Season 50

2012-2013

SEASON 50, JOSHUA GERSEN, MUSIC DIRECTOR

ORCHESTRA

SEASON OPENER

Sunday, November 25, 2012, 2:00 pm
Shostakovich
Festive Overture, Op. 96

Maurer
Sinfonia Concertante for Four Violins in A Major, Op. 55
Allegro
Andante
Allegro
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Michelle Kim, violin
Samuel Katz, violin
Alice Ivy-Pemberton, violin

Gabriel Zucker
Universal at Midnight (world première)

Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178, “From the New World”
Adagio – Allegro molto
Largo
Scherzo: Molto vivace
Allegro con fuoco

WINTER CONCERT

Sunday, March 24, 2013, 2:00 pm
Paul Dooley
Run for the Sun (world première)

Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major
Lento
Più lento
Allegro
Louis Schwizgebel, piano

Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet
Montagues and Capulets
Juliet, the Young Girl
Street Scene
Madrigal
Minuet
Masks
Romeo and Juliet
Death of Tybalt
Dance of the Antilles Girls
Romes at Juliet’s Before Parting
Romeo and Juliet’s Grave

SPRING CONCERT

Sunday, May 26, 2013, 2:00 pm
Beethoven
Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Harrison Hollingsworth, conductor

John Glover
Natural System (world première)
Recit 1
Nature’s Masterwork
Recit 2
Linneaus Arranges
Recit 3
I Asked Its Name
Evan Hughes, Bass-baritone

Mahler
Symphony No. 1, “Titan”

 

JAZZ

IT’S ALL IN A NAME

Monday, May 20, 2013, 7:30 pm
Charles N. Daniels (arr. Bill Finegan, transc. Robert Hersh)
Chole

Victor Schertzinger/Johnny Mercer (arr. Sammy Nestico)
Tangerine

Johnny Mercer/Johnny Mandel (arr. Les Collins)
Emily

Count Basie/Andy Gibson (transc. Myles Collins)
Shorty George

Christopher Zuar
Rustic Elegance (world première, Fist Music commission)

Bill Evans (arr. Don Sebesky)
Waltz for Debby

Scottish Traditional (arr. Sy Oliver)
Annie Laurie

Phil Woods
Banja Luka
Before I Left
Au Revoire Monseur Poivre

Benny Carter
Sourvenir

Johnny Mandel (arr. Phil Woods)
Here’s to Alvy

 

CHAMBER MUSIC

Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 7:30 pm
Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49
Molto allegro agitato

Brahms
Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8
Allegro

Debussy
Trio in G Major
Appassionato

Saint-Saëns
Fantaisie for violin and harp, Op. 124

Valerie Coleman
Umoja

Brahms
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101
Allegro energico

Beethoven
String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
Introduzione – Andante con moto – Allegro vivace

Andrew McManus
Ancient Vigils (world première)

Mozart
String Quartet in G minor, K. 516
Allegro

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