The National Youth Orchestra Celebration Gala Concert 2024
The National Youth Orchestra
Celebration Gala Concert 2024
Jonathan Barrett, Conductor
Featuring The 2024 NYO Concerto Competition First Prize Winner Violinist, Alexandra Derkaloustian
Eva Gräsbeck, Head of Strings
Jackie Hayter, Head of Woodwinds
Ronald Vint, Head of Percussion
Classical/Modern
Get ready Dubai, the National Youth Orchestra is about to turn up the volume on some of the greatest orchestral music of all time - Music by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mahler and much more!
Dubai Opera and Encore are very proud to present the second Gala Performance of The National Youth Orchestra celebrating its six-year anniversary. Let our brilliant young musicians lift your spirits and open your minds. Hear a new generation perform some of the greatest orchestral music of all time – play your part in supporting these extraordinary young people and join our audience at Dubai Opera on Saturday, 18th May, embrace orchestral music played as you have never heard it before!
‘Our goal in the National Youth Orchestra is to bring young people in our UAE communities together, we are particularly looking forward to performing and sharing extraordinary music at the beautiful Opera House in Dubai.’
The musical programme at the Gala will showcase the musical achievements of all our outstanding young musicians between ages 5-18 in the United Arab Emirates. You won’t want to miss supporting this unique and joyful celebration of young musicians on this very special night!
Sponsor: Encore
Venue Partner: Nord Anglia International School Dubai
NYO Junior Orchestra
Deborah Baker Monday (b. 1953)
Conquistador!
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Rigaudon
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Capriccio Italien
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Can-Can Festival
NYO Strings Camerata
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Art of Fugue
Contrapunctus I
Contrapunctus IX
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Impromptu for Strings, Op.5
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
America
Interval
NYO Concert Band
Richard Saucedo (b. 1957)
Fanfare for the Third Planet
Freddie Mercury/Queen (1946-1991)
Don’t Stop Me Now
Fitz and the Tantrums (With Junior Winds)
Hand Clap
NYO Senior Orchestra
Pablo Sarasate (1844-1908)
Zigeunerweisen 'Gypsy Airs', Op. 20
Alexandra Derkaloustian, Solo Violin
First Prize Winner 2024 NYO Concerto Competition
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Theme from Swan Lake
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
English Folk Song Suite
I. Seventeen Come Sunday
II. My Bonny Boy
III. Folk Songs from Somerset
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 1, Third Movement
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No. 1, Fourth Movement
Weiss, Thiele, Cook, Alpert, Adler
Wonderful Worlds
Dubai Opera is the ideal venue to celebrate elegance and style. Kindly avoid overly casual or provocative attire, such as shorts or flip flops, to uphold our venue standards. Guests not complying with the dress code will not be permitted entry.
6+ years would require a ticket to enter the Dubai Opera Main Auditorium.
Below 6+ years are not permitted into the Dubai Opera Main Auditorium.
Approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes
