Again on the Thursday before Labor Day weekend, Oregon Symphony, as well a few local music groups celebrated the end of summer at Waterfront Concert, together with Coast Guard (and their canons). Here's a link to my last year's blog. This time, I'm copying the program here, it resembles a lot like last year's.The Star Spangled Banner — John Stafford Smith (arr. Norman Leyden) Mars from The Planets — Gustav Holst Scherzo from Symphony No. 6 in D major — Antonin Dvorak Act I finale from L'Italiana in Algeri — Gioachino Rossini (with Portland Opera) "The Moldau" from Má vlast &mdash Bedrich Smetana Intermezzo from Carmen: Suite No. 1 — Georges Bizet Overture to La forza del destino — Giuseppe Verdi (with Metropolitan Youth Symphony)Audience includes 1 crying baby and many talkative adults. I still very much enjoyed the concert. I especially like the opera 6-tet. 1812 of course, with the real canon. A quarter rainbow to start. A fireworks to finish. Similar to last year: thin and lasted for a good 15 minutes.
Hooray for Hollywood — John Herndon Mercer (arr. John Williams) Bedroom Scene from Romeo and Juliet — Sergei Prokofiev (with Oregon Ballet Theatre) Presto from Symphony No. 28 in C major, K. 189k — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Colonel Bogey March — Kenneth Alford 1812, Overture solonelle — Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (with Portland Youth Philharmonic + Coast Guard)
