FIRST HALF

• Community Drum Circle and Dance - Kuumba Dance & Drum Academy/Operation Unite, Elena Mosely, improvisation dancer

• Fanfare for the Common Man  - Aaron Copland

• Welcome: Kamal Johnson, Mayor of Hudson

• Danzon No. 2  - Arturo Marquez with dancer Anna Mayta

• Libertango - Astor Piazzolla - Argentine Tango danced by Linda Díaz Balloqui-Smith and Steven Melendez

• Bhatiyali Dhun (Bangla Folk Melody) arr. for Bansuri flute, sitar, tabla, and orchestra by Eric Fraser & Jonathan Talbott

• Al Oula “The First” - Andre Soueid,  with Emily Daggett Smith, violin, and belly dancer Donna Barrett

• Warren Street Rag from Hudson Ragtime Suite by Tony Kieraldo, arranged for orchestra and performed by the composer

INTERMISSION

• Rag: “Teddy Bears Picnic “ - John Walter Bratton, arr. Dan Paget

All attending children are invited to join “The Teddy Bears’ Picnic” parade, following a larger than life teddy bear (a brave volunteer in a bear costume) to a picnic blanket with treats for all!

SECOND HALF

• Opening Remarks: Assemblymember Didi Barrett

• Ukrainian National Anthem

• Bonaparte’s Retreat/Hoedown - Stepp/Copland, conducted by Elias Miller, assistant conductor, with students from Stringendo, Orchestra School of the Hudson Valley.

• Gospel Goes Classical:  “Don’t You Worry” by Jonathan Butler, with Anneice Cousin, singer/songwriter and founder of Beautiful Racket, and singers Jessica Laddin, Lexi Beaumont, and Christina Dellea

• Ashokan Farewell - Ungar/Mason  with Emily Daggett Smith, violin

• “Servicemen on Parade” – A medley of marches: arr. Richard Hyman

Hudson Festival Orchestra (HFO), a professional orchestra conducted by Founder/Artistic Director, Gwen Gould, will feature area musicians and special guest artists. Student musicians will perform with the orchestra, as part of HFO’s “Take a Seat…in the Orchestra” mentoring program.

We also encourage you to bring a picnic to enjoy on the lawn!

HFO seeks to promote Henry Hudson Riverfront Park as a community resource that contributes to a vibrant and inclusive Hudson. The concert will be performed under a large tent on the lawn overlooking the river and mountains, a short walk from town.

We hope to make “Hudson in Concert” an annual free community event!

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