Concerts · Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Sunday, November 1, 2026 · 4:00 PM
Youth Orchestras Fall Concert
Fort Wayne Philharmonic · PFW Music Center · Fort Wayne, Indiana
Program
- Georges Bizet Toreador from CARMEN from Carmen: Toreador Song
- TRADITIONAL - Molihua (Jasmine Flower)
- Franz Joseph Haydn Finale from Symphony No. 12 from Symphony No. 12 in E major, Hob.I:12
- Reinhold Glière Russian Sailor's Dance from The Red Poppy from The Red Poppy, Op. 70
- Jerry Bock Symphonic Dances from Fiddler on the Roof
- XIAN XINGHAI - Yellow River Piano Concerto - Yellow River Boatman's Song, Ode to the Yellow River, Wrath of the Yellow River, Defend the Yellow River
Artists
- Troy Webdell Conductor
- Kenneth Xiaoling Jiang Soloist, Piano
Running time: about 38 min (estimate from the works' usual timings; not every piece has one)
Worth the drive: The Toreador Song is the swaggering entrance aria for the bullfighter Escamillo in Bizet's opera Carmen, a concert favorite for its strutting tune and singalong chorus refrain. More about Georges Bizet's Carmen: Toreador Song →
About this concert
The Fort Wayne Philharmonic's Youth Orchestras present a fall program spanning Bizet, Haydn, Gliere, and Bock, capped by Xian Xinghai's Yellow River Piano Concerto with soloist Kenneth Xiaoling Jiang.
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