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On Friday, October 26 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Stuart Malina leads The New York Pops in a program of unforgettable Hollywood classics with special guest artist Michael Feinstein. Together, Mr. Feinstein and the orchestra will celebrate the great songs of Hollywood and the great Tin Pan Alley writers with songs from The Band Wagon, Babes on Broadway, A Damsel in Distress, and Shall We Dance. Entitled That’s Entertainment: Hollywood’s Golden Era, the program also features Academy Award-winning composer Erich Korngold’s romantic Violin Concerto in D Major, with soloist Pip Clarke. Mr. Korngold pioneered the symphonic film score in pre-war Hollywood in such classics as Captain Blood, The Prince and the Pauper, and The Adventures of Robin Hood, for which he won an Academy Award.

The New York Pops returns to Carnegie Hall for five additional performances this season. On December 14 and 15, legendary Tonight Show bandleader Doc Severinsen conducts the orchestra and soprano Nicole Cabell in a festive program of holiday favorites. The 150-voice Fort Worth-TCU Symphonic Choir, under the direction of Ronald Shirey, also appears on the program. On January 25, Andrew Litton makes his debut with The New York Pops as conductor and pianist in an all-Gershwin program, entitled Gershwin: Great Moments from Porgy and Bess and Dayful of Song. Marvin Hamlisch returns to lead the orchestra on February 8 in a concert of swing-era favorites from the big bands of Miller, Dorsey, Goodman, and more. Music from Carmen Jones and Show Boat form the centerpiece of the performance on April 4, a tribute to theater legend Oscar Hammerstein II. David Charles Abell conducts the evening’s program, which will star Broadway’s Sutton Foster with special guests Rosena Hill and Aaron Lazar.

The New York Pops was founded by Skitch Henderson in 1983 to give New York a permanent professional symphonic pops orchestra that would create greater public awareness and appreciation of America’s rich musical heritage. The orchestra is now the largest independent symphonic pops orchestra in the United States—performing free concerts in New York City, and, through its extensive education program, allowing public schoolchildren the opportunity to participate in numerous concert and music-making experiences. The New York Pops’ recordings include a recently reissued CD of the orchestra’s 1983 debut performance as well as From Berlin to Bernstein, The New York Pops Goes to the Movies, Christmas in the Country, Magical Moments from Great Musicals, and With A Song in My Heart—the Music of Richard Rodgers with Maureen McGovern. For the third year in a row in the summer of 2007, the orchestra performed the musical accompaniment to the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular, seen by more than 10 million television viewers nationwide on NBC. The New York Pops has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Program Information
Friday, October 26 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
THE NEW YORK POPS
Stuart Malina, Conductor and Piano
Michael Feinstein, Guest Artist
Pip Clarke, Violin

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT: HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN ERA

Program to include:
JOHN STAFFORD SMITH "The Star-Spangled Banner"
GEORGE ENESCU Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A Major, Op. 11
ALFRED NEWMAN "Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare"
RÓZSA "Fanfare and Prelude" from Ben-Hur
Max Steiner "Main Theme" from Gone With the Wind (arr. Skitch Henderson)
ERICH KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
ARTHUR SCHWARTZ / HOWARD DIETZ "That's Entertainment" from The Band Wagon (arr. Ian Bernard)
NACIO HERB BROWN / ARTHUR FREED "Singin' in the Rain" (arr. Ian Bernard)
BURTON LANE / RALPH FREED "How About You?" from Babes on Broadway (arr. Johnny Mandel)
RICHARD WHITING / JOHNNY MERCER / STAN FREEMAN "Horray for Hollywood" from Hollywood Hotel(arr. Larry Wilcox)
JEROME KERN / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" from High, Wide, and Handsome (arr. Alan Broadbent)
HAROLD ARLEN / TED KOEHLER "Stormy Weather" (arr. Alan Broadbent)
GEORGE GERSHWIN / IRA GERSHWIN "Nice Work If You Can Get It" from A Damsel in Distress (arr. Larry Blank)
HARRY WARREN / AL DUBIN "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 (arr. Ian Finkel / John Oddo)
GEORGE GERSHWIN / IRA GERSHWIN "They Can't Take That Away from Me" from Shall We Dance (arr. Conrad Salinger, reconstructed by Christopher Palmer / Jeff Atmajian)

Sponsored by Smith Barney
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Friday, December 14 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 15 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
THE NEW YORK POPS
Doc Severinsen, Conductor
Nicole Cabell, Soprano
Fort Worth-TCU Symphonic Choir
Ronald Shirey, Director

A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

Sponsored by Smith Barney
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Friday, January 25, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
THE NEW YORK POPS
Andrew Litton, Conductor and Pianist
Morenike Fadayomi (Bess/Clara)
Howard Haskin (Sportin' Life)
Kevin Short (Porgy)
Angela Simpson (Serena)
Dallas Symphony Chorus
David Davidson, Director

GERSHWIN: GREAT MOMENTS FROM PORGY AND BESS AND DAYFUL OF SONG

Sponsored by KPMG LLP
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Friday, February 8, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
THE NEW YORK POPS
Marvin Hamlisch, Conductor and Pianist

SWINGIN' WITH MARVIN

This performance is sponsored by Lehman Brothers.
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Friday, April 4, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
THE NEW YORK POPS
David Charles Abell, Conductor
Starring Sutton Foster
With Rosena Hill and Aaron Lazar

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II: THE SONG IS YOU

Sponsored by Aon
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