BERNSTEIN ON BROADWAY A SUCCESS!

The Richmond Symphony’s “Bernstein on Broadway” performance was a huge success.  Playing, singing, and story-telling to a full, appreciative audience, Jamie Bernstein, Michelle Areyzaga, Elizabeth Shammash, Jeffrey Picon, Hugh Russell, and the talented musicians of the Richmond Symphony, all under the direction of Erin Freeman, performed selections from West Side Story, On the Town, Candide, and Wonderful Town. Of the performance, the Richmond Times Dispatch said “Conductor Erin Freeman got things off to a rousing start with an exuberant but well-controlled reading of the colorful overture from “Candide,” Bernstein’s popular comic operetta” and “some of the best moments … came when the orchestra performed “The Symphonic Dances.” The color, rhythmic vitality and sensitivity required by this piece were evident all the way through.”  Read the full review here.  Congratulations to all involved!