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Street Scenes

Concert sequence from Street Scene devised by Lys Symonette and Kim Kowalke for five vocal soloists, optional mixed chorus, and orchestra.

Work Details

Duration

65 minutes

First Performance

9 March 2000, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Slatkin, cond.
12 March 2000, Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster, cond.

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  • Introduction
  • Blues ("Marble and a Star")
  • Scene and Aria ("Somehow I Never Could Believe")
  • Arioso ("Lonely House")
  • Scene and Song ("Wouldn't You Like to Be on Broadway?")
  • Cavatina and Scene ("What Good Would the Moon Be?")
  • Aria ("Let Things Be Like They Always Was")
  • Duet ("Remember that I Care")
  • Finaletto
  • Introduction
  • Trio ("There'll Be Trouble")
  • Lament ("Now Love and Death")
  • Finale ("I Loved Her, Too")

  • Instrumentation

    • Lyric soprano
    • Dramatic soprano
    • Lyric tenor
    • Broadway baritone
    • Bass-baritone
    • Optional mixed chorus
    • Flute (picc)
    • Oboe
    • 3 Clarinets (bcl)
    • Bassoon
    • 2 French horns
    • 2 Trumpets
    • 2 Trombones
    • Harp
    • Piano (celesta)
    • Timpani & percussion
    • Strings

  • Street Scene 1947

    American Opera in two acts. Book by Elmer Rice, based on his play of the same name. Lyrics by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice.

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