Concert Information
From beloved favorites including Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 6 to the bursting energy of Leonard Bernstein’s Fancy Free and the danceable melodies of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, this program brings the excitement and beauty of ballet music into the concert hall. Dancers from the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group join the NJSO as the rich sounds of the Orchestra create a magical landscape for the imagination to dance.
JACQUES LACOMBE conductor
Dancers from the JOFFREY BALLET CONCERT GROUP (pictured)
SHAWN HOUNSELL choreographer
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Selections from:
STRAUSS JR. Emperor Waltzes
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade in C Major for Strings
BRAHMS Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 and 6
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV “Dance of the Tumblers”
KHACHATURIAN Masquerade Suite
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919)
BERNSTEIN Fancy Free