Enjoy an evening of music under the stars when the Nashville Symphony comes to your local park! Each summer, the Orchestra performs a series of family-friendly concerts in communities throughout Middle Tennessee. Our program this June features American classics including Aaron Copland’s “Hoe Down” from Rodeo, Samuel Ward’s America the Beautiful, and Bob Lowden’s Armed Forces Salute; John Williams’ “Flight to Neverland” from the score of the movie Hook; “Kum Ba Yah” from Adolphus Hailstork’s Three Spirituals for Orchestra. The Orchestra will also perform excerpts from Georges Bizet’s Carmen; and a summertime favorite, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.  

Come early, pack a picnic, and celebrate the summer with a Nashville Symphony tradition, coming to a park near you. The best news of all? It’s priceless music–absolutely free. 

PROGRAM

Aaron Copland: “Hoe Down” from Rodeo

Aaron Copland: “Saturday Night Waltz” from Four Dance Episodes

Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op. 72 No. 2

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6

Rafael Hernandez/Gonzales: El Cumbanchero

Georges Bizet: Excerpts from Carmen
 Prelude and aragonaise
 Habenera
 Intermezzo
 Danse Boheme

John Williams: Flight to Neverland

Aldolphus Hailstork: “Kum Ba Yah” from Three Spirituals for Orchestra

Samuel Ward/arr. Alfred Reed: America the Beautiful

Bob Lowden: Armed Forces Salute

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture