Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra presents NEW! POPS SPECIAL: ORCHESTRA COMIQUE!

Wesley Schulz, Music Director & Conductor

The EDGE Improv

Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra

Pianist Benjamin Salman, BSO's 2013 Young Artist Competition 2nd Place Winner 

Performances: April 20 & 21, 2013; Saturday @ 7:30 p.m. & Sunday @ 3:00 p.m.

THE PROGRAM
MOZART – Overture to Don Giovanni
ROSSINI – Il signor Bruschino: Overture
BEETHOVEN – Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor" Allegro
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – English Folk Song Suite
BLOCH – Concerto Grosso No. 1
NIELSEN – Maskarade: Dance of the Cocks
BERNSTEIN – Make Our Garden Grow
STRAUSS JR. – Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
HAYMAN – Pops Hoe-down
CHABRIER – Fete polonaise

The Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra is excited to team up with The EDGE Improv group in an evening of hilarity and musical entertainment! Be prepared to laugh out loud as Maestro Schulz leads the orchestra through a potpourri of comedic orchestral music and The EDGE joins in with their delectable commentary. Also joining BSO on the program is the Bainbridge Island Youth Symphony Senior Orchestra in a side-by-side performance. Pianist Benjamin Salman, 2nd place winner of the BSO's 2013 Young Artist Competition, will play the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor." Come laugh the night away with us in this unique performance!

Please join us in thanking our generous Corporate Sponsor Kitsap Bank; BSO is also supported, in part, by Bainbridge Island Parks Foundation, Fletcher Bay Foundation, and Kitsap Community Foundation.