NSO Annual Labor Day Concert
Sunday, September 1, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
U.S. Capitol Building – West Lawn,
Washington,
DC,
United States
Free
- Christylez Bacon, beat-boxing & rapping
- Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
John Stafford Smith
—
The Star-Spangled Banner
(arr. Enrico Lopez-Yañez)
Peter Boyer — Festivities
Robert Russell Bennett / George Gershwin — Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Duke Ellington / Morton Gould — Solitude
Duke Ellington — Selected works (arr. Kessler; "An Ellington Sampler")
Erich Wolfgang Korngold — The Sea Hawk (Main Title, "Reunion," Finale)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Overture to Le nozze di Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro"), K. 492
Aram Khachaturian — "Sabre Dance" from Gayane
Van McCoy — The Hustle (arr. Enrico Lopez-Yañez)
Sonia Ivette Morales-Matos — Tropical Overture
Sverre Indris Joner — Cuban Sugar ("Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker)
Evan Meier — Migrations in Rhythm: A Concerto for Beatbox and Rhyme (excerpt; feat. Christylez Bacon)
Christylez Bacon — Mambo Sauce
John Philip Sousa — The Stars and Stripes Forever
Peter Boyer — Festivities
Robert Russell Bennett / George Gershwin — Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Duke Ellington / Morton Gould — Solitude
Duke Ellington — Selected works (arr. Kessler; "An Ellington Sampler")
Erich Wolfgang Korngold — The Sea Hawk (Main Title, "Reunion," Finale)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Overture to Le nozze di Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro"), K. 492
Aram Khachaturian — "Sabre Dance" from Gayane
Van McCoy — The Hustle (arr. Enrico Lopez-Yañez)
Sonia Ivette Morales-Matos — Tropical Overture
Sverre Indris Joner — Cuban Sugar ("Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker)
Evan Meier — Migrations in Rhythm: A Concerto for Beatbox and Rhyme (excerpt; feat. Christylez Bacon)
Christylez Bacon — Mambo Sauce
John Philip Sousa — The Stars and Stripes Forever
The National Symphony Orchestra's FREE annual Labor Day weekend concert returns to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol! This year, the NSO performs classics by Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, John Philip Sousa, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and more led by charismatic conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez and featuring Grammy–nominated rapper/beatboxer Christylez Bacon. A must-see celebration!