Long Beach Symphony presents Bernstein

Eckart Preu, Conductor Kala Ramnath, Violin Long Beach Ballet, Dancers STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite REENA ESMAIL Hindustani Violin concerto JOPLIN Treemonisha overture BERNSTEIN Fancy Free Long Beach Symphony, and this particular concert, are proud to be part of the CALIFORNIA FESTIVAL, A CELEBRATION OF NEW MUSIC. Dancing shoes are the order of the evening in this concert featuring music for the stage and guest appearances by members of the Long Beach Ballet. First, adorable but very naughty bad boy Pulcinella receives Igor Stravinsky’s lighthearted and picaresque orchestral treatment in this musical chronicle narrating our antihero’s narrow escapes whilst pursuing his affairs of the heart. And, be prepared for more effervescent toe-tapping with Leonard Berstein’s joyous Fancy Free, so well-known to audiences everywhere as the thematic inspiration to the classic musical On the Town, and Scott Joplin’s lesser-known but just as trippingly infectious Treemonisha overture. In line with the CA Festival Celebration of New Music, the program also features the fascinating Violin Concerto by multiple-award-winning Indian-American composer Reena Esmail, commissioned by Seattle Symphony and premiered in 2022. Long Beach Symphony welcomes renowned Hindustani violinist Kala Ramnath, for whom this piece was written, as soloist in this mesmerizing, rhythmically captivating tour-de-force for orchestra and Hindustani violin.