Celebrate Independence Day with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in the heart of Baltimore's iconic Inner Harbor. Featuring a program inspired by the essence of American music, from Copland's rollicking Rodeo and the cinematic masterworks of John Williams to Tchaikovsky's fiery 1812 Overture. The program ends with a bang when a spectacular fireworks display lights up the harbor sky.

Nicholas Hersh, conductor 
Wordsmith, spoken word artist  

SMITH "The Star-Spangled Banner"
WILSON (Anderson) “Seventy-Six Trombones” from The Music Man 
JONATHAN LESHNOFF Dancing Blue Crabs! 
BERNSTEIN "Mambo" from West Side Story 
WORDSMITH A Beautiful Life 
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Starburst 
HORNER (Moss) Music from Apollo 13 
VARIOUS (Lowden) Armed Forces Salute  
JOHN WILLIAMS “Raiders March” from Raiders of the Lost Ark 
COPLAND Hoedown from Rodeo 
JIMMY LOPÉZ BELLIDO “Techno” from Fiesta! 
THOMSON Fugue and Chorale on "Yankee Doodle" 
PAUL SIMON (Hersh) “Bridge Over Troubled Water”  
TCHAIKOVSKY Finale from 1812 Overture

Presenting Sponsor of the BSO’s 2024 Star-Spangled Celebrations:

A Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker Community Performance