Calendar
2018
October
13 Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, Reuther Auditorium, Kenosha, WI, 7:30 PM, Wael Farouk, piano
Felix Mendelssohn, The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Op. 26
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Concerto, Piano, No. 2, op.18, C minor
Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No.8, op.88, G major
20 Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL, 7:30 PM, Gabrielle Barkidjija, mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Higdon, Peachtree Street
Leonard Bernstein, Symphony No. 1 (“Jeremiah”)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major (“Eroica”)
21 Highland Park Strings, Highland Park High School, Highland Park, IL, 3:00 PM, Susan Merdinger, Piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major (“Spring”)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Concerto for Piano No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
November
18 Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, North Shore Center of the Performing Arts, Skokie, IL, 3:00 PM, Masha Lakisova, violin
Mikhail Glinka, Waltz Fantasy in B Minor
Alexander Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia
Sergei Prokofiev, Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34
Modest Mussorgsky (Rimsky-Korsakov), Prelude to Khovanschina
Sergei Prokofiev, Concerto for Violin No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63
December
2 Highland Park Strings, Highland Park High School, Highland Park, IL, 3:00 PM, Desiree Ruhstrat, Violin, David Cunliffe, Cello
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major (BWV 1048)
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Two Cellos in G Minor, RV 531
Camille Saint-Saëns, La Muse et le Poete for Violin and Cello.Op. 132
Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200
2 Northwestern University Philharmonia, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL, 7:30 PM
Antonín Dvořák, Slavonic Dances, Op. 46
Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 5 in D Major (“Reformation”)
6 Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL, 7:30 PM, Tian Tang, piano
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky, Miniature Overture from The Nutcracker Suite, No. 1
Arcangelo Corelli, Concerto Grosso in G Minor (“Christmas Concerto”)
Ottorino Respighi, Trittico Botticelliano
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
Antonín Dvořák, Czech Suite in D Major
15 Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, Reuther Auditorium, Kenosha, WI, 3:00 PM
Leroy Anderson, A Christmas Festival
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Trepak fromNutcracker
Chip Davis, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Chip Davis, Greensleeves
Chip Davis, Holly and the Ivy
Chip Davis, Silent Night
Chip Davis, Deck the Halls
arr. A. Harris, Joy to the World
Styne/Cahn, Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
John Finnegan, Christmas Singalong
Leroy Anderson, Sleighride
2019
February
2 Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL, 7:30 PM
Gioachino Rossini, Overture to La scala di seta (The Silken Staircase)
J. S. Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major
10 Highland Park Strings, Bennett-Gordon Hall, Ravinia, Highland Park, IL, 3:00 PM, Jorge Federico Osorio, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Coriolanus Overture, Op. 6
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op.58
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
16 Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, Reuther Auditorium, Kenosha, WI, 7:30 PM
John Williams, The Cowboys Overture
Williams, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Suite for Orchestra
Williams, Hymn to the Fallen (from “Saving Private Ryan”)
Williams, Adventures on Earth (from “E.T.”)
Williams, Three Pieces from Schindler’s List
Williams, Star Wars, Suite for Orchestra
17 Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, North Shore Center of the Performing Arts, Skokie, IL, 3:00 PM
Ludwig van Beethoven, Coriolanus Overture, Op. 6
Michael Haydn, Symphony No. 25 in G Major
Franz Schubert, Symphony in B minor (“Unfinished”), D. 759
23 International Schools Choral Music Society, Shanghai Symphony Concert Hall, Shanghai, China
Chris Artley, O My Children (*World Premiere)
Benjamin Britten, Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
March
3 Northwestern University Philharmonia, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL, 7:30 PM
Gioachino Rossini, Overture to Il signor Bruschino
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (“Little Russian”)
8 Capistrano Unified School District High School Honor Orchestra, Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa, CA, 7:00 PM
Morton Gould, American Salute
Brian Balmages, Summer Dances
Aaron Copland, Outdoor Overture
14 Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL, 7:30 PM, Alicia Russell, soprano
Samuel Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Jennifer Higdon, “String” from Concerto for Orchestra
Aaron Copland, Suite from Appalachian Spring
April
13 Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, Reuther Auditorium, Kenosha, WI, 7:30 PM, Frank Almond, violin
Mark Petering, Cityscape No. 1 (“Kenosha”) (*World Premiere)
Johannes Brahms, Concerto, Violin, op.77, D major
Edward Elgar, Enigma Variations, op.36 (Variations on an Original Theme)
28 Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, North Shore Center of the Performing Arts, Skokie, IL, 3:00 PM, Matthew Dardick, alto saxophone
Artur Honegger, Pastorale d’Été, H. 31
Paule Maurice, Tableaux de Provence
Giacomo Puccini, Crisantemi
Gabriel Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande Suite
May
4 Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL, 7:30 PM
W. A. Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor
Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 2 in C Major
22 Highland Park Strings, Highland Park High School, Highland Park, IL, 3:00 PM, Ben Fried, cello
Dmitri Shostakovich, Concerto for Cello No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op.107
Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”)
30 Northwestern University Philharmonia, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL, 7:30 PM, Nanao Yamada, violin
Franz von Suppé, Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant) Overture
Max Bruch, Scottish Fantasy in E-flat Major
Aaron Copland, Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
June
30 Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, North Shore Center of the Performing Arts, Skokie, IL, 3:00 PM
C.P.E. Bach, Symphony No. 1 in D Major
W.A. Mozart, Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K.201
Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 104 in D Major
July
27 All-American College Orchestra Alumni Orchestra, Disney Springs, Walt Disney World, FL, 6:00 PM
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