Two superstars LIVE! Join cellist Yo-Yo Ma and clarinetist/composer Paquito D’Rivera in the world premiere of D’Rivera’s The Journey. This inspired evening also includes the NSO performing works by Paquito D’Rivera, George Gershwin, Arturo Márquez, and a grand finale with Leonard Bernstein’s visionary and ever-popular Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.
Yo-Yo Ma
Paquito D'Rivera
National Symphony Orchestra
José Luis Gomez, conductor
PAQUITO D’RIVERA
The Elephant and the Clown
PAQUITO D’RIVERA
The Journey
World Premiere
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet
Cathy Yang, erhu
Samuel Torres, percussion; Alex Brown, piano
Co-commissioned by Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and the National Symphony Orchestra
INTERMISSION
GERSHWIN
Cuban Overture
ARTURO MÁRQUEZ
Danzon No. 2
BERNSTEIN
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
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