New Jersey Symphony: Hollywood Hits – From West Side Story to Spirited Away

Lights, camera, action! Rising-star conductor Keitaro Harada leads the New Jersey Symphony in a program of thrilling orchestral music from classic movies. Movie-musicals West Side Story and An American in Paris, with their timeless tunes, are heard alongside Joe Hisaishi’s score to the Studio Ghibli masterpiece Spirited Away. The program includes Paul Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Joe Hisaishi’s Suite from Spirited Away, and George Gershwin’s An American in Paris. This festive performance, spanning Broadway’s golden age through the animated wonder of Studio Ghibli, marks a dazzling start to the New Jersey Symphony’s season.