April 23rd Santa Cecilia Brass Ensemble performs "West Side Story" by an American composer Leonard Bernstein at the Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia. Maestro Antonio Pappano will not only conduct the concert, but also join the ensemble of horns, trumpets and trombones and sit at the piano. "West Side Story" is the musical based on Arthur Brooke's poem The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet; this story of love and rivalry is therefore well familiar to the audience. Enjoy the strong suite as arranged for brass by Eric Crees, the first trombone of the Royal Covent Garden Opera, who has also done numerous other transcriptions for brass ensemble. The program is completed with music by Schumann and Tomasi.
2008.04.23