Eastman Ensemble Rehearsal/Concert Schedule Fall 2019 Fall classes begin Wed, 28 August; Rehearsals begin on Wed, 4 September Meliora: Th, 10/3 to Sun, 10/6 Fall Break: Sat, 10/12 to Tues, 10/15 Thanksgiving Break: Wed, 11/27 to Sun, 12/1 Last day of class: Wed, 12/11 **All concerts start at 7:30 unless otherwise noted http://www.esm.rochester.edu/ensembles/concerts/ Cycle I Concert Date/ Hall Ens. Conductor Repertoire Rehearsals begin/# Th, 9/5 Kilbourn Jazz Faculty TBD Wed, 9/18/ Kodak EWO/EWE Mark Davis Scatterday EWO: Wed, 9/4 (7) Brian Shaw, trumpet Howard Hanson – Chorale and Alleluia (6’) Carter Pann – Hold This Boy and Listen (8’) Ron Nelson – Rocky Point Holiday (6’) EWE: Roberto Sierra – Rapsodia (11’) (Brian Shaw, trumpet) David Liptak – Soundings (15’) Mon, 9/23/ Kodak ESSO/PHIL Neil Varon ESSO: Wed. 9/4 (9) Dvorak – Carnival Overture (10’) Sophie Thompson, Soprano Britten – Les Illuminations (21’) (Sophie Thompson, soprano) PHIL: Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 4 (39’) Tu, 9/24 Kilbourn Jazz TBD Showcase Mon, 10/7 Kilbourn Chamber Jazz TBD Cycle II Concert Date/ Hall ENS Conductor Repertoire Rehearsals begin Fri, 10/11/ Kodak PHIL Neil Varon Robert Schumann – Piano Concerto (31’) Wed, 9/25 (8) Hector Belioz – Symphonie Fantastique (49’) **Orchestra will play for annual conductor masterclass (Berlioz): Fri, 10/18, 3:45-5:25 and Sat, 10/19, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM, followed by lunch Th, 10/17 Kilbourn MN Brad Lubman Kate Soper – Missing Scenes: The Winter’s Tale (world premiere) Steve Reich – Radio Rewrite Kate Soper, guest composer Elliott Carter – ASKO Concerto and vocalist Alvin Singleton - Again Fri, 10/18/ Kodak EWO/EWE Mark Scatterday EWO: Wed, 9/25 (9) Gustav Holst – A Somerset Rhapsody (10’) Nicholas Goluses, guitar Eric Whitacre – October (7’) Viet Cuong – Moth (9’) EWE: Stephen Goss – Concerto of Couleurs (20’) (Nicholas Goluses, guitar) David Liptak – The Sacred Harp (15’) Sat, 10/19, 3 PM Kilbourn EC/RS/WC William Weinert, Philip EC: Silvey, Caleb Hopkins, Brahms – Warum ist das Licht gegeben (11’) Noemie Binag, conductors RS: Mozart - Coronation Mass (26’) Rosephayne Powell, guest Mendelssohn – Hear My Prayer (11’) composer WC: Rosephayne Powell, guest composer Works or arrangements by R. Powell: Ogo Ni Fun Oluwa!; Keep Yo’ Lamps; I want to Die while You Love Me; Ascribe to the Lord; I wanna be ready Mon, 10/21/ Kodak ESSO Neil Varon Hector Berlioz – Three Pieces from Damnation of Faust: Wed, 9/25 (11) Dance of the Sylphs (3‘); Rakoczy March (5‘); Will-o-th-Wisps (5‘) Student composition - tbd Antonin Dvorak – Symphony No. 8 (34‘) Wed, 10/23 Kilbourn Jazz Lab Band Rich Thompson TBD Th, 10/24 Kilbourn NJE/EJE David Rivello and Bill TBD Dobbins Sun, 10/27 Ref Luth Bach - Rayvon Moore and Wenhao Bach cantatas BWV 114 and BWV 30 Cantatas Mu, conductors Draft 7/11/2019 4:38 PMh:\calendar and reh sched\19-20\fall 2019, portrait, rep and dates, draft 7,11,19.docx Cycle III Concert Date/ Hall Ens Conductor Repertoire Rehearsals begin Fri, 11/1 Kodak EWO/EWE Mark Scatterday EWO: (5/6) Percy Grainger – Molly on the Shore (4’); Colonial Song (5’); Shepherd’s Hey (4’) Dana Wilson – Dance of the New world (9’) Malcolm Arnold – Four Scottish Dances (11’) EWE: Joseph Schwantner – In evening’s stillness (13’) Paul Hindemith – Symphony In Bb (18’) Th, 11/7-Sun, 11/10 Kilbourn Opera Tim Long Double Bill: **Extended reh tbd V. Ullmann & Peter Kien – Der Kaiser von Atlantis oder die Tod- Verweigerung K. Weill & Bertolt Brecht – Mahagonny Songspiel Fri, 11/8/ Kodak PHIL Leonard Slatkin Works by Jeff Beal Mon, 10/21 (9) Guest composer, Jeff Beal The Paper Lined Shack for Soprano and Orchestra (24’) Hila Plitmann, soprano Battleground from Nightmares & Dreamscapes (53’) Pollack Suite Mon, 11/11/ Kodak ESSO Neil Varon Rossini – Overture to Semiramide (12’) Wed, 10/23 (9) Mozart – Clarinet Concerto (25’) Respighi – Fountains of Rome (15’) Tu, 11/12 Kilbourn Jazz TBD Workshop Fri, 11/15 Kilbourn MN Brad Lubman Oliver Knussen – Ophelia Dances Georgia Mills and Daniel Helen Grime – A Cold Spring Brottman, assistant Michael Gordon – Lovebead conductors Olga Neuwirth – Lonicera Caprifolium Sun, 11/17, 3:00 PM Ref Luth Bach Cantatas Anna Lenti and Gilbert Bach cantatas BWV 21 and BWV 106 Donohue, conductors Tu. 11/19 Kilbourn EJE Bill Dobbins TBD Fri, 11/22 Kilbourn EC William Weinert and Caleb Brahms – Warum ist das Licht gegeben (11’) Dress tbd Hopkins, conductors J.S. Bach – Jesu, meine Freude (20’) Britten – Hymn to St. Cecilia (10’) Stephen Hartke – Blessed are They that Sow and Shall Not Reap (4’) Abbie Betinis – Bar Xizam (8’) Cycle IV Concert Date/ Hall Ens Conductor Repertoire Rehearsals begin Tu, 12/3 Kilbourn Jazz Lab Band Rich Thompson TBD Wed, 12/4 Kilbourn NJE David Rivello TBD Wed, 12/4/ Kodak EWO/EWE Mark Davis Scatterday EWO: EWO: Wed, 11/13 (8) Vincent Persichetti – Divertimento (12’) EWE: Mon, 11/11 (9) Sinta Saxophone Quartet John Mackey – The Night Garden (9’) Roger Nixon – Fiesta del Pacifico (9’) EWE: Matthew Browne – Kill Screen (5’) Browne – Cabinet of Curiosities (23’) Fri, 12/6 Kodak ESSO/ERC William Weinert and Caleb Brahms – Nänie (14’) Wed, 11/13 (10) Hopkins, conductors R. Vaughan Williams – toward the Unknown Region (14’) **Dress reh: Tu, 12/3 & Th, 12/5, Handel –Te Deum (25’) 7:30-10 PM Sun, 12/8, 3 PM Kilbourn RS/WC Esther Ting and Philip Silvey, RS: RS Dress: W, 12/4, 3:35-5:00; conductors Vivaldi – Magnificat (15’) WC Dress: Th, 12/5, 6:30-9:00 Other rep tbd WC: Elizabeth Alexander – Faith is the Bird That Feels the Light (3’) Elaine Hagenberg – O Love (5’) Diana V. Saez – Plena (5’) Gwyneth Walker – I will be Earth (3’) Sonja Whitmore – More Abundantly Mon, 12/9/ Kodak PHIL Neil Varon Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy (19’) Mon, 11/11 (11) student soloist tbd, piano Rachmaninoff – Piano concerto No. 2 (33’) Brahms – Symphony No. 4 Tues, 12/10 Kilbourn Collegium Paul O’Dette TBD Draft 7/11/2019 4:38 PMh:\calendar and reh sched\19-20\fall 2019, portrait, rep and dates, draft 7,11,19.docx .