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Four Dances from Westside Story [2024 Performance]
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The dances in this medley are Scherzo, Mambo, Cha-cha, and Cool (Fugue). It is our third piece based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
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Concert Band Community Band Nepean Ottawa Ontario
Nepean Concert Band (NCB) are Wednesday evenings, 7:30to 9:30 PM, at the Nepean Creative Arts Centre, 35 Stafford Road, Ottawa, Ontario. The NCB is always open to new members. The NCB is a provincially-registered non-profit organization and depends upon membership fees, concert revenue, and sponsorship from patrons in the public and private sectors, to pay for the necessities such as conductor's honorarium, rehearsal space rental, equipment maintenance and the purchase of quality concert band arrangements.
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Genre
Classical • Ensembles
Author
Leonard Berstein; arranged by Ian Polster
Uploaded
April 15, 2024
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MP3 8.7 MB • 128 kbps • 9:27
Story behind the song
West Side Story was Bernstein's greatest popular success. Characterized as an America Romeo and Juliet, the work is noted for its "extraordinary dance sequences, melodic characterization, musical continuity, cohesive plot construction, and excellent orchestration." With a romantic setting against a background of social and racial and ethnic strife, Bernstein's music reflects the countless emotions which permeate Stephen Sondheim's lyrics. From a basic mood of studied nonchalance and defiance by the juvenile set, the music at times becomes devout and tender or, in contrasting sections, dynamic in intensity. - Program Note from Program Notes for Band The dances in this medley are Scherzo, Mambo, Cha-cha, and Cool (Fugue).
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