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Issue
No. 3,
2007-08 Season
Special Event
Barbie™ at the Symphony

Arnie Roth,
conductor
Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 3 p.m.
in Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Overture from The Nucracker
Barbie™ in The Nutcracker
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Waltz of the Snow Flakes
Celebration Dances and Pas de Deux
Barbie™ as Rapunzel
Antonin Dvorak
(1841-1904)
Rapunzel Medley
(Excerpts from Symphony No. 9
'From the New World'
Barbie™ and the Magic of Pegasus
Pegasus Medley
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral"
Allegretto
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake
Act I Finale
Russian Dance Excerpts
Barbie™ of Swan Lake
Swan Lake Medley
Barbie™ as the Princess and the Pauper
Megan Cavallari
Lyrics by Amy Powers
"I Am A Girl Like You"
Megan Cavallari
Lyrics by Powers & Hudnut
"Cat's Meow"
"Written in Your Heart"
Barbie™ in The 12 Dancing Princesses
Felix Mendelssohn
(1809-1847)
Second Pavillion Dance
(From Symphony No. 4 'The Italian')
Arnie Roth
12 Dancing Princesses: Romantic Dance
Barbie™ as The Island Princess
Megan Cavallari
Lyrics by Powers & Hudnut
Here on My Island
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Valse Finale from The Nutcracker
Program Subject To Change

Film Credits
All film clips courtesy of Mattel, Inc.
BARBIE AT THE SYMPHONY Production Credits
Producers: AWR Music Productions LLC and Mattel Worldwide Live Entertainment.
Music Director and Conductor: Arnie Roth
Projection Supervision: Mike Runice, Chris Szuberla
Production Assistants at AWR Music Productions LLC: Fritz Hocking, Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, Matthew Prock, Marcy Roth, Chris Szuberla
Written by Michael Cooper, Rob Hudnut, Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, Arnie Roth

Arnie Roth

Musical director and principal conductor of the Chicagoland Pops Orchestra of Rosemont, Ill., classically trained violinist and composer, and Grammy Award-winning artist Arnie Roth is comfortable performing in many musical styles.

He has performed with a host of artists including Diana Ross, The Three Tenors, The Irish Tenors, Charlotte Church, Josh Groban, Mannheim Steamroller, Art Garfunkel, Patrick Stewart, Peter Cetera, Dennis DeYoung, and Andrea Bocelli, Michael Feinstein and Johnny Mathis.

Currently Roth has been involved in the production of a number of PBS-TV specials as music director, conductor and arranger. They include Charlotte Church: Enchantment From Cardiff, Wales for Sony; the new WTTW Soundstage shows including “Peter Cetera and Symphony,” “An Evening with Dennis DeYoung,” “Lyle Lovett and Randy Newman,” “Michael McDonald and the Doobie Brothers,” and also WTTW’s “Four Seasons in Chicago.”