CONCERT PROGRAMS – 2011-12 SEASON ALL GROUPS First Perf. Conductor Program Amarillo Symphony Mar. 11, 2012 Kimbo Ishii-Eto GOUNOD: FAUST: BALLET MUSIC BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN E MINOR, OP.98 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Sep. 22, 2011 Robert Spano SMITH: STAR-SPANGLED BANNER WAGNER: WALKÜRE: RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES WAGNER: GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: "SIEGFRIED'S DEATH" WAGNER: GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: BRUNNHILDE'S IMMOLATION [Christine Brewer, soprano] BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN D MINOR, OPUS 125 [Christine Brewer, soprano; Nancy Maultsby, mezzo soprano; Vinson Cole, tenor; Nathan Berg, baritone] Oct. 8, 2011 Mei-Ann Chen ABELS: GLOBAL WARMING RAVEL: CONCERTO IN G MAJOR FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA [Terrence Wilson, piano] FRANCK: SYMPHONY IN D MINOR HUANG: Saibei Suite No. 2, op. 21: SAIBEI DANCE Oct. 27, 2011 Miguel Harth-Bedoya RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: CAPRICCIO ESPAGNOL, OP.34 RACHMANINOFF: CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 2 IN C MINOR, OP.18 [Horacio Gutiérrez, piano] MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION (RAVEL) Nov. 10, 2011 Oliver Knussen BRITTEN: BUILDING OF THE HOUSE BRAHMS: CONCERTO, VIOLIN & CELLO, OP.102 (DOUBLE) [David Coucheron, violin; Christopher Rex, cello] KNUSSEN: SYMPHONY IN ONE MOVEMENT (ORIGINAL), OP. 5 BRITTEN: YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA, OP.34 Nov. 17, 2011 Alexander Mickelthwate BEETHOVEN: LEONORE OVERTURE NO. 2, OPUS 72 MOZART: CONCERTO FOR FLUTE, NO. 1, G MAJOR, K. 285C [313] [Christina Smith, flute] SIBELIUS: SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN D MAJOR, OP.43 Jan. 19, 2012 Donald Runnicles BRITTEN: CONCERTO, VIOLIN, NO. 1, OP.15 [James Ehnes, violin] BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OPUS 55 Feb. 2, 2012 Thomas Wilkins RAVEL: MOTHER GOOSE: SUITE BEETHOVEN: CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 3 IN C MINOR, OPUS 37 [Gabriela Montero, piano] DVORAK: SYMPHONY NO. 8 IN G MAJOR, OP.88 [OLD NO. 4] Feb. 16, 2012 Roberto Minczuk WAGNER: MEISTERSINGER: PRELUDE ELGAR: CONCERTO, CELLO, IN E MINOR, OP.85 [Johannes Moser, cello] MOZART: SYMPHONY NO. 35 IN D MAJOR ("HAFFNER"), K. 385 STRAUSS: ROSENKAVALIER: SUITE Concert Programs Page 1 of 21 CONCERT PROGRAMS – 2011-12 SEASON ALL GROUPS First Perf. Conductor Program Feb. 23, 2012 James Gaffigan HAYDN: ISOLA DISABITATA: SINFONIA, H. IA:13: Hob. XXVIII ADES: CONCERTO, VIOLIN (CONCENTRIC PATHS), OP. 24 [Leila Josefowicz, violin] WAGNER: LOHENGRIN: PRELUDE DEBUSSY: MER Mar. 22, 2012 Leonidas Kavakos MOZART: CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, NO. 3, G MAJOR, K. 216 [Leonidas Kavakos, violin] MOZART: SYMPHONY NO. 34 IN C MAJOR, K. 338 (WITH MINUET) BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OPUS 60 Apr. 19, 2012 Roberto Abbado KABALEVSKY: COMEDIANS, OP.26 TCHAIKOVSKY: SERENADE FOR STRINGS, OP.48 RACHMANINOFF: CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 3 IN D MINOR, OP.30 [Yuja Wang, piano] May 17, 2012 Vasily Petrenko ELGAR: COCKAIGNE, OP.40, "IN LONDON TOWN" SHOSTAKOVICH: CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 2, OP.102 [Kirill Gerstein, piano] RACHMANINOFF: SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN E MINOR, OP.27 May 24, 2012 Nicholas McGegan HANDEL: CONCERTO GROSSO, G MAJOR, OP. 6, NO. 1 BRUCH: SCOTTISH FANTASY, OP.46 [Stefan Jackiw, violin] GLUCK: ORFEO ED EURIDICE: "DANCE OF BLESSED SPIRITS" MENDELSSOHN: SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN A MAJOR, OP.90, "ITALIAN" Austin Symphony Orchestra Sep. 9, 2011 Peter Bay STRAUSS: DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION [TOD UND VERKLÄRUNG] TCHAIKOVSKY: SOUVENIR D'UN LIEU CHER, OP.42; 1. "MÉDITATION" [Joshua Bell, violin] GLAZUNOV: CONCERTO, VIOLIN, IN A MINOR, OP.82 [Joshua Bell, violin] RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: RUSSIAN EASTER OVERTURE, OP.36 Billings Symphony Orchestra and Chorale Sep. 17, 2011 Anne Harrigan ROSSINI: ITALIANA IN ALGERI: OVERTURE (ITALIAN) MOZART: SYMPHONY NO. 35 IN D MAJOR ("HAFFNER"), K. 385 BRAHMS: CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 2 IN-B FLAT MAJOR, OP.83 [Inon Barnatan, piano] Bloomington Symphony Orchestra Oct. 1, 2011 Charles Latshaw GLINKA: RUSSIAN AND LUDMILLA: OVERTURE BORODIN: SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN B MINOR RESPIGHI: PINES OF ROME [PINI DI ROMA] Concert Programs Page 2 of 21 CONCERT PROGRAMS – 2011-12 SEASON ALL GROUPS First Perf. Conductor Program Boise Philharmonic Association, Inc. Aug. 16, 2011 Robert Franz DAUGHERTY: ROUTE 66 HEGGIE: CONCERTO, FLUTE: FURY OF LIGHT [Carol Wincenc, flute] TCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN F MINOR, OP. 36 Oct. 21, 2011 Robin Browning ELGAR: SERENADE IN E MINOR, OP.20 BEETHOVEN: CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 5 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 73 [Carlos Rodriguez, piano] BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OPUS 55 Boston Classical Orchestra Sep. 24, 2011 Steven Lipsitt ROSSINI: BARBER OF SEVILLE: OVERTURE SAINT-SAENS: CONCERTO, CELLO, NO. 1 IN A MINOR, OP.33 [Allison Eldredge, cello] BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OPUS 55 Boston Symphony Orchestra Dec. 2, 2011 Andrew Grams RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: SNOW MAIDEN: SUITE DVORAK: CONCERTO, VIOLIN, IN A MINOR, OP.53 [Ray Chen, violin] TCHAIKOVSKY: SWAN LAKE: SUITE, OP.20 Jan. 5, 2012 Pablo Heras-Casado SCHUMANN: MANFRED: OVERTURE MOZART: CONCERTO FOR PIANO, NO. 22, E-FLAT MAJOR, K. 482 [Emanuel Ax, piano] PROKOFIEV: SYMPHONY NO. 5, OP.100 Jan. 13, 2012 Juanjo Mena LEE: SUKKOT THROUGH ORION'S NEBULA MOZART: SYMPHONY NO. 40 IN G MINOR, K. 550 (REVISED) RAVEL: DAPHNIS AND CHLOÉ: SUITE NO. 1 RAVEL: DAPHNIS AND CHLOÉ: SUITE NO. 2 Jan. 27, 2012 Jun Markl WAGNER: FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER: OVERTURE LISZT: CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 1, E-FLAT MAJOR [Lang Lang, piano] BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN E MINOR, OP.98 Feb. 3, 2012 John Storgards BRAHMS: ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, OP.80 SZYMANOWSKI: CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, NO. 1, OP. 35 [Christian Tetzlaff, violin] BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OPUS 55 Feb. 9, 2012 Xian Zhang TCHAIKOVSKY: ROMEO AND JULIET OVERTURE-FANTASY MOZART: CONCERTO FOR PIANO, NO. 20, D MINOR, K. 466 [David Fray, piano] SCHUMANN: SYMPHONY NO. 4 IN D MINOR OP. 120 (MAHLER) Feb. 24, 2012 Ludovic Morlot LISZT: VON DER WIEGE BIS ZUM GRABE (SYM. POEM NO.13) SCHUMANN: CONCERTO, PIANO, IN A MINOR, OP.54 [Jonathan Biss, piano] BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 6 IN F MAJOR, OPUS 68 Concert Programs Page 3 of 21 CONCERT PROGRAMS – 2011-12 SEASON ALL GROUPS First Perf. Conductor Program Mar. 2, 2012 Michael Francis TAN: HEAVEN EARTH MANKIND: OVERTURE - DRAGON AND PHOENIX MENDELSSOHN: CONCERTO, VIOLIN, E MINOR, OP.64 [Henning Kraggerud, violin] DVORAK: SYMPHONY NO. 7 IN D MINOR, OP.70 [OLD NO. 2] Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra Sep. 17, 2011 Michael Butterman MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN D MAJOR BACH: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1 IN D MINOR [Hsing-ay Hsu, piano] Canton Symphony Orchestra Oct. 9, 2011 Gerhardt Zimmermann BROUWER: REMEMBRANCES, FOR ORCHESTRA World Premiere LISZT: CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 1, E-FLAT MAJOR [Martina Filjak, piano] LISZT: FESTKLÄNGE (SYMPHONIC POEM NO. 7) STRAVINSKY: FIREBIRD: SUITE (1919 REVISION) Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra Oct. 8, 2011 Patrick Miles TCHAIKOVSKY: OVERTURE 1812, OP.49 Charlotte Symphony Sep. 16, 2011 Christopher Warren- SHOSTAKOVICH: FESTIVE OVERTURE, OP.96 Green TCHAIKOVSKY: CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 1, OP.23, B FLAT MINOR [Martina Filjak, piano] MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION (RAVEL) Jan. 13, 2012 Grant Llewellyn LISZT: MAZEPPA (SYMPHONIC POEM NO. 6) RACHMANINOFF: RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI, OP.43 [Joyce Yang, piano] LISZT: MEPHISTO WALTZ NO. 1 RACHMANINOFF: SYMPHONIC DANCES, OP.45 Feb. 17, 2012 Michael Stern BARBER: OVERTURE TO THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL MOZART: CONCERTO FOR PIANO, NO. 17, G MAJOR, K. 453 [Jean Louis Steuerman, piano] COPLAND: SYMPHONY NO. 3 Charlottesville and University Symphony Sep. 30, 2011 Kate Tamarkin DVORAK: CARNIVAL OVERTURE, OP.92 BRAHMS: CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 2 IN-B FLAT MAJOR, OP.83 BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OPUS 55 Concert Programs Page 4 of 21 CONCERT PROGRAMS – 2011-12 SEASON ALL GROUPS First Perf. Conductor Program Nov. 19, 2011 Stephen Czarkowski BERNSTEIN: CHICHESTER PSALMS STRAVINSKY: SYMPHONY OF PSALMS (1948 REVISION) TCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY NO. 2, C MIN., OP.17, "LITTLE RUSSIAN" Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Nov. 20, 2011 Allen Tinkham BARBER: ESSAY NO. 2, OPUS 17 STRAUSS: DON JUAN, OPUS 20 PROKOFIEV: SINFONIA CONCERTANTE, OP.125 SCRIABIN: SYMPHONY NO. 4, OP.54, "THE POEM OF ECSTASY" Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Sep. 10, 2011 Itzhak Perlman BACH: CTO., VIOLIN, NO. 1, A MINOR, BWV 1041 [Itzhak Perlman, violin] MOZART: SYMPHONY NO. 25 IN G MINOR, K. 173DB [183] BACH: SUITE NO. 3 IN D MAJOR, BWV 1068: AIR DVORAK: SYMPHONY NO. 8 IN G MAJOR, OP.88 [OLD NO. 4] Sep. 22, 2011 Rafael Fruhbeck De SMITH: STAR-SPANGLED BANNER (RUDOLF) Burgos MOZART: CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, NO. 5, A MAJOR, K. 219 [Nicola Benedetti, violin] MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN D MAJOR Sep. 30, 2011 Julian Kuerti SMITH: STAR-SPANGLED BANNER (RUDOLF) COPLAND: FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN GLASS: CONCERTO FANTASY FOR TWO TIMPANISTS [Richard Jensen, percussion; Patrick Schleker, percussion] RACHMANINOFF: ISLE OF THE DEAD, OP.29 [DIE TOTENINSEL] STRAVINSKY: FIREBIRD: SUITE (1919 REVISION) Oct. 14, 2011 Giancarlo Guerrero PIAZZOLLA: SINFONIA BUENOS AIRES, OP. 15 RAVEL: SHÉHÉRAZADE [Nicole Cabell, soprano] BERNSTEIN: WEST SIDE STORY: SYMPHONIC DANCES RAVEL: BOLÉRO Nov. 4, 2011 Kristjan Jarvi HAYDN: SYMPHONY NO. 86 IN D MAJOR KHACHATURIAN: CONCERTO, VIOLIN [Mikhail Simonyan, violin] STRAVINSKY: SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (ORIGINAL VERSION) Nov. 11, 2011 Mei-Ann Chen SMITH: STAR-SPANGLED BANNER (RUDOLF) RACHMANINOFF: CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 2 IN C MINOR, OP.18 [Terrence Wilson, piano] RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: SCHEHEREZADE, OP. 35 Nov. 17, 2011 Pinchas Steinberg TCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY NO. 1, G MIN., OP.13, "WINTER DREAMS" PROKOFIEV: ALEXANDER NEVSKY, OP.78 [Sasha Cooke, mezzo soprano] Dec. 18, 2011 James Bagwell HANDEL: MESSIAH [Caroline Worra, soprano; Leah Wool, mezzo soprano; Daniel Ross, tenor; Daniel Mobbs, bass] Concert Programs Page 5 of 21 CONCERT PROGRAMS – 2011-12 SEASON ALL GROUPS First Perf. Conductor Program Civic Orchestra of Tucson Nov. 19, 2011 Herschel Kreloff SAINT-SAENS: CONCERTO, PIANO, NO. 2 IN G MINOR, OP.22 [Shantell Petty, piano] WAGNER: RIENZI: OVERTURE ROSAURO: CONCERTO, TIMPANI AND ORCHESTRA [Barbara Freischlad, timpani] MENDELSSOHN: SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN A MINOR, OP.56, "SCOTTISH" Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Sep.