Highlights from the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’s May 13, 2012 concert recorded at Symphony Center in downtown Chicago, including two world-premieres.
Program:
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Má vlast
i. Vltava (The Moldau)
Performed by CYSO’s Concert Orchestra
Terrance Malone Gray, conductor
Jonathan Newman (b. 1972)
Blow It Up, Start Again
World Premiere
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra
Allen Tinkham, conductor
Joel Pucket (b. 1977)
Concerto Duo for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra
i. The Great American Scream Machine (The Tallest Wooden Roller Coaster in the World) (for Roya)
ii. Mama Dee’s Song for Joel (for little A)
iii. for Audrey
World Premiere
Demarre McGill, flute
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Allen Tinkham, conductor
This concert also featured Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony, which we will broadcast this fall.