On Tuesday, June 19 at 7:30 pm, WQXR kicks off a summer of outdoor events with a live broadcast from the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park. Join host Midge Woolsey and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra for a program of Rossini, Grieg, Bartok and Mozart.

The concert kicks off a new season of Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, a series that has provided New Yorkers with alfresco performances continuously since 1905.

Program:

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Overture: Il Signor Bruschino (1813)

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Holberg Suite, Opus 40 (1884)

Praeludium (Allegro vivace)
Sarabande (Andante)
Gavotte (Allegretto)
Air (Andante religioso)
Rigaudon (Allegro con brio)

INTERMISSION

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K 201 (1774)

Allegro moderato
Andante
Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
Allegro con spirito

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Romanian Folk Dances (1917)

I. Bot tánc / Jocul cu bâta (Stick Dance)
II. Brâul (Sash Dance)
III. Topogó / Pe loc (In One Spot)
IV. Bucsumí tánc / Buciumeana (Horn Dance)
V. Román polka / Poarga Româneasca (Romanian Polka)
VI. Aprózó / Maruntel (Fast Dance)
VII. Aprózó / Maruntel (Fast Dance)