We kick off our 2021 season with the WCO's annual Independence Day celebration, featuring John Williams and the 1812 Overture. Guest soloist, Antonio Wu, pianist, our Young Artist Concerto Competition 2020 Winner, will be performing Capriccio Brillant by Mendelssohn, who was himself barely a teenager when he wrote this movement work for piano and orchestra.
John Williams’ Summon the Heroes is a tribute to triumph over adversity. This year marks its 25th anniversary as the theme music to the 1996 Olympic Games held in Atlanta. A celebration of Broadway with the music of George Gershwin and Kurt Weill, this concert also honors our veterans with the Armed Forces Salute. To end the evening, the first of an extraordinary summer together, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture will resound around Breese Stevens Field.
This performance will also feature Antonio Wu, piano, winner of the 2020 WCO Young Artist Concerto Competition.
SMITH Star Spangled Banner
WILLIAMS Summon the Heroes
WEILL ARR. RUSSELL BENNETT Lady in the Dark – Symphonic Nocturne
MENDELSSOHN Capriccio Brillant Op. 22 B minor
GERSHWIN Girl Crazy Overture
CARL MICHAEL ZIEHRER The Star Spangled Banner March op.460
LOWDEN Armed Forces Salute
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
RUN TIME: 1 hour + 30 min
*Program subject to change
