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Concert for the City

Pre-concert Performances

O’Block/Kay Room

4:35-4:45 Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras

4:55-5:25 Boston String Academy

5:45-6:15 Me2 Orchestra

6:45-7:00 Project STEP 

Cabot-Cahners Room

4:45-5:15 Boston Music Project

5:30-5:45 Boston Public Schools Hip Hop Ensemble

6:00-6:15 DEAFinitely

6:30-7:00 NEC Prep

Higginson Hall

4:45-5:15 Conservatory Lab Charter School

5:45-6:15 Boston Pops Gospel Choir

6:30-7:00 Pastor Jeremy Battle

7:30 Concert

Remarks by Chad Smith, Eunice and Julian Cohen President and Chief Executive Officer

Presenting Fabiola Méndez and Ensemble 

Canción de amor (A Song of Love)
Fabiola MÉNDEZ

Tributo a mis abuelos (Tribute to My Grandparents)
Fabiola MÉNDEZ

Seis Chorreao
Traditional Puerto Rican folk song
Lyrics by Jesús ROMÁN and Roberto SILVA

15 minutes | Lyrics and translations

Presenting Veronica Robles and Her Mariachi Ensemble

La canoa de Don Guillermo (Don Guillermo's Canoe)
Willy LOPEZ

Cuando sale la luna (When the Moon Comes Out)
José Alfredo JIMÉNEZ

Aires del Mayab
Carlos Duarte MORENO and José Domínguez SALDIVAR

La Charreada
Felipe BERMEJO

15 minutes | Lyrics and translations

INTERMISSION (20')

Boston Symphony Orchestra | Andris Nelsons conducting

Leonore Overture No. 3 (13')
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Boston Pops Orchestra | Keith Lockhart conducting

Suite from Back to the Future (8’)
Alan SILVESTRI

We Don’t Talk About Bruno, from Encanto (5’)
Lin-Manuel MIRANDA (arr. Gonzalo GRAU)

Boston Symphony Orchestra | Thomas Wilkins conducting

Piano Concerto in F, first movement: Allegro (13’) 
George GERSHWIN
Clayton Stephenson, piano


Concert for the City is generously supported by lead sponsor Li-Qiu Family Foundation.

Bank of America - BSO Youth and Family Program Sponsor

7:30 Concert Performers

Lyrics and Translations - Fabiola Méndez

Lyrics and Translations - Veronica Robles