Marine Park, Red Bank.
Outdoors Concert (Free).
Program (as announced from the stage)
National Anthem
Overture to West Side Story by Bernstein
Dance Song No. 2 by Arturo Marquez
Variations on a Shaker Melody by Copland
Ragtime Jazz by Florence Price
Huapanga by Jose Pablo Moncayo
Rodeo by Copland
Conga del Fuego Nuevo by Marquez
Medley by Duke Ellington
Tango/Jazz by Astor Piazzolla
Summertime from Porgy and Bess by Gershwin
American Salute by Morton Gould
Armed Services Salute
At the end of each season NJSO puts out several outdoor
free concerts, the one in Red Bank is most convenient for us.
The conductor Dominguez for this series of outdoor
concerts did the same chores last year (I wasn’t sure who it was when I wrote
the blog then.) He explained (in
somewhat accented English) that the concert would comprise of pieces from the
Americas, and announced the pieces before they were performed. I didn’t capture all the details, but the
list above was quite accurate. The
nature of the program was generally jazzier than what we heard last year.
For tonight the sound system was particularly tinny,
but we were not here for high fidelity music, so it was okay.
The crowd was pretty good-sized, comparable to last year’s.
The temperature was in the 70s, and there was a light breeze, making for a pleasant evening.
At intermission some friends came onto our boat. Anne stayed on the boat afterwards, so she
missed the second half.
A nice occasion, even though we were a bit rushed after
the Princeton opera. And the temperature
was moderate, not nearly as hot as last year.
There were no mockingbirds to mimic the melodies though.
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