The Cleveland Orchestra Robert Porco, conductor Angela Brown, soprano – Blossom Festival debut Rodrick Dixon, tenor – Cleveland Orchestra debut Lester Lynch, baritone – Cleveland Orchestra debut Blossom Festival Chorus Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Copland: Old American Songs (for Chorus and Orchestra) Gershwin: Excerpts from Porgy and Bess
Highlights will include, “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” and the legendary “Summertime” from Gershwin’s opera, Porgy and Bess. Plus Copland’s arrangements “Simple Gifts” and “At the River,” from Old American Songs.