Who can remain seated when they hear the infectious rhythms of Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story? Who can resist the orchestral jazz of George Gershwin’s world-famous Rhapsody in Blue, particularly when Alain Altinoglu himself is conducting from behind the piano? And who knows of a better way to start the year than with a sparkling New Year’s Concert packed with musical surprises? Not the La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, who kick off 2020 with American brio!

Programme

• John Corigliano
  Promenade Overture (1981)
• Aaron Copland
  Ching-a-Ring Chaw, Simple Gifts, At the River, I Bought Me a Cat
• George Gershwin
  Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
• Leonard Bernstein
  Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (1957)