Kenneth Woods, conductor Programs since 1999 GRSO- Grande Ronde Symphony Orchestra GRYO- Grande Ronde Youth Orchestra OES-Oregon East Symphony April 23, 2006 Oregon East Symphony and Chorale Gustav Mahler- Symphony No. 2 in C minor Angela Niederloh- mezzo-soprano, Amy Paden- soprano Cyril Myers, chorus master April 14, 18, 19 Oregon East Symphony Preparatory Orchestra Spring Concert and Regional Tour Rossini- Overture to La Gazza Ladra Bach- Double Concerto in D minor for Two Violins Beethoven- Egmont Overture Bernstein- Selections from West Side Story April 1, 2006 Surrey Mozart Players Guildford Spring Music Festival Dvorak- Czech Suite Mozart- Bassoon Concerto Meyrick Alexander, bassoon Beethoven- Symphony no. 7 in A Major March 30, 2006 Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra Workshop Tchaikowsky- Symphony no 4 March 17, 18 and 19, 2006 National Symphony Orchestra Cover for Leonard Slatkin Barber- Medea's Meditation and dance of Vengeance Dvorak- Piano Concerto op 33 Garrick Ohlsson, piano Schumann- Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major, "Rhenish" March 11, 2006 Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Mozart- Masonic Funeral Music Mozart- Clarinet Concerto Sandra Gamba, clarinet Beethoven- Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major, op 55 "Eroica" February 25, 2006 Oregon East Symphony Beethoven- Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, opus 60 Beethoven- Violin Concerto in D Major, opus 61 Suzanne Casey, violin February 23, 2006 Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Symphony Clinic/Music Director Audition Mussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov- Night on Bald Mountain Kenneth Woods, conductor 20 Trevethick Street, Cardiff, CF11 6EB, UK [email protected] www.kennethwoods.net 1 +44 2920 220461, 541.969.3044 February 13, 2006 Hereford String Orchestra Workshop Mozart-Symphony No. 34 in C Major Arnold- Serenade February 10, 2006 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Cover Conductor/Off-stage Conductor Mahler- Symphony No. 2 in C minor February 5, 2006 Cardiff Polyphonic Choir Workshop/Music Director Audition Britten- War Requiem Bruckner- Christus Factus Est Vidanna- Exsultate Justi January 29, 2006 Rose City Chamber Orchestra Debussy arr. Schoenberg- Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune Beethoven- Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major, "Eroica" January 22 and 23, 2006 Oregon East Symphony Wagner- Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Beethoven- Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Alexander Bernstein, piano Sibelius- Symphony No. 1 in E minor November 15, 2005 Nottingham Philharmonic Workshop/Music Director Audition Tchaikowsky- Symphony No. 5 in E minor November 13, 2005 Oregon East Symphony Preparatory Orchestra Beethoven- Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Annette Olivares, piano Christopher Thomas- In the Haze (World Premiere) Schubert- Symphony No. 3 in D Major November 12, 2005 Oregon East Symphony McKinnon- The Songs of the Magic Strings for Violin and Orchestra (World Premiere) Hindemith- Der Schwanendreher (Concerto on Old German Folk Songs for Viola and Small Orchestra) Hong-Mei Xiao, viola Copland- Appalachian Spring (Version for Full Orchestra) November 9, 2005 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Discovering Music Live- The History of the Trumpet Philippe Schartz, trumpet Bach- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 (excerpts) Telemann- Trumpet Concerto in D Major Haydn- Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Kenneth Woods, conductor 20 Trevethick Street, Cardiff, CF11 6EB, UK [email protected] www.kennethwoods.net 2 +44 2920 220461, 541.969.3044 October 30, 2005 Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Grieg- Two Elegiac Pieces for String Orchestra Gerald Garcia- “The Heart of the Rose” Concerto for Guitar and Strings (World Premiere) Arnold- Serenade for Guitar and Strings Steven Thachuk, guitar Tchaikowsksy- Souvenir de Florence October 15, 2005 Oregon East Symphony Schubert- Symphony No. 8 in B Minor “Unfinished” Mozart- Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola Audrey Marier, violin, Aurelia Erickson, viola Dvorak- Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C Major Weber- Overture to Der Freischutz Johann Strauss Jr.- Emperor Waltz Suppe- Overture to Poet and Peasant August 4-7, 2005 Rose City Chamber Orchestra Rose City Conductor’s Workshop Beethoven- Symphony No. 5 Brahms- Symphony No. 1, 2nd mvt. Debussy arr. Schoenberg- Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune Elgar-Introduction & Allegro Liadov- Eight Russian Folk Songs Mozart- Excerpts from Don Giovanni Act I No. 2, Recitativo accompagnato e duo: Ma qual mai s'offre, oh dei- Fuggi, crudele fuggi Act I No. 10, Recitativo accompagnato ed Aria: Don Ottavio, son morta!- Or sai chi l'onore Mozart arr. Triebensee- Excerpts from Don Giovanni, arr. for wind octet Vol I, Overture and No.'s 1-9 July 10, 2005 Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Brahms- Symphony No. 1 in C minor July 2, 2005 Helix Ensemble Barber- Summer Music Ives- Symphony No. 3 “The Camp Meeting” Barber- Adagio for Strings Piston- Sinfonietta June 10, 2005 Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Shostakovich (arr. Barshai)- Chamber Symphony, op. 110A Mozart- Symphony No. 36 in C major “Linz” April 23 and 24, 2005 Oregon East Symphony and Chorale Consort Columbia Chorus Beethoven- Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” Kenneth Woods, conductor 20 Trevethick Street, Cardiff, CF11 6EB, UK [email protected] www.kennethwoods.net 3 +44 2920 220461, 541.969.3044 Rick Rowley, piano Mozart- Mass in C minor, K 427 “Great” Lezlee Flagg and Cheryl Carlson- sopranos, Nick Fichter- tenor, Cyril Myers- Bass April 10-14, 2005 Oregon East Symphony Preparatory Orchestra Regional tour and spring concert Faure- Pelleas and Melisande Suite Britten- Matinees Musicales Haydn- Symphony No. 101, “Clock” April 2, 205 Kent County Youth Orchestra Tchaikowsky- Francesca da Rimini Liadov- Eight Russian Folk Songs Shostakovich- Symphony No. 10 March 5, 2005 Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Beethoven- Coriolan Overture Haydn- Cello Concerto in D Major Kenneth Woods, cello Mendelssohn- Symphony No. 4 “Italian” February 20, 2005 OES Margaret Mayer- Among Friends (world premiere commission for OES) Mozart- Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major Xiang Gao, violin solo Beethoven- Symphony No. 3 in E flat, “Eroica” January 22, 2005 OES Glinka- Overture to “Russlan and Ludmilla” Shostakovich- Cello Concerto No. 1 Kenneth W oods, cello Tchaikowsky- Symphony No. 1 January 9, 2005 Rose City Chamber Orchestra Doolittle- green/blue Mendelssohn- Octet Stravinsky- Danses Concertatnes November 22, 2004 Oregon East Symphony Preparatory Orchestra Elgar- Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit Britten- Mattinee Musicales Seitz- Violin Concerto in G major Haydn- Symphony no. 101 in D major “The Clock” November 20, 2004 OES Ravel- Tombeau de Couperin Ney Rosauro- Marimba Concerto Kenneth Woods, conductor 20 Trevethick Street, Cardiff, CF11 6EB, UK [email protected] www.kennethwoods.net 4 +44 2920 220461, 541.969.3044 Mariah McNair, marimba Rachmaninoff- Piano Concerto No. 2 (finale) Karen Linde, piano Tchaikowsky- Orchestral Suite no. 4, “Mozartiana” November 14, 2004 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Wrexham Symphony Joint Education Project, conducting masterclass All Welsh program including Daniel Jones- Dance Fantasy Gareth W ood- Festivities Overture November 7, 2004 Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Dvorak- Symphony No. 6 in D major October 30, 2004 Lancashire Chamber Orchestra W ebern- Langsammer Satz Bach- Violin Concerto in A minor Zhang Jia, violin Schubert- String Quartet in D minor arr. for string orchestra October 9, 10, 11 2004 OES Smetana- Die Moldau Glazunov- Violin Concerto Ron Blessinger, violin Shostakovich- Symphony No. 5 August 14, 2004 Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra Beethoven- Symphony No. 8 Mozart- Concerto for Flute and Harp Elgar- Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit Schubert- Symphony No. 3 Encores July 10-11 2004 Contemporary Music Ensemble of Wales Rehearse/record for BBC Radio 3 Aldo Clementi- IDEOGRAMMI N. 1 Aldo Clementi- IDEOGRAMMI N. 2 Mauro Cardi- Effetto Notte Berio- Serenata I for Flute and 14 instruments July 3, 2004 Surrey Mozart Players Mendelssohn- Hebrides Overture Mozart- Flute Concerto in D major Susan Milan, flute W agner- Siegfried Idyll Prokofiev- Classical Symphony June 29, 2004 Kenneth Woods, conductor 20 Trevethick Street, Cardiff, CF11 6EB, UK [email protected] www.kennethwoods.net 5 +44 2920 220461, 541.969.3044 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Winter Gardens, Malvern Theatres Borodin- In the Steppes of Central Asia Kodaly- Dances of Galanta Berio- Folk Songs (selected) Cantaloube- Chants d’Auvergne (selections) Rodrigo- Madrigali no.s 2 and 4 Patricia Rozario, soprano Copland- Appalachian Spring Concert to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 June 26, 2004 University of Wisconsin-Madison Summer Music Clinic Honors String Orchestra Britten- Simple Symphony Sibelius- Romance in C Sibelius- Festival Prelude June 12, 2004 Scotia Festival Chamber Orchestra Schoenberg- String Quartet No. 2 arr. for String Orchestra Additional rep tba April 15, 16, 17 2004 OES Oregon East Symphony Chorale Hermiston Chorale Bizet- Carmen Amy Bils- soprano (Micaela), Christine Meadows- mezzo soprano (Carmen), Jay Fraley- tenor (Don Jose), Charles Robert Stevens- baritone (Escamillo) April 7-9 2004, April 18 2004 Oregon East Symphony Preparatory Orchestra Regional tour and final concert Copland- An Outdoor Overture Samuel Coleridge Taylor- Petite Suite for Orchestra Beethoven- Symphony No. 1 in C Major March 27, 2004 Lancashire Chamber Orchestra Viktor Ullmann- String Quartet No. 3 arr. for string orchestra by Kenneth Woods Strauss- Oboe Concerto Mozart- Symphony No. 35 in D Major (“Haffner”) March 21, 2004 Royal Orchestra Society Sibelius- Spring Song Lalo- Cello Concerto Gemma Rosefield,