Concert tonight
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The Emporia Municipal Band opens its 2009 season at 8 p.m. tonight in Fremont Park, Fourth Avenue and Union Street.
• “Star Spangled Banner,” by Francis Scott Key, arr. by Sousa
• March: “National Emblem” by E. E. Bagley
• “Novena” (Rhapsody for band) by James Swearingen
• “Yorkshire Ballad” by James Barnes
• Selections from “West Side Story” by Leonard Bernstein, arr. by W.J. Duthoit
• Hymn tune: “I Love to Tell the Story” by William Fischer
• Children’s march: “The Crosley March” by Henry Fillmore
• Sing-along: “This Land Is Your Land” by Woodie Guthrie
• “Declaration Overture” by Claude T. Smith
• “The ‘Little’ Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin, arr. by Frank Campbell-Watson
• “The Entertainer” by Scott Joplin, arr. by Arthur Frackenpohl
• March: “The The Fairest of the Fair” by John Philip Sousa
• “Home on the Range”, by Dan Kelly, arranged by James Barnes
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spectator (anonymous) says...
Beautiful evening and great music. And only two trains during the performance. Wonderful.
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