

Leonard Bernstein composed and orchestrated his overture to Candide, injecting jazz rhythms while balancing lyricism with urbane sentiments to conjure a resplendent, colorful world on Broadway. Now a classic of Spanish guitar music, Joaquín Rodrigo’s modern masterpiece Concierto de Aranjuez is tinged with old-world pathos captured in mesmerizing melodies. As a milestone of 20th-century American orchestral repertoire, Copland’s Symphony No.3 incorporates both vernacular and modernist techniques, expressing a universal sentiment and optimistic national spirit after the Second World War.
Subscription Concert 9
2026.1.23(Fri.)20:00
Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall
Leonard Bernstein
Overture to Candide
Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Aaron Copland
Symphony No.3
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Su Meng, guitar