Sundays at Landmark: Saint Paul Civic Symphony – Hot & Cool Classics Concert

The Saint Paul Civic Symphony presents a FREE concert of “Hot and Cool Classics” in Landmark Center in conjunction with the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. This year’s theme is “Celebrating the New Year”.

This program brings together concert music inspired by dance, theater, and popular tradition, drawing on a long-standing association between the New Year and the waltz as both a social dance and a concert tradition. From Broadway overtures and American symphonic miniatures to Viennese waltzes and French impressionism, the selections trace how composers on both sides of the Atlantic transformed music for movement and the stage into enduring orchestral works.

Gershwin: Overture to “Girl Crazy” (D. Rose, arr.)
Strauss Jr.: Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Woman, and Song), Op. 333
Gould: “Pavanne” from American Symphonette No. 2
Rodgers: “The Carousel Waltz” from Carousel
Ravel: “Pavane pour une infante défunte”
Coleridge-Taylor: “The Bamboula”, Rhapsodic Dance No. 1, Op.75
Strauss Jr.: An der schönen blauen Donau (‘By the Beautiful Blue Danube’), Op. 314

Sundays at Landmark series is supported by Ecolab, Hubbard Broadcasting, Travelers, Xcel Energy Foundation, and Ramsey County.