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National Symphony Orchestra Labor Day on the Capitol ()

National Symphony Orchestra: Labor Day Concert

FREE - no tickets required! NSO Associate Conductor Emil de Cou leads this annual NSO tradition on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

This event is NOT taking place at the Kennedy Center

  • Sun., Aug. 31, 2008, 8:00 PM
  • US Capitol Building - West Lawn
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National Symphony Orchestra Capitol Concert
Annual Labor Day Concert
West Lawn, U.S. Capitol
Sunday, August 31, 2008, 8 p.m.

Emil de Cou Conductor 
Vocalists TBA

Free, no tickets required

The Kennedy Center's Prelude celebration begins on a high note with this free annual Labor Day
concert led by NSO Associate Conductor Emil de Cou.   Program to be announced.

This concert is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National
Park Service, National Capital Region. 

Gates open to the public at 3:20 p.m.

In case of inclement weather: The concert will be moved to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
Please call the NSO Summer Concert Hotline at (202) 416-8113 after 2:30 p.m. to find out if
the performance has been moved. 

Program and Notes

SMITH
The Star Spangled Banner
ANDERSON
Belle of the Ball
ANDERSON
Sleigh Ride
ANDERSON
Fiddle Faddle
ANDERSON
The Penny-Whistle Song
ANDERSON
Bugler's Holiday
STALLING
Merrie Melodies
SCOTT
Powerhouse
TCHAIKOVSKY
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker
WAGNER/HUTSCHENRUYTER
"The Ride of the Valkyries" from  Die Walküre
WILLSON
"Seventy-six Trombones," from The Music Man
ELGAR
Military March No. 1 in D major from Pomp and Circumstance
PLANQUETTE
Le Regiment de Sambre et Muse
TCHAIKOVSKY
 Slavonic March
RODGERS
Symphonic Scenario from South Pacific
KORNGOLD
Overture to The Seahawk
WILLIAMS
Main Theme from Jaws
WILLIAMS
The Chamber of Secrets
WILLIAMS
March from Raiders of the Lost Ark
TRADITIONAL
Shenandoah
WARD
America the Beautiful
All events and artists subject to change without prior notice.

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