Enjoy a musical journey from the sunlit streets of Rome to the dramatic mountain peaks of the Alps, from the splendor of bold, familiar pieces to modern works of Italian heritage that have shaped contemporary concert music.
Featuring Luigi Zaninelli's (b. 1932) "Three Dances of Enchantment".
Program:
Florentiner March - Julius Fucik / arr. Frederick Fennell
Don Pasquale - Gaetano Donizetti / arr. John Glenesk Mortimer
Nessun Dorma - Giacomo Puccini / arr. Randol Bass
*Featuring Aaron Hughes (Euphonium)
Three Dances of Enchantment - Luigi Zaninelli
i. The Via Veneto
ii. She Walks through the Fair
iii. The Feast of Saint Rocco
Intermission
Italian in Algiers - Gioachino Rossini / arr. Lucien Caillet
Italian Polka - Sergei Rachmaninoff / arr. Elena Lucus
Symphony No. 3 (Mvt.1) - Vittorio Giannini
Italian Rhapsody - Julia Giroux
Funiculi Funicula - Luigi Denza / arr. Philip J. Lang