Picnic Concert: Musical Strolls in Reims 2025

Parade bythe 3rd Canton Marching Band

Part 1
Ensemble Canzonieri

Part 2
Republican Guard Orchestra
French Army Choir
Comandante Émilie Fleury, Choir Director
Colonel Sébastien Billard, Conductor
Featuring Esther Abrami, violin

BELLA ITALIA PROGRAM!

The Most Beautiful Music from Italian Cinema

ENNIO MORRICONE (1928–2020)
“Deborah’s Theme,” “Poverty,” “Cockeye’s Song,”
“Main Theme,” excerpts fromOnce Upon a Time in America
“Main Theme,” excerpt fromThe Sicilian Clan
“Main Theme,” excerpt fromOnce Upon a Time in the West
“Love Theme,” “Toto and Alfredo,” excerpts fromCinema Paradiso
“Gabriel’s Oboe,” excerpt fromThe Mission

NINO ROTA (1911–1979)
“Waltz—Mandolin,” from*The Godfather*
Symphonic Suite, from*La Strada*

Grand Openings & Opera Choirs 

GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792–1868)
Overture,*La Pie voleuse*

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813–1901)
Prelude to Act I, from*La Traviata*
Grand March, from*Aida*

PIETRO MASCAGNI (1863–1945)
Intermezzo, from*Cavalleria rusticana*

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813–1901)
Overture,La Forza del Destino

GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792–1868)
“Chorus of the Drinkers,” from*Le Comte Ory*

GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797–1848)
“Rataplan,” from*La Fille du régiment*

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813–1901)
“Chorus of the Matadors,” fromLa Traviata
“Si ridesti il leone di Castiglia,” fromErnani
“Evviva! Beviam, beviam!”, excerpt fromErnani
“Chorus
of theCourtiers”, excerpt fromRigoletto
“Chorus
of the Gypsies (Zingari), excerpt fromIlTrovatore

Program subject to change.

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