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coolNow Playing: Opening Season of Concerts in the Parks
On Monday, July 10th at 8 pm, the curtain went up on the New York Philharmonic's Concerts in the Parks. It was a beautiful evening which opened the season with the New York Philharmonic Brass.
They opened with Fanfare from La Peri and went right into the Earl of Oxford's March which is from 15th century Englands's tripping of the colors. Departing from there we moved south to France with a three movement piece called Dances from the Danserye.
Actually we ventured all around the world and on to Italy with the Sonata pian e forte, Debussy's "The Girls with the Flaxen Hair" and "Golliwogg's Cake-Walk" which is a light ballroom dance made famous by the Castles.
That was the bridge to the more modern Jazz pieces as well as popular music done with Music for Shea featuring, "Take me Out to the Ballgame" and Cohen's "Yankee Doodle Dandy". The concert wrapped with examples of New Orleans blues and Berstein's "America" from West Side Story.
The orchestra did a fabulous encore from John Phillips Sussa's Pensylvannia Ave. March and a few others. What a delightful evening event! A very ecclectic mix of some of the best music the orchestra has to feature the brass section. We plan to again attend the next performance of Westfield Symphony Orchestra and the New York City Opera when they perform on September 27th at PNC Arts Center. Highly recommended!
Classically yours,
Dr. Marie J. Miczak