Philadelphia Sinfonia Festival Concert with Special Guests The Philly Pops

Friday, May 22, 2026
8:00 PM
Perelman Theater Kimmel Center Philadelphia, PA

America 250: Stars, Stripes, and Symphonies

Collaboration with Philly Pops

Aaron Copland (1900–1990) – Fanfare for the Common Man

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) – West Side Story Overture (arr. M. Paress)

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) – Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

John Williams (b. 1932) – Star Wars Suite for Orchestra – Selections (only Mvt. I-III)

I. Main Title

II. Princess Leia’s Theme

III. The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)

Joan Tower (b. 1938) – Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 6

Leroy Anderson (1908–1975) – Bugler’s Holiday

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) – 1812 Overture

John Williams (b. 1932) – Catch Me If You Can

John Philip Sousa (1854–1932) – The Stars and Stripes Forever

John Philip Sousa (1854–1932) – The Liberty Bell