The National Symphony Orchestra’s FREE annual Labor Day weekend concert returns to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol!
This year, the NSO performs classics by Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, John Philip Sousa, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and more led by charismatic conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez.
The concert also features special guest beatboxer, rapper, and multi-instrumentalist Christylez Bacon—a Grammy®–nominated progressive hip hop artist and Washington, D.C. native.
This performance is free to attend, no tickets required. Seating is first-come, first served.
Public security screening sites open at 3 p.m.
Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
Christylez Bacon, beatboxer/rapper
SMITH arr. LOPEZ-YAÑEZ: “The Star Spangled Banner”
BOYER: “Festivities”
GERSHWIN arr. BENNETT: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
ELLINGTON arr. GOULD: Solitude
ELLINGTON arr. KESSLER: An Ellington Sampler
KORNGOLD: Sea Hawk Suite: Main Title, Reunion, Finale
MOZART: Nozze di Figaro Overture
KHACHATURIAN: “Sabre Dance”
MCCOY arr. LOPEZ-YAÑEZ: “The Hustle”
MORALES-MATOS: “Tropical Overture”
JONER: “Cuban Sugar” (“Sugar Plum Fairy” from The Nutcracker)
BACON and MEIER: “Migrations in Rhythm” (excerpt)
Feat. Christylez Bacon
BACON arr. ALLEN: “Mambo Sauce”
SOUSA: “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
