National Symphony Orchestra: Season Opening Ball Concert

Leonard Slatkin launches the NSO's 75th anniversary season with Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Emanuel Ax in Beethoven's "Triple" Concerto.

• Sep 24, 2005 at 7:00 PM
• Concert Hall
• 1 hour, 45 minutes
• $47.00 - $83.00

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About the Program

Artists:

• Leonard Slatkin, conductor
• Itzhak Perlman , violin
• Yo-Yo Ma , cello
• Emanuel Ax , piano
• Alma Powell , narrator
• Colin Powell , narrator

This spectacular concert tradition and grand finale of the Prelude Festival officially launches the NSO 75th Anniversary Season with a thrilling program of classics, including Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, and Emanuel Ax in Beethoven's "Triple" Concerto.
Program:

SMITH/MATHES - The Star Spangled Banner
	of this arrangement
WEBER - Overture to Der Freischütz
BEETHOVEN - Concerto in C major for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra, Op. 56
SIERRA - Fandangos
COPLAND - A Lincoln Portrait
RAVEL - Suite No. 2 from the ballet Daphnis et Chloé

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Additional Resources

About the Kennedy Center NSO Classical Concerts Series

About the Kennedy Center Prelude Series

The NSO Season Opening Ball
Individual tickets the NSO Opening Ball Concert have sold out, but tickets are still available as a part of the NSO BALL package. learn more

From the Gift Shop

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  CD-Turnage: Fractured Lines conducted by Slatkin (MUSIC)
  Price: $20.00

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