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Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story, "Mambo"

Grant Park Orchestra/Thomas Wilkins, July 30, 2016

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Jacques Offenbach: La vie Parisienne excerpts

Grant Park Orchestra/Thomas Wilkins

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Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture

Grant Park Orchestra/Thomas Wilkins, July 30, 2016

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Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah, Bacchanale

Hear the salacious party music from Saint-Saëns' retelling of the tale of the biblical hero and his femme fatale. Grant Park Orchestra/Thomas Wilkins, July 30, 2016

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Arturo Márquez: Danzón No. 2

Grant Park Orchestra/Thomas Wilkins, July 30, 2016

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Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian

Hear Mendelssohn's vivacious musical postcard played by the Grant Park Orchestra under guest conductor Thomas Wilkins. Performed in the Harris Theater, July 30, 2016

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Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, VII. Doppio movimento

Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar leads the Grant Park Orchestra in music from Copland's Pulitzer Prize-winning ballet. Buy the recording.

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Ned Rorem: "Before the Morning Star Begotten"

This American gem recalls the sound of the traditional Appalachian hymnal The Sacred Harp. Grant Park Chorus/Christopher Bell. Buy the recording.

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Bohuslav Martinů: Violin Concerto No. 2, III. Poco allegro

Jennifer Koh, violin; Grant Park Orchestra/Carlos Kalmar, July 1 & 2, 2005. Buy the recording.

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