Concert #3 “A Night at the Opera”

Featuring operatic highlights from Carmen, Aida, and Nabucco. Joining us will be our Orchestra in the Schools students and Junior Youth Orchestra’s Concerto Competition Winner, Ella Mikus. YMMC’s own Executive Director Daniel Fung and guest artist Yu Rochelle Yuan will close the program with Saint-Saëns’ delightful Carnival of the Animals!

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) arr. Sandra Dackow: Overture to Nabucco

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) arr. Todd Parrish: A Can-Can Festival

John Williams (b. 1932) arr. Michael Story: Selections from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): Violin Concerto in G Major, Hob.VIIa:4

III. Allegro

Ella Rose Mikus, violin

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) arr. Merle Isaac: Grand March from Aida

——Intermission——

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): The Carnival of the Animals

I. Introduction et marche royale du lion (Introduction and Royal March of the Lion)

II. Poules et coqs (Hens and Roosters)

III. Hémiones (animaux véloces) (Wild Donkeys [Swift Animals])

IV. Tortues (Tortoises)

V. L’Éléphant (The Elephant)

VI. Kangourous (Kangaroos)

VII. Aquarium

VIII. Personnages à longues oreilles (Characters with Long Ears)

IX. Le Coucou au fond des bois (The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods)

X. Volière (Aviary)

XI. Pianistes (Pianists)

XII. Fossiles (Fossils)

XIII. Le cygne (The Swan)

XIV. Final (Finale)

Dr. Daniel Fung, piano

Yu Rochelle Yuan, piano

Georges Bizet (1838-1875): Carmen Suite No. 1

Prélude

Aragonaise

Intermezzo

Séguedille

Les Dragons d’Alcala

Les Toréadors