
Oso Viejo Community Park on the Village Green
24932 Veterans Way, Mission Viejo, CA 92692
Prelude in the Park starts at 4 p.m.
Pacific Symphony concert starts at 7 p.m.
Pack a picnic, grab a lawn chair or blanket and gather the family for an evening of free music and outdoor summer fun at Symphony in the Cities (SITC) in Mission Viejo! With a potpourri of popular classics, pop tunes, and patriotic tunes, these concerts are led this summer by Assistant Conductor Jacob Sustaita and the audience is invited to participate in a sing-along of patriotic favorites.
The Prelude in the Park starts at 4 p.m., including a Musical Playground featuring many interactive and hands-on activities for children, including instrument making and a drum circle. And—back each year by popular demand—kids have the chance to learn how to conduct with Maestro Sustaita and later help lead the orchestra in Sousa’s “Hands Across the Sea” during the 7 p.m. concert.
ARTISTS
Jacob Sustaita, conductor
Michael O’Halloran, baritone
Jessica Choi, soprano
PROGRAM
JOHN STAFFORD SMITH: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Arr. Arthur Luck, Lyricist Francis Scott Key
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Selections from West Side Story
Arr. Jack Mason
"I Feel Pretty"
"Maria"
"Something's Coming"
"Tonight"
"One Hand, One Heart"
"Cool"
"America"
AARON COPLAND: Selections from Old American Songs
"The Boatmen's Dance"
"Simple Gifts"
"I Bought Me a Cat"
RICHARD RODGERS: "Edelweiss" from The Sound of Music
Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein
FRANZ LEHÁR: Waltz Duet ("Lippen Schweigen") from The Merry Widow
JOHN WILLIAMS: "Flying Theme" from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA: Hands Across the Sea March
GEORGES BIZET: "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" (Toreador Song) from Carmen
FRANZ LEHÁR: "Meine lippen, sie küssen so heiß" from Giuditta
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Balcony Scene ("Tonight") from West Side Story
VARIOUS: Armed Forces Salute
Arr. Bob Lowden
SAMUEL WARD: "America the Beautiful"
Arr. Greg Prechel, Lyricist Katherine Lee Bates
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA: The Stars and Stripes Forever