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New York City Ballet
Jewels
Wednesday, July 10 at 7:30pm
Experience the grand display of George Balanchine’s three-part masterpiece Jewels. Emeralds moves at Fauré’s mesmerizing pace, while Rubies races like lightning through Stravinsky’s jazz-inflected capriccio. With its symphonic Tschaikovsky score, Diamonds venerates the regality of Balanchine’s classical heritage.
Contemporary Choreography
Thursday, July 11 at 7:30pm
Modern voices showcase the future of the company including a new work by Amy Hall Garner, which is set to hold its world premiere as part of NYCB’s 2024 spring season; Gustave le Gray No. 1, a SPAC debut choreographed by Pam Tanowitz and set to the music of Caroline Shaw; Ulysses Dove’s dynamically charged, abstract work Red Angels, set to a riveting score for electric violin, and Justin Peck’s sneaker ballet The Times are Racing, an audience and critic favorite since its premiere in 2017.
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Angélique Kidjo with The Philadelphia Orchestra
Friday, August 2 at 7:30pm
Following her 2023 Saratoga Jazz Festival debut, five-time GRAMMY® award winner and African music icon Angélique Kidjo joins The Philadelphia Orchestra in an all-new program featuring a mix of popular African songs and original works.
Yannick Conducts An Alpine Symphony
Thursday, August 8 at 7:30pm
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Strauss’ An Alpine Symphony, the composer’s powerful and passionate ode to nature. The program opens with the SPAC Premiere of Robert Schumann’s Konzertstück for horns and orchestra. Wholly unique in its nature, the work showcases horns as the soloist in a wild and furious score designed to showcase the unparalleled virtuosity of the Fabulous Philadelphians.
Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony
Thursday, August 15 at 7:30pm
Dalia Stasevska leads the orchestra in a sensational program of orchestral masterpieces. Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra has become a fixture of the repertoire and serves as a showcase for the Fabolous Philadelphians. The work has a local connection having been composed in 1943 in Saranac Lake, NY. The evening closes with Dvořák’s joyous and triumphant Symphony No. 8, which has not been performed at SPAC in over a decade.