Offenbach
“Orpheus in the Underworld” Overture

Fauré
“Pelleas et Melisande” Suite

Walton
“Façade” Suites 1 & 2

Gershwin
An American in Paris

At the top of the concert several movements from William Walton’s orchestral suite based on his 1922 “Façade, an Entertainment,” settings of surreal poems by Edith Sitwell. Finally, George Gershwin’s inimitable ballet music “An American in Paris.” We may need to import real Rio taxi cabs!