The Syracuse Orchestra
Saturday, November 14 · 7:30 PM–9:30 PM
Put on something nice Saturday night and take out the person you’ve been saying good morning to for years.
Part of the program is about the two of you. Mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz sings Good Morning, Beauty, four songs by Jake Heggie with words by Taylor Mac about love after the honeymoon. They’re romantic and funny at the same time, which will make sense to anyone who’s been with someone a while.
For two hours your phones stay in your pockets, and nobody needs anything from either of you. You sit side by side while a full symphony orchestra plays in front of you.
The rest of the program has some fun in it. The orchestra opens with The Chairman Dances by John Adams, where Madame Mao crashes a state banquet and dances with Chairman Mao after he steps out of his own portrait.
After intermission, you’ll hear two pieces you’ve probably heard before without knowing their names. Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings is the slow, aching one from the movies. Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring ends with an old Shaker tune you’ll recognize within a few notes.
Austin Chanu, our new Music Director, conducts.
Book dinner downtown first and make a night of it.
Saturday, November 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Oncenter Crouse Hinds Theater
Tickets: https://syracuseorchestra.org/event/echoes-of-america/...
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