A homage to Musical
Parklife: Musical in the Park
Sat. 26 August 2017 19:30
STAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION CULTURAL CENTER
Great Lawn
Back to the city with a unique concert by the Athens State Orchestra: Favorite melodies from popular musicals will pour out of Stavros Niarchos Park! Excerpts from West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, South Pacific and Girl Crazy by composers including Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin and Andrew Lloyd Webber will enchant young and old in a concert you can enjoy lying down on the grass.
The Orchestra will be directed by the distinguished conductor Vladimiros Symeonidis, featuring the young and gifted Vassia Zacharopoulou and Spyros Klissas in covers of classics, such as The Music of the Night and I Could Have Danced All Night.
Visitors are advised to bring with them mosquito repellent and a mat, blanket, or other similar item for sitting on the ground.
Event Programme
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
(1918-1990)
Excerpts from 'West Side Story'
GEORGE GERSHWIN
(1898-1937)
'I Got Rhythm', from the Musical 'Girl Crazy'
'Gershwin in Hollywood', excerpts from Gershwin's scores
S’ Wonderful
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
(b.1948)
'The Music of the Night' from 'The Phantom of the Opera'
FREDERICK LOEWE
(1901-1988)
Excerpts from 'My Fair Lady'
JOHN KANDER
(b.1927)
Excerpts from the Musical 'Chicago'
RICHARD RODGERS
(1902-1979)
'Some Enchanted Evening', from the Musical 'South Pacific'
Event Programme
Featuring
CONDUCTOR
Vladimiros Symeonidis
SOLOISTS
Vasia Zacharopoulou, soprano
Spyros Klissas, baritone
