Minnesota Youth Symphonies explore the musical nuances that enhance the overall orchestration. String seating is rotated each trimester; brass, woodwind and percussion rotate from piece to piece. (Badelt/Rickett) "Pirates of the Caribbean"; (Bizet) 'Carmen Suite No. 1 & No. 2; (Elgar) "Pomp & Circumstance No. 1 & 4"; (Gershwin/Sayre) "Selections from Porgy & Bess"; Offenbach: "Orpheus in the Underworld"; (Rimsky-Korsakov) "Dance of the Tumblers from “The Snow Maiden”",“Procession of the Nobles: from Mlada; Sibelius: Finlandia; Stravinsky/Isaac: Dance Infernale and Berceuse & Finale; Strauss, J.: Radetzky March; Verdi: “Anvil Chorus” from Il Travatore; (Webber) "Selections from “The Phantom of the Opera"”; (Williams) "Dry Your
Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer of Denmark's March", "I Vow to Thee, My Country", "Pomp and Circumstance No.4" and the British National Anthem. New Zealand soprano, Kiri Te Kanawa sang "Let The Bright Seraphim" from G. F. Handel's Samson. Diana's wedding dress was valued at £9,000 (equivalent to £ in ), The dress was made of ivory silk taffeta, decorated with lace, hand embroidery, sequins, and 10,000 pearls. It was designed by Elizabeth and David Emanuel and had a train of ivory taffeta and antique lace. The dress was designed according to Diana's wishes who wanted it to have the longest train in the royal