Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra: Bernstein, Chihara, Chausson, Copland, & Rachmaninoff

Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras (SYSO) and Seattle Choral Company

Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)

Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States

$16-$54

Ernest Chausson — Poème Op. 25
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Symphony No. 2 in E minor Op. 27
Paul Chihara — The Tempest
Leonard Bernstein — Candide
Aaron Copland — The Tender Land

Mae Lin, violin
Alastair Willis, conductor
Anthony Elliot, conductor

Paul Chihara – Music from The Tempest
Ernest Chausson – Poème, Op. 25
Leonard Bernstein – “Make our Garden Grow” from Candide
Aaron Copland – “The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Featuring Maestro Alastair Willis at the podium, the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra opens its final concert of the season with music from Paul Chihara’s ballet suite The Tempest. The orchestra then welcomes Seattle Symphony violinist Mae Lin to perform Ernest Chausson’s Poéme, followed by two compositions featuring the Seattle Choral Company – Leonard Bernstein’s “Make our Garden Grow” from Candide and Aaron Copland’s “The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land. To complete the SYSO season, a combined orchestra of SYSO alumni and current SYSO students will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 under the baton of Maestro Anthony Elliot.