Concerts · Elgin Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, May 2, 2027 · Time to be announced
An American in Paris
Elgin Symphony Orchestra · Hemmens Cultural Center · Elgin, Illinois
Program
- Leonard Bernstein Three Dance Episodes from On the Town from On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
- Juan Pablo Contreras Symphony No. 1
- John Adams The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
- George Gershwin An American in Paris
Artists
- Chad Goodman Conductor
Running time: about 43 min (estimate from the works' usual timings; not every piece has one)
Worth the drive: Gershwin's jazzy orchestral postcard from 1920s Paris, prized for its taxi horns, walking-bass swagger, and blues-drenched trumpet solo. More about George Gershwin's An American in Paris →
About this concert
Chad Goodman closes the season with Gershwin's An American in Paris, Bernstein's dances from On the Town, John Adams' The Chairman Dances, and a symphony by Juan Pablo Contreras.
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