Branford Marsalis with the Modesto Symphony Orchestra
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Performance
Saturday, October 5, 2024
7:00 pm / Gallo Center for the Arts
Tickets starting at $31
Prices include $3 Gallo Center for the Arts facility fee. For more information about our ticket prices, please visit our Ticketing Information Page.
About this Performance
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
The MSO kicks off their 94th season with acclaimed saxophonist Branford Marsalis! Marsalis will be featured on Milhaud’s Scaramouche and John William’s Escapades, a full symphonic work derived from the score of Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can. This one-night-only concert is one you won’t want to miss!
Program
Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche
John Williams: Escapades from Catch Me If You Can
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
⏲: ~101 minutes
(includes 20 min. intermission)
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1-Minute music notes:
Alexander Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances has been used widely in popular culture, including being adapted into the 1953 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Kismet and was featured in 2014 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies in Sochi.
Darius Milhaud’s Scaramouche features incidental music that he composed for two plays: Molière’s Le Médecin volant (The Flying Doctor)—where Scaramouche gets its name after the acting troupe named who performed the play, Theater Scaramouche—and Jules Supervielle’s opera, Bolivar.
John Williams’ 1960s jazz-inspired score for Catch Me If You Can was turned into the suite, Escapades, which he premiered as part of the 205th anniversary concert of the United States Marine Band in 2003 conducted by Williams himself.
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances was his only piece written in its entirety while living in the United States and is remarkable for its use of the alto saxophone as a solo instrument
Additional Notes:
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Groups of 10 or more save 15% off for this concert. Contact the Gallo Center Group Sales Manager at 209-338-5064 for more information.
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Starting October 2, 2024 : $20 Student Tickets are available by visiting the Gallo Center Ticket Office with a valid student ID. Students may purchase two $20 tickets per order. Prices include $3/ticket Gallo Center for the Arts facility fee.
