AMERICAN BROADWAY SONGBOOK
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Karen Slack, soprano - Issachah Savage, tenorLuisi leads the Orchestra in a program celebrating Broadway classics from the American canon, including favorites from Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Ellington, and more, performed by soprano Karen Slack and tenor Issachah Savage.
LAWN SCREEN: Bravo! Vail is pleased to offer the lawn screen experience this evening's concert.
Did you know?
Songs written for the Broadway stage are essential parts of America’s musical heritage, but this concert also includes orchestral works of the 1930s and ’40s envisaged for concert presentation by African-American composers Duke Ellington, William Dawson, and James P. Johnson.
Program Highlights
- Fabio Luisi, conductor
- Karen Slack, soprano
- Issachah Savage, tenor
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” from Oklahoma
GERSHWIN “My Man's Gone Now” from Porgy and Bess
ORNADEL “If I Ruled the World” from Pickwick
GERSHWIN “The Man I Love” from Strike Up The Band
ELLINGTON Don't Get Around Much Anymore
GERSHWIN “It Ain't Necessarily So” from Porgy and Bess
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN “People Will Say We're in Love” from Oklahoma
STYNE Overture to Gypsy
DAWSON Movement II (Hope in the Night) from Negro Folk Symphony
JOHNSON Drums – A Symphonic Poem