SYSO Four-Orchestra Concert

Antonín Dvořák — Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 "Jupiter"
Johann Sebastian Bach — Courante
Camille Saint-Saëns — "Danse Bacchanale" from Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Camille Saint-Saëns — Samson et Dalila ("Samson and Delilah"), Op. 47
Paul Creston — Airborne Suite
Paul Creston — Night in Mexico
Ottorino Respighi — Pini di Roma ("The Pines of Rome")
Ottorino Respighi — Pines of the Appian Way

Symphonette Orchestra
Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter" (1st mvt.)
Bach – Courante
Saint-Saëns – "Bacchanale" from Samson and Delilah

Debut Orchestra
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (Finale: Allegro)
Creston – Airborne Suite: "Night in Mexico"
Ottorino Respighi – Pines of Rome: "Pines of the Appian Way"

Junior Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17

Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

The Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra season continues with a gala event that includes the top-level Youth Symphony performing with all three levels of the training orchestras: Symphonette, Debut, and Junior Orchestras.

The program showcases the full breadth of the Youth Symphony "family" with all four of its orchestras performing, from musicians as young as 7 years old to high school and college-level performers in the top-tier Youth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Music Director Stephen Rogers Radcliffe.

At this concert, the orchestras perform masterworks from the classical cannon, with a special highlight being the Youth Symphony Orchestra's culminating performance of Antonin Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 with all its complexity and remarkable thematic variety.

The cheerful and optimistic tone of the piece is the perfect way to cap this celebration of next-generation high caliber musicianship.

The other three training orchestras perform repertoire that represents the range of symphonic music and showcases their levels of youthful virtuosity.

About Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras (SYSO)

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