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They would often erupt in laughter and song, much to the chagrin and amusement of the attending nurses. In fact, Bernstein and Green worked on the musical together while they were both recuperating from surgery in the same hospital-Bernstein for a deviated septum and Green for a tonsillectomy. They enlisted the help of Bernstein’s young friends Betty Comden and Adolph Green to write the book and lyrics.
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Coming off the ballet’s success, Bernstein and Robbins decided to turn it into a full musical called On the Town. This jazzy ballet, Fancy Free, premiered in April 1944 and helped to catapult Bernstein’s compositional career. Not long after his conducting debut with the New York Philharmonic in November 1943, the 25-year-old Leonard Bernstein was approached by choreographer Jerome Robbins to write a ballet about sailors on leave in New York. Scored for: piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, two horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, piano and stringsįirst Grant Park Orchestra performance: June 19, 1993, Kenneth Jean, conductor THREE DANCE EPISODES FROM ON THE TOWN (1944) Fry Foundation.įriday’s concert is being broadcast live on 98.7WFMT and streamed live at. Special support for this concert is providedīy Colleen and Lloyd Fry and the Lloyd A. Major support for this concert is generously providedīy American Accents Series Sponsor AbelsonTaylorĪnd by William Blair, our 2021 Diverse American Voices Series Sponsor. Tempo molto moderato Allegro moderato - Presto Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, conductor Carlos Kalmar Artistic Director and Principal Conductor