Oh New York, New York
By Dominique Williams – East Anchorage High School
The Anchorage Symphony Finale: NY, NY featured on Saturday April 17, 2010. The night paid tribute to the beautiful city and featured the amazing Harlem Quartet.
The night started out with Mozart’s “Don Giovanni: Overture.” This piece was performed clean and showed just how dynamic ASO can be. The next piece was, “Delights and Dances for String Quartet and String Orchestra,” by Michael Ables. This was the first piece with the quartet. This song had a groove to it and showed the quartet’s chemistry as well as the orchestra’s great dynamics and smooth transitions. Following this was “Concerto for String Quartet and String Orchestra (The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow),” by Jon Deak. This piece’s narration was by Harlem Quartet’s Cellist, Desmond Neysmith. This added a fun touch to the very intricate selection. After this was the Harlem Quartet’s last piece “Take the A-Train,” by Duke Ellington. This selection was fun, playful, and jazzy. By intermission there were four standing ovations.
Post intermission the Orchestra recommenced with a bang. “Festival Coronation March,” by Tchaikovsky was the most fortified piece of the night. Following this was “Symphonic Dances From West Side Story,” by Bernstein. This was a fun ending to a great season. This piece told a story and had beautiful transition in the story line. This dynamic piece brought the final standing ovation to a great night of music.
Season Finale: New York NY!
Anchorage Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, April 17, 2010 @ 8:00pm
Atwood Concert Hall
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