Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
8:00 pm
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Orpheum Theatre
Vancouver, Canada
Bramwell Tovey, conductor; Tracy Dahl, soprano
Based on a book by Arthur Laurents, in turn inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, West Side Story is a timeless tale of love and tragedy, famously set to exciting music by Leonard Bernstein. Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 is uniquely beautiful in his symphonic output, built around a song written about a child’s vision of Heaven.