk by James Keller at 7pm. 

Conductor/Performers

Michael Tilson Thomas
conductor

Dawn Upshaw
soprano

Quinn Kelsey
baritone

Peter Wyrick
cello

Stephanie Harwood
vocalist

Nick Gabriel, Phil Mills, Kyle Schaefer, Christopher Tocco, Weston Francis Wilson
vocalist/dancer

Program

Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Bernstein
Scenes from A Quiet Place

Bernstein
Meditation No. 1 from Mass

Bernstein
Danzón from Fancy Free

Bernstein
Songs from West Side Story, On the Town, Songfest, and Trouble in Tahiti

Performance Date(s)

Wed, Sep 17, 2008 8:00pm
Davies Symphony Hall
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Thu, Sep 18, 2008 8:00pm
Davies Symphony Hall
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Fri, Sep 19, 2008 8:00pm
Davies Symphony Hall
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