Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2019

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Vienna Summer Night Concert.

Famed conductor and music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel returns to the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace with the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra for Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2019, Friday, August 28 at 9pm on WITF (this is an encore performance of last year’s presentation).

The program includes Leonard Bernstein’s overture to “Candide” and American classics such as John Philipp Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” Renowned pianist Yuja Wang joins the orchestra for George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” and performs Chopin’s Waltz in C Sharp Minor, op. 64 #2 for an encore.

This year marks Dudamel’s second time conducting the annual concert special, having led the orchestra in 2012. Past conductors include Bobby McFerrin (2004), Zubin Mehta (2005 and 2015), Plácido Domingo (2006), Valery Gergiev (2007, 2011 and 2018), Georges Prêtre (2008), Daniel Barenboim (2009), Franz Welser-Möst (2010), Lorin Maazel (2013), Christoph Eschenbach (2014 and 2017) and Semyon Bychkov (2016). The free outdoor concert is broadcast to more than 80 countries worldwide.

Music Selections and Composers:

• Overture to “Candide” – Leonard Bernstein
• “Rhapsody in Blue” – George Gershwin
• Waltz in C sharp minor, op.64 #2 – Frédéric Chopin
• “Casablanca Suite” – Max Steiner
• “The Stars and Stripes Forever” – John Philipp Sousa
• Adagio for Strings – Samuel Barber
• “The Star-Spangled Banner March,” op. 460 – Carl Michael Ziehrer
• Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World,” 4th movement, allegro con fuoco – Antonín Dvořák

Encores:

• “Hoe-Down” from “Rodeo” – Aaron Copland
• “Viennese Spirit” waltz – Johann Strauss (Jr.)

Watch Great Performances: Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2019 Friday August

A collection of interviews, photos, and music videos, featuring local musicians who have stopped by the WITF performance studio to share a little discussion and sound. Produced by WITF’s Joe Ulrich.

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