“Sixty Years under the Stars”

Sunday July 7, 2024, 7:30 PM

Washington University Brookings Quadrangle

Leon Burke III, Guest Conductor

Matt Pickart, Violin 

Gateway Fanfare and March…….……….………………John Meurer

Violin Concerto..………….………………….Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovsky

Light Cavalry Overture…………………………………Franz von Suppé

Selections from Midsummer Night’s Dream………….Felix Mendelssohn

Medley from Phantom of the Opera…………………..Andrew Lloyd Webber

Medley from Pirates of the Caribbean……………………………Klaus Badelt, arr. Ted Ricketts

The Gateway Festival Orchestra and Guest Conductor Leon Burke III invite you to “Sixty Years Under the Stars”, a celebration of the orchestra’s 60^th anniversary season. Experience the grandeur of John Meurer’s Gateway Fanfare and March, the energy of von Suppé’s Light Cavalry Overture, and the magic of Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. Guest Artist violin virtuoso Matt Pickart will dazzle you with Tchaikovsky’s entrancing Violin Concerto. The evening ends with spellbinding melodies from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera and the swashbuckling adventure of Klaus Badelt’s Pirates of the Caribbean medley. 

Join us Sunday July 7th at 7:30 PM in the open air of Washington University Brookings Quadrangle. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and a picnic. “Notes to Munch On”, an informal discussion of the evening’s selections, begins in the Quad at 7:10 PM. The concert is free. Ted Drewes Frozen Custard available for purchase.