ZIBIN ZHOU, HARPIST

Program & Artists

Williams Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

James Bagwell conductor

John Williams’ Grammy Award-winning score performed live to the film.

Celebrating its 45th anniversary, originally released in 1981 as a collaboration between George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Raiders redefined the possibilities of adventure cinema and launched actor Harrison Ford to legendary status. Indiana Jones is the classic hero in this adventure set in the 1930s which follows the quick-witted and determined archaeologist as he hunts for the Lost Ark of the Covenant. Often facing insurmountable odds, Indy always manages to succeed in the nick of time, joined by endearing companions and opposed by notorious villains.

With an impressive team of supporting actors including Karen Allen, John-Rhys Davies, Denholm Elliott, and Paul Freeman, combined with innovative special effects techniques by Industrial Light & Magic, Raiders has captured the spirits of movie-goers for generations and continues to inspire adventures yet to come.

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark in Concert performed under license by Disney Concerts. Disney Concerts under license from Lucasfilm Ltd and Paramount Pictures.

Program & Artists Louis Gruenberg Jazz Suite (First NY performance since 1930) Ignatz Waghalter Violin Concerto U.S. PREMIERE Lazare Saminsky Vigilae, Triad of Poems NY PREMIERE Ernst Toch Comedy for Orchestra in One Movement (First NY performance since 1928) Gershwin An American in Paris

Leon Botstein conductor Mira Wang violin

This program compares the musical styles of five Jewish composers—many of whom were Eastern European émigrés to the U.S.—writing during the explosive rise of the Jazz Age in the early 20th century. Written pre-WWI, Ignatz Waghalter’s expressive Violin Concerto exemplifies the European style before jazz took hold, while Lazare Saminsky, who was critical of the new musical form, gave us the vividly mystical triad Vigiliae. Written at the height of the Roaring Twenties in Germany, Ernst Toch’s Comedy for Orchestra in One Movement incorporates a vibrant and witty rhythmic pulse that represents the impact jazz had on the European avant-garde. Louis Gruenberg’s 1925 Jazz Suite demonstrates the marriage of jazz with the traditional classical form, which reached its pinnacle with An American in Paris by George Gershwin, an American capturing the energy of Europe through a thoroughly jazz-colored lens.

Program & Artists Louis Gruenberg Jazz Suite (First NYC performance since 1930) Ignatz Waghalter Violin Concerto NYC PREMIERE Lazare Saminsky Vigilae, Triad of Poems NYC PREMIERE Ernst Toch Comedy for Orchestra in One Movement (First NYC performance since 1928) Gershwin An American in Paris

Leon Botstein,conductor Mira Wang, violin