Name: Galveston Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks IV – Night On A River
Start: 2024-04-07T16:00:00
Location: The Grand 1894 Opera House

Julian Schwarz

Galveston Symphony Orchestra

The Grand 1894 Opera House

There’s trouble in River City when a fast-talking salesman gets his heart stolen by the town librarian. Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize – this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall. Featuring songs such as “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Trouble,” “‘Til There Was You,” “Pickalittle” and “Gary, Indiana,” The Music Man is a family-friendly story to be shared with every generation.

Meredith Willson’s THE MUSIC MAN

Cellist, Julian Schwarz, who made his concerto debut at age 11, has been performing at the top concert halls around the world. Here he performs Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto #1 (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich). The evening progresses with Delius’ evocative tone poem, Summer Night On The River, and Janacek’s late masterpiece, Sinfonietta … including its celebrated fanfare with NINE (9) trumpets!