FMSO COMMISSION or COMMISSION PARTICIPANT MAJOR COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATION/COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECT HYBRID PROGRAMMING – POPS/THEMATIC/TRADITIONAL AUDIO-VISUAL ENHANCEMENT LOCAL/YOUTH EMPHASIS MASTERWORKS SERIES PROGRAMMING – 2005 – Present 2018-2019 – EXPERIENCE THE SYMPHONY CHEE-YUN & SERGEY Dvorak – Slavonic Dances No. 2 & 7 Popper – Hungarian Rhapsody – with cellist SERGEY ANTONOV Liszt – Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Saint-Saëns – Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso – with violinist CHEE-YUN Brahms – Double Concert – with CHEE-YUN & SERGEY HIGDON HARP CONCERTO – regional premiere Mozart – Concerto for Flute & Harp, mvt. 2 – with harpist YOLANDA KONDONASSIS & Deb Harris Higdon – Harp Concerto – with harpist YOLANDA KONDONASSIS Nielsen – Symphony No. 4 “The Inextinguishable” MYTHICAL HEROES & WOMEN WARRIORS - with projected images Djawadi/Peterson – Music from “Game of Thrones” Smetana – “Sarka” from Ma Vlast (My Homeland) Shore – Music from “Lord of the Rings” Sibelius – Four Legends from the “Kalevala” (Lemminkainen Suite) THE VIRTUOSO NEXT DOOR – featuring FMSO musicians as soloists Shostakovich – Festive Overture (side by side with FMAYS Sr. High Orchestra) Poulenc – Double Piano Concerto – with pianists Jay Hershberger & Tyler Wottrich Tower – Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman – featuring FMSO brass & percussion Adams – Tromba Lontana – featuring FMSO trumpets Corigliano – Chaconne from “The Red Violin” CLAUSEN WORLD PREMIERE – FMSO COMMISSION Wagner/Clausen – “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral” from Lohengrin Copland – Appalachian Spring Clausen – TITLE TBA – FMSO Commission 2017-2018 – JUMP IN ALTERED STATES Hermann – Music from “Psycho” Corigliano – “Three Hallucinations” from Altered States Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique THE ILLUMINATED SOUL – A COLLABORATION WITH THE ST. JOHN’S BIBLE PROJECT Bruch – Ave Maria (with cellist Inbal Segev) Bloch – Schelomo (with cellist Inbal Segev) Strauss – Death and Transfiguration Theofanidis – Rainbow Body (with projected images from The St. John’s Bible illuminations) FROSTIVAL FINALE – A COLLABORATION WITH Fargo-Moorhead “FROSTIVAL” Tchaikovsky – Dances from “The Nutcracker” Vivaldi – “Winter” from The Four Seasons (with Concertmaster Ben Sung) Shostakovich – Symphony No. 11 “The Year 1905” (with projected images) SUNNY GETAWAY Marquez – Danzon No. 2 (FMAYS Side-by-Side) Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 “Italian” Tjader – Mambo Mindero (with percussionist Kenyon Williams on Caribbean pan drums) Williams – La Gresca (with percussionist Kenyon Williams) Elgar – In the South GRAND FINALE Breedon – “Variations on Yankee Doodle” commissioned overture Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 (with pianist CLAIRE HUANGCI) Respighi – Roman Festivals 2016-2017 – BE AMAZED THE GREAT ROMANTICS Enescu – Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1 Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations (with cellist SERGEY ANTONOV) Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 ORCHESTRA & GUITAR Rossini – “William Tell” Overture Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez (with guitarist BERTA ROJAS) Brahms – Symphony No. 1 THE INTIMATE TANGO Copland – Music for Theatre Piazzolla – The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (with violinist CHEE-YUN) Mozart – Symphony No. 40 PDQ BACH PREMIERE Grieg - Norwegian Dance No. 1 (FMAYS Side by side) Saint-Saens – Carnival of the Animals P.D.Q. Bach (Fargo’s own Peter Schickele) - Concerto for Simply Grand Piano and Orchestra (with pianist Jeffrey Biegel) THE RITE OF SPRING SEASON FINALE Rimsky-Korsakov – Russian Easter Overture Kodaly – Dances of Galanta Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring 2015-2016 – BLOCKBUSTER MUSIC ON FIRE Stravinsky – Firebird Yoshimatsu – Cyberbird for Saxophone & Orchestra (Russ Peterson, sax) de Falla – Ritual Fire Dance Respighi – The Pines of Rome FROM THE NEW WORLD Adams – Short Ride in the Fast Machine Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F (Rebecca Davis, piano) Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” ROMEO & JULIET3 - part of community-wide SHAKESPEAREFEST Prokofiev – Romeo & Juliet Orchestral Suites Tchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy Breedon – Heart’s Ease (commissioned from Daniel Breedon) Bernstein – West Side Story Symphonic Dances (Collaboration with actors from Theatre B) TEACHER & STUDENT Brahms – Academic Festival Overture (FMAYS Side-by-Side) Bach – Double Violin Concerto (Cho-Liang “Jimmy” Lin & his former student Sonja Harasim) Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto (Cho-Liang Lin) CARMINA BURANA – AND OTHER PLEASURES OF THE FLESH Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy (Concertmaster Ben Sung, violin) Strauss – Dance of the Seven Veils Orff – Carmina Burana – collaboration with FM Choral Artists & NDSU Concert Choir 2014-2015 – EMBRACE THE WORLD VIVA SOUTH AMERICA! Ginastera Estancia Four Dances Salinas Danzas Peregrinas (Alturas Duo and Gonzalo Cortes on guitar, charongo, pan flute) Walton Symphony No. 1 ALONG THE SILK ROAD Tan Dun Dragon & Phoenix Overture Bright Sheng The Three Gorges of the Long River from “China Dreams” Griffes The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade ALL-BEETHOVEN – Opening event of community-wide BEETHOVENFEST Beethoven Coriolan Overture – side by side with FM Senior High Youth Symphony Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” (with Matti Raekallio, piano) Beethoven Symphony No. 5 CELLO & TCHAIKOVSKY Glazunov Chant du Menestrel (with cellist Sergey Antonov) Elgar Cello Concerto (with cellist Sergey Antonov) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique” RESURRECTION Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” (with chorus and vocal soloists) 2013-2014 – EXPERIENCE PASSION – WELCOME, CHRISTOPHER ZIMMERMAN WELCOME, MAESTRO ZIMMERMAN Britten Sinfonia da Requiem Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (Morganne McIntyre, 2013 YASC Winner) Russ Peterson Red River Overture – Premiere Sibelius Symphony No. 2 PIANOVEMBER Elgar Introduction and Allegro for Strings Mozart Concerto in C Minor Beethoven Symphony No. 7 AMERICAN GENIUS Bernstein Overture to “Candide” Adams The Chairman Dances – Foxtrot for Orchestra (from “Nixon in China”) Copland Four Dance Episodes from “Rodeo” Leshnoff Starburst Bernstein Suite from “On the Waterfront” WAGNER & VERDI 200TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION – includes FMAYS Side-By-Side Wagner Excerpts from “Die Meistersinger,” “Lohengrin,” “Tristan & Isolde” Verdi Excerpts from “La Forza del Destino,” “La Traviata,” “Aida” FROM LONDON WITH LOVE Vaughan Williams Wasps Overture Britten Violin Concerto (Chee-Yun, violin) Britten Passacaglia from “Peter Grimes” Walton Symphony No. 1 (first movement) 2012-2013 – CONDUCTOR SEARCH SEASON GEORGE HANSON Rimsky-Korsakov Dance of the Tumblers Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 (Benjamin Moser, piano) Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 CHRISTOPHER ZIMMERMAN Sibelius Finlandia Bodorova Concerto of the Flowers (Moni Simeonov, violin) Ravel Tzigane (Moni Simeonov) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 DAVID ITKIN Bernstein Three Dances from “On the Town” Shostakovich Cello Concerto (Inbal Segev, cello) Brahms Symphony No. 4 DARRYL ONE Nelson Savannah River Holiday Bruch Violin Concerto No. 2 (Bella Hristova) Rossini Overture to “La Scala di Seta” Elgar Enigma Variations KELLY CORCORAN Tchaikovsky Suite No. 4 “Mozartiana” Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Charlie Albright, piano) Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 2011-2012 – BERNIE’S FOND FAREWELL COPLAND, BRITTEN & BEETHOVEN Copland Outdoor Overture (side-by-side with F-M Area Sr. High Youth Orchestra) Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Britten Four Sea Interludes Copland Appalachian Spring MOZART, MENDELSSOHN & SHOSTAKOVICH Mozart Cosi fan tutte Overture Shostakovich Violin Concerto Op. 64 (concertmaster Benjamin Sung, violin) Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 DEBUSSY, CHOPIN & STRAVINSKY Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 (Jihye Chang Sung, piano) Stravinsky Petrouchka (1947 revision) RAVEL, HAYDN & BARTOK Ravel Mother Goose Suite Haydn Symphony No. 103 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra BEETHOVEN & MAHLER – BERNIE’S GRAND FINALE Beethoven Choral Fantasy (Jay Hershberger, piano) Mahler Symphony No. 1 “Titan” 2010-2011 – TASTE THE WORLD (included a menu-themed partnership with area restaurants) MUSIC OF SPAIN Chabrier Espana de Falla El sombrero de tres picos Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnole Strauss Don Quixote (Zuill Bailey, cello) VIVE LA FRANCE Berlioz Beatrice & Benedict Overture Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No. 3 (Tai Murray, violin) Bizet Symphony No. 1 Ravel Bolero AN EVENING IN VIENNA Plus – Winner of the 2011 Young Artist Solo Competition Strauss Die Fledermaus Overture Mozart Symphony No. 35 (Haffner) Schubert Overture to “Rosamunde” Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 Schubert Entr’acte III to “Rosamunde” Strauss On the Beautiful Blue Danube THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA Bernstein Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” Barber Piano Concerto (Emanuele Arciuli, piano) Schwantner New Morning for the World: “Daybreak of Freedom” THE SPLENDOR OF RUSSIA Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky 2009-2010 – THE YEAR OF THE VIOLIN – MIDORI and BEN SUNG, season soloists MUSIC FROM FILMS Gershwin An American in Paris Barber Adagio for Strings Corigliano The Red Violin (Chaconne) (Benjamin Sung, violin) Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C Minor CARNIVAL LATINA – Zenaida Romeu, guest conductor Caturla Tres Danzas Cubanas Valera La Lenta Noche en tus Ojos Roldan Tres Pequenos Poemas Beethoven ` Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) MIDORI – Special residency awarded by Midori’s Orchestra Residencies Program Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (side-by-side w/ Youth Symphony) Tchaikowsky Romeo & Juliet Overture