Thomas Wilkins Conductor
Nikki Renée Daniels Vocalist
Gershwin Overture to Girl Crazy
J. Strauss, Jr. “Voices of Spring” Waltz
Ellington “Giggling Rapids” and “Lake,” from The River
Loewe “I Could Have Danced All Night,” from My Fair Lady
Gershwin “By Strauss”
J. Strauss, Jr. “Tritsch-Tratsch” Polka
Josef Strauss “Music of the Spheres” Waltz
J. Strauss, Jr. “Thunder and Lightning” Polka
Gershwin “Summertime,” from Porgy and Bess
Arlen “Over the Rainbow,” from The Wizard of Oz
Ellington “Solitude”
Gershwin An American in Paris
Program Notes
Join Your Philadelphia Orchestra for a New Year’s Eve concert full of audience favorites by Gershwin, Ellington, and more as we welcome the start of 2023. Conductor Thomas Wilkins leads the Orchestra, and Broadway star Nikki Renée Daniels shines in this boisterous celebration.
Following the concert, the night will still be young with ample time to celebrate the new beginnings ahead as we close out 2022!