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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Performs at Symphony Center

January 30, 2016, 11:00 am

On Saturday’s broadcast, we present the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’s (CYSO) performance at Symphony Center from their November 22, 2015 concert. Highlights include works by Bernstein, Arutiunian, and Prokofiev.

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Tuning Up, by Edgard Varèse (orchestrated by Chou Wen-Chung)
Three Dance Variations from Fancy Free, by Leonard Bernstein
I. Galop
II. Waltz
III. Danzon
Trumpet Concerto, by Aleksandr Grigori Arutiunian
James Vaughen, trumpet, CYSO Concerto Competition Winer
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100, by Sergei Prokofiev
IV. Allegro giocoso

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Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra Performs at Symphony Center