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Mozart, Mahler, Beethoven, Copland

July 3, 2025, 10:00 pm

Shirley Verrett, 1975

Also featuring music by Barber, Shchedrin, and Bernstein.

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New York Philharmonic: Four Improvisations for Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620

Aaron Copland: Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp, & Piano
Stanley Drucker, clarinet

Gustav Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5

Samuel Barber: Second Essay for Orchestra

Rodion Shchedrin: Mischievous Folk Ditties

Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Alan Gilbert, conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven: Gloria from Mass in D, op. 123, “Missa solemnis”
Eileen Farrell, soprano; Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano; Jon Vickers, tenor; Donald Bell, baritone; Schola Cantorum, dir. Hugh Ross

Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man

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