2007-08 Program Notes
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Sept. 13-16, 2007
Opening Night
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Joan Tower Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 4
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor"
Piotr Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Sept. 20-23, 2007
Corigliano's Quilt
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Louis Lortie, piano
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1
Francis Poulenc Aubade
John Corigliano Symphony No. 1
Sept. 28-29, 2007
Beethoven's Eighth
Xian Zhang, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Chen Yi Momentum
Bela Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8
Oct. 11-14, 2007
Verdi's Requiem
Hans Graf, conductor
Indra Thomas, violin
Molly Filmore, mezzo-soprano
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
Mikhail Svetlov, bass
UMS Choral Union
Giuseppe Verdi Requiem
Oct. 18-20, 2007
Vaughan Williams' Ninth
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 9
Sir William Walton Cello Concerto
Sir Edward Elgar In the South
Oct. 26-28, 2007
Davies Returns
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor
Renaud Capucon, violin
Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3
Camille Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No. 1
William Bolcom Symphony No. 7, "Symphonic Concerto"
Nov. 15-17, 2007
Dvorak's Ninth
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
Viviane Hagner, violin
Felix Mendelssohn Fingal's Cave, Overture
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto
Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Nov. 23-25, 2007
The Three Bs
Douglas Boyd, conductor
J.S. Bach/Anton Webern Musical Offering: Ricercare
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2
Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2007
The Norrington Experience
Sir Roger Norrington, conductor
Bernard Holcomb, tenor
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 2
Dec. 6-8, 2007
The Four Seasons
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Jennifer Koh, violin
Antonio Vivaldi Four Seasons
Jean-Fery Rebel Les Elemens
Jan. 4-6, 2008
A Midsummer's Dream
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
Bella Davidovich, piano
Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream
Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
J.S. Bach Violin Concerto No. 1
Jan. 10-13, 2008
Ehnes Plays Barber
Peter Oundjian, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
Samuel Barber Violin Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad"
Jan. 24-26, 2008
Fantastique Dutoit
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Jean-Phillipe Collard, piano
Hector Berlioz Overture to Beatrice et Benedict
Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto for Left Hand
Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Feb. 1-2, 2008
Thibaudet Plays Ravel
Gilbert Varga, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Claude Debussy Danse
Maurice Ravel Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major
Zoltan Kodaly Dances of Galanta
Bela Bartok Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
Feb. 8-10, 2008
Knussen on Knussen
Oliver Knussen, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Igor Stravinsky Fireworks
Oliver Knussen Flourish with Fireworks
Oliver Knussen Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky Le Baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss)
Feb. 21-23, 2008
Classical Roots
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano
Bernard Holcomb, tenor
Brazeal Dennard Chorale
Johnson & Johnson "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
James Lee III Beyond Rivers of Vision
Augustus Hill Exegesis
Hector Berlioz La Mort de Cleopatre (The Death of Cleopatra)
Traditional "This Little Light of Mine"
William Dawson "O, le' me shine, shine like a Morning Star" from Negro Folk Symphony
Feb. 29 - March 2, 2008
Schubert's Ninth
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor
Viktoria Postnikova, piano
Ramon Parcells, trumpet
Arnold Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 1
Dmitri Schostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 9 "The Great"
March 6-9, 2008
Boisvert's Beethoven
Jerzy Semkow, conductor
Emmanuelle Boisevert, violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 4
Ludwig van Beethoven Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
March 14, 2008
Unmasked: The Toronto Symphony
Peter Oundjian,conductor
Barbara Hannigan,soprano
Gary Kulesha The True Colour of the Sky
Benjamin Britten Les Illuminations
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G major
March 14-16, 2008
Stadtfeld's U.S. Debut
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Martin Stadtfeld, piano
Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 88 in G major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
Johann Sebastian Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485
April 3, 5-6, 2008
Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Members of the University of Michigan Symphony Band
Hector Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
John Corigliano Circus Maximus (Symphony No. 3 for Large Wind Ensemble)
April 17-20, 2008
Bruckner's Ninth
Hans Graf, conductor
Vadim Repin, violin
Wolfgang Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D minor
April 25-26, 2008
Hahn Plays Tchaikovsky
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Wolfgang Mozart Overture to Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute)
John Corigliano Symphony No. 2
Piotr Tchaikovsky Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 35
May 9-10, 2008
Rhapsody in Blue
Andrew Litton, conductor and piano
Richard Danielpour Celestial Night
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Piotr Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
May 16-18, 2008
Mahler's Ninth
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 9
May 23-24, 2008
Ashkenazy's Pictures
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Lukas Vondracek, piano
Sergei Prokofiev Autumnal
Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
arr. Vladimir Ashkenazy
May 29-June 1, 2008
The Ultimate Ninth
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Jessica Rivera, soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo soprano
Michael Colvin, tenor
Nathan Berg, bass
UMS Choral Union, Jerry Blackstone, director
Stacy Garrop Becoming Medusa
Ludwig van Beethoven Elegischer Gesang
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9, "Choral"