Leonard Bernstein Danzon from Fancy Free Aaron Copland Suite from Billy the Kid Jennifer Higdon Blue Cathedral Conducted by Kyle Baldwin Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini Julia Greer, piano Copland’s rip-roarin’ score of Billy the Kid delightfully captures the thrills, narrow escapes, gun fights, and barroom brawls of the original ballet’s story.  In another ballet a few years later, his friend Leonard Bernstein captured the optimism and energy of wartime New York City: “a helluva town.”  Jennifer Higdon’s moving memorial to her brother, Blue Cathedral, is a delicate masterpiece and her most popular work. Rachmaninoff’s dazzling Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, written after he had emigrated to America, closes the concert with virtuoso brilliance–and a parting wink.