Evento

Patriotic Portrait: A Musical Feast of American & Italian Fare

The Richmond County Orchestra (RCO), under the direction of Maestro Alan Aurelia, presents: PATRIOTIC PORTRAIT, a musical feast and Italian fare Sunday, June 24 at 3 p.m. on the Staten Island Campus of St. Johns University. Show includes a full orchestral patriotic favorites such as the Stars and Stripes Forever and My Shot from Hamiltonand infused with Italian romantic and familiar songs including O soave fanciulla from La Boheme and many more. Performers includeIris Karlin, Riad Ymeri, and special guest appearances and performances by the Brighton Heights Reformed Church Youth Orchestra and the Vietnam Veterans of America Thomas J. Tori Chapter 421.

This performance is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a re-grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and is administered by Staten Island Arts as well as the Italian Cultural Center at St Johns University, the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Staten Island Borough President James Oddo.

Program includes:

La Forza Del Destino Overture ....G Verdi
Intermezzo Cavaleria Rusticna.....P Mascagni
Bolero from Vespri Siciliani......... G. Verdi
O mio Babbino Caro...... G Puccini
Nessun Dorma from Turandot......... G. Puccini
O Soave Fanciulla from La Boheme........... G Puccini
Our Armed Forces ...Arranged by TSgt. Jason (Marc) Oliver USAF (ret.)
Over the Rainbow .....performed by Iris Karlin
Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha performed by Riad Ymeri,
and RCO and Brighton Heights Reformed Church Youth Orchestra
Yvette Washington Wheatly Music Director /Conductor
Pink Panther........... H. Mancini
My Shot from Hamilton
Stars and Stripes............J.P Sousa