Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra 2025 Poland & Czech Republic Tour, July 20 Smetana Hall, Prague

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
Carter Simmons, Artistic & Music Director
Smetana Hall, Prague, July 20, 2025

The Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra performs a sweeping program that bridges continents and generations, from Dvořák’s exuberant Carnival Overture and Brahms/Schönberg Piano Quartet to Copland’s masterful Tender Land Suite. Chopin’s Polonaise in A Major, Respighi’s radiant Fountains of Rome, and Gershwin’s Overture to Funny Face are featured in this concert performance given to a wonderfully cosmopolitan audience from around the world.

The program concludes with the world premiere of RISE by MYSO alumnus Caleb Endres ‘24, a tribute to the visionary artists whose music continues to inspire the spirit of our homeland.

00:01:58 ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904), Carnival Overture, Op. 92

00:12:25 JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897) / Orch. Arnold Schönberg, Klavierquartett G-Moll, Op. 25, für Orchester | III. Andante

00:24:37 AARON COPLAND (1900-1990), The Tender Land Suite

00:45:15 FRÉDÉRIC FRANÇOIS CHOPIN (1810-1849)/Orch. Fitelberg Grzegorz, Polonaise in A Major, No. 1, Op. 40

00:51:43 OTTORINO RESPIGHI (1879-1936), Fountains of Rome

01:10:57 GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937), Overture to Funny Face (1927)

01:19:40 AMERICA'S COMPOSERS | Orch. Caleb Endres (b. 2004), RISE

01:38:00 DUKE ELLINGTON, Caravan

01:40:12 JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA, The Stars and Stripes Forever