Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Three-Quarter Time

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Serenade for Strings in C major Op. 48
Clara Schumann — Caprices en forme de Valse
Johannes Brahms — Liebeslieder Waltzes Op. 52
Dmitri Shostakovich — Waltz No. 2
Claude Debussy — La plus que lente
Camille Saint-Saëns — Wedding Cake Op. 76
Ulysses Kay — Six Dances for the String Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev — Cinderella's Departure from the Ball from "Cinderella"

Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Jonathan Rush, conductor
Lura Johnson, piano

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings, Mvt. II
Clara Schumann – Caprices en forme de Valse, Mvt. II, III, and VI (arr. Hersh)
Johannes Brahms – Liebeslieder Waltzes, Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, and 11 (arr. Hermann)
Dmitri Shostakovich – Waltz No. 2 (arr. Lavender)
Claude Debussy – La plus que lente
Camille Saint-Saëns – Valse-Caprice for Piano and String Orchestra, “Wedding Cake”
Ulysses Kay – Six Dances for String Orchestra, Mvt. II
Sergei Prokofiev – “Cinderella’s Departure from the Ball” from Cinderella (arr. Naughtin)

From Debussy's jazzy La plus que lente to the melodically inventive dances by Ulysses Kay, composers have continuously found ways to put their own spin on the waltz. Discover the incredible variety in these amazing orchestral dances in three-quarter time as the BSO performs pieces by Brahms, Clara Schumann, Saint-Saëns, and more.

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