July 11-12: Disney Fantasia Live in Concert at Wolf Trap

Friday, July 11 & Saturday, July 12
at 8:30 pm at the Filene Center

Ticket Price: $22-$55

Disney Fantasia Live in Concert

National Symphony Orchestra

Emil de Cou, conductor

TICKETS

JUL 11 | 8:30 pm

JUL 12 | 8:30 pm

Experience Disney magic on the big screen when the NSO casts an enchanting musical spell on sorcerer Mickey and other cherished animated characters from Fantasia (1940) and Fantasia 2000

REPERTOIRE

• BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
  Light battles dark in an abstract masterpiece from Fantasia 2000

• BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ("Pastoral")
  Pastoral Art Deco interpretation of mythological Greece

• TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a 
  Light hearted dance by flora, fauna, fairies, and an unforgettable mushroom

• DEBUSSY "Clair de Lune" from Suite bergamasque  (orch. Stokowski)
  Stunning depiction of two herons flying in the moonlight    

• STRAVINSKY: Firebird Suite (1919)
  A frightening Firebird seeks to destroy the forest home of a Spring Sprite and her companion elk

Intermission

• GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
  Jazz-inspired urban love paean to Gershwin

• DUKAS:  The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  Mickey Mouse's iconic animated masterpiece

• ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance
  Donald Duck stars as the patriarch in a retelling of Noah's Ark

• RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
  Mythical animation with flying humpback whales

• RIMSKY-KORSAKOV/FINA: "Flight of the Bumblebee" from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
  A colorful bee's fast and furious orchestral adventure

• PONCHIELLI: "Dance of the Hours" from La Gioconda
  Light-hearted classical dance with ostriches, hippos, elephants, and alligators

• SAINT-SAËNS: Finale from Le carnival des animaux
  A single heroic flamingo, armed with a yo-yo, humorously battles conformity

FEATURED PERFORMERS

• National Symphony Orchestra
• Emil de Cou is the music director of the Pacific Northwest Ballet. This is his 10^th season as the official conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap. "He's one of the few conductors trying to open new doors into classical music, either with video…or other new technologies aimed at younger audiences."—The Washington Post