SCREEN AND STAGE 
CONCERT 1- OPENING NIGHT

Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM
WENTZ CONCERT HALL, Naperville

Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 3:00 PM 
AUDITORIUM THEATRE, Chicago

Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Laurin Talese, vocalist

Laura KARPMAN The Marvels Suite (condensed version)
Joe HISAISHI Kiki's Delivery Service
Selections with vocalist Laurin Talese (Sinfonietta debut)
Maury YESTON “My Husband Makes Movies” from Nine
Laurin TALESE / arr. Jim GRAY This Love
Leonard BERNSTEIN, music / Stephen SONDHEIM, lyrics “Somewhere” from West Side Story
Horacio FERNÁNDEZ Tumbao (Latin Suite for Orchestra) III. Reggaeton
Leonard BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Excitement, thrills and emotions of global proportions! Chicago Sinfonietta’s 37th season opens with a deep dive into the future of classical music via pop culture works that speak to the youth of today and yesteryear. Originality, the merging of different culture’s musical traditions, and the power of females highlight Laura Karpman’s The Marvels Suite (condensed version) from the blockbuster movie The Marvels. Travel to Japan where composer Joe Hisaishi’s Kiki’s Delivery Service explores a risk-taking heroine, a globally popular piece for over 40 years! Guest Vocalist Laurin Talese adds another chapter with three romantic works of very different colors and eras: one from Broadway’s Nine; Talese’s own modern-day composition and one from Leonard Bernstein’s iconic West Side Story. The next page takes us to Mexico, where 20-something Horacio Fernández gives us a glimpse of his childhood and the influence of Latin Dance music with the third movement from his Tumbao. The evening's final work brings us back to the US, with a timeless musical commentary on belonging, acceptance and love with Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story.