San Francisco Symphony: MTT conducts Bernstein's West Side Story September 19, 2008

The music of Leonard Bernstein—energetic, rhythmically complex and harmonically innovative—takes center stage. Hear music from Bernstein's joyful and moving West Side Story as well as some of his most popular musicals and other pieces. The SFS and MTT are taking this show on the road to Carnegie Hall's season opening, but you can hear it here first.

Program:

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Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

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Scenes from A Quiet Place

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Meditation No. 1 from Mass

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Danzón from Fancy Free

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Songs from West Side Story, On the Town, Songfest, and Trouble in Tahiti

Official Website: http://sfsymphony.org/season/Event.aspx?eventid=26838