Quad City Symphony Orchestra Season Repertoire – 2009-2017
QUAD CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Mark Russell Smith, Music Director and Conductor
Season Repertoire 2008 – 2017
All Concerts Conducted by Mark Russell Smith unless otherwise indicated
2016 – 2017
August 20, 2016
Riverfront Pops
Jeffrey Reed, guest conductor
Music of The Eagles
October 1-2, 2016
Masterworks I
Steven Campbell, tuba
STRAUSS Don Juan
DAUGHERTY Reflections on the Mississippi
for Tuba and Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 (Eroica)
November 5-6, 2016
Masterworks II
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
SMETANA Vltava (The Moldau) from Má vlast
PICKER Old and Lost Rivers
MENDELSSOHN From A Midsummer Night’s Dream:
Scherzo, Nocturne and Wedding March
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 83
December 3-4, 2016
Masterworks III
Hannah Holman, violoncello
HÄNDEL Water Music Suite No. 2
ELGAR Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish)
February 4-5, 2017
Masterworks IV
Naha Greenholtz, violin
MUSSORGSKY, orch. Rimsky-Korsakov Dawn on the Moscow River
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
ABELS Liquify (World Premiere – QCSO Commission)
MOZART Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 (Prague)
STRAUSS, Jr. An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
March 4-5, 2017
Masterworks V
Erin Wall, soprano
WAGNER From Götterdämmerung: Dawn and Siegfried’s
Rhine Journey
STRAUSS Four Last Songs
WAGNER From Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2
April 8-9, 2017
Masterworks VI
Dann Coakwell, Evangelist; Daniel Lichti, Jesus;
Carine TInney, soprano; Adrian Zabala, mezzo-soprano;
William Ferguson, tenor; Paul Max Tipton, bass
Augustana College Choir; Quad City Choral Arts
BACH St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
April 30, 2017
Side-by-Side Concert
Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles
Claire Thomsen, flute (Youth Concerto Competition Winner)
ABELS Liquify
IBERT Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
MUSSORGSKY/orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
2015 – 2016
September 12, 2015
Riverfront Pops Concert
Country Legends
October 3-4, 2015
Masterworks I
Recreation of First Concert of Tri-City Symphony in 1915
Heidi Melton, soprano; Roman Rabinovich, piano
WAGNER From Die Meistersinger: Prelude
WAGNER From Tannhäuser: “Dich, teure Halle”
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor (Unfinished)
SAINT-SAENS Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
TCHAIKOVSKY Elegy from Serenade for Strings
TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
TCHAIKOVSKY Marche Slave
November 7-8, 2015
Masterworks II
Naha Greenholtz, violin; Hannah Holman, violoncello
BACH Sinfonias from Cantatas 42 and 21
BRAHMS Double Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and
Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102 or, Op. 102
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
December 5-6, 2015
Masterworks III
Marian Lee, piano
HUMPERDINCK Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
MOZART Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 467
- MOZART Sleigh Ride
PROKOFIEV Troika from Lt. Kije Suite
DELIUS Sleigh Ride
ANDERSON Sleigh Ride
TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker Suite
February 6-7, 2016
Masterworks IV
Livia Sohn, violin
GRIEG Holberg Suite
BARBER Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
March 5-6, 2016
Masterworks V
Benjamin Klemme, Associate Conductor; Mark Timmerman, bassoon
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56A
BANCKS Dream Variations for Bassoon
(World Premiere – QCSO Commission)
ELGAR Enigma Variations
April 2-3, 2016
Masterworks Vl
Linh Kauffman, soprano; Adriana Zabala, mezzo-soprano
MAHLER Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection)
April 10, 2016
Side-By-Side Concert
Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles
Donovan Klutho, tuba (Youth Concerto Competition Winner)
WAGNER Prelude to Die Meistersinger
BROUGHTON Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Excerpts from the Ballet
2014 – 2015
100th Anniversary Season
September 6, 2014
Riverfront Pops Concert
Music of Elton John
October 4-5, 2014
Masterworks I
Andre Watts, piano
FRANTZEN Beyond a Wild Dream
(World Premiere – QCSO Commission)
RACHMANINOFF Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
DVORÁK Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 (From the New World)
November 1-2, 2014
Masterworks II
Erin Keefe, violin
ROMIG Bridges (World Premiere – QCSO Commission)
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (Pathètique)
December 6-7, 2014
Masterworks III
Marc Zyla, horn; Naha Greenholtz, violin; Hannah Holman, violoncello;
Andrew Parker, oboe; Benjamin Coelho, bassoon; Lillian Lau, harp
GOMPPER Sunburst (World Premiere – QCSO Commission)
SAINT-SAËNS Romance for Horn and Orchestra
HAYDN Sinfonia Concertante in Bb Major, Hob. 1:105
RAVEL Introduction and Allegro
MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
February 7-8, 2015
Masterworks IV
Demarre McGill, flute
TORKE Oracle (QCSO Commission)
MOZART Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 (Romantic)
February 22, 2015
Side-by-Side Concert
Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles
Gabriela Nisly, flute (Youth Concerto Competition Winner)
BRUCKNER Scherzo from Symphony No. 4
HÜE Fantaisie for Flute and Orchestra
RESPIGHI The Pines of Rome
March 7-8, 2015
Masterworks V
Joel Fan, piano
CAMPBELL Where the River Bends
(World Premiere – QCSO Commission)
HARRIS Symphony No. 3
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
GOULD Interplay for Piano and Orchestra
COPLAND Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
April 11-12, 2015
Masterworks VI
Karen Slack, soprano; Eleni Matos, mezzo-soprano;
Vale Rideout, tenor; Dean Elzinga, bass-baritone;
Handel Oratorio Society; Quad City Choral Arts; Augustana Choir
SCHOENBERG Friede auf Erden
STEPHENSON A-ccord (World Premiere – QCSO Commission)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (Choral)
May 14, 2015
100th ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT
Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
DVORÁK Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 104
2013 – 2014
September 7, 2013
Riverfront Pops Concert
The Music of Michael Jackson
October 5-6, 2013
Masterworks I
Jonathan Biss, piano
Don Wooten, narrator
TORKE Oracle (World Premiere – QCSO Commission)
BRITTEN Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
October 26-27, 2013
Masterworks II
Sarah Shafer, soprano
Joel Fan, piano
SCHUBERT Rosamunde Overture and Ballet Music
BARBER Knoxville: Summer 1915
- STRAUSS Morgen
MOZART Vorrei spiegarvi, o Dio! K. 418
- STRAUSS Suite from Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
December 6-7, 2013
Masterworks III
Alasdair Neale, guest conductor
Naha Greenholtz, violin
HIGDON Violin Concerto
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
February 15-16, 2014
Masterworks IV
Robert Chen, violin
Roberto Diaz, viola
FAURE Pelleas and Melisande Suite
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
March 8-9, 2014
Masterworks V
BANCKS Rock Island Line
(World Premiere – QCSO Commission)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
April 5-6, 2014
Masterworks VI
Adriana Zabala, mezzo-soprano
Women of the Augustana Choir; Handel Oratorio Society;
Jenny Lind Ensemble; Pleasant Valley High School Women’s Choir; Quad City Choral Arts; Quad City Youth Choir
MAHLER Symphony No. 3
2012 – 2013
September 8, 2012
Riverfront Pops Concert
The Music of Abba
October 6-7, 2012
Masterworks I
Naha Greenholtz, violin
WAGNER Overture to Rienzi
BRUCH Violin Concerto in G minor
DVORÁK Symphony No. 8 in G Major
November 3-4, 2012
Masterworks II
Burt Hara, clarinet
MOZART Overture to Die Zauberflöte
MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F Major (Pastoral)
December 1-2, 2012
Masterworks III
University of Minnesota Opera Theatre
Quad City Choral Arts
MENDELSSOHN Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
VERDI Falstaff: Act III
February 9-10. 2013
Masterworks IV
Five By Design, vocalists
WEBER/BERLIOZ Invitation to the Dance
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz from Swan Lake
Various Swing Era arrangements
March 9-10, 2013
Masterworks V
STRAVINSKY Le sacre du printemps
(100th Anniversary of Premiere)
MUSSORGSKY/orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
April 13-14, 2013
Masterworks VI
Thomas Sauer, piano
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 (Emperor)
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F, Op. 36
2011-2012
September 10, 2011
Riverfront Pops Concert
CLASSICAL MYSTERY TOUR
October 1-2, 2011
Masterworks I
Haochen Zhang, piano
DVORÁK Carnival Overture, Op. 92
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
November 5-6, 2011
Masterworks II
VERDI Overture to La Forza del Destino
BRAHMS Schicksalslied
STRAUSS Tod und Verklärung
LISZT Les Préludes
November 19, 2011
Holiday Pops Concert
Michael Butterman, Guest Conductor; Jon Faddis, trumpet
December 3-4, 2011
Masterworks III
Anthony Ross and Beth Rapier Ross, violoncelli
ABELS Global Warming
OTT Concerto for Two Cellos
VIVALDI Concerto in G minor for Two Violoncelli
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
February 11-12, 2012
Masterworks IV
Alondra de la Parra, guest conductor; Robert Belinic, guitar
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35
Rodrigo Concerto de Aranjuez
Ravel Bolero
Ginastera Malambo from Estancia Dances
March 3-4, 2012
Masterworks V
Caroline Thomas, soprano; William Ferguson, tenor;
Philip Zawisza, baritone; Karl-Heinz Bloemeke, Conductor of Chamber Orchestra; Augustana Choir; Quad City Choral Arts;
University of Minnesota Chorale; Minnesota Boys Choir
Chamber Orchestra: Hochschule für Musik, Detmold, Germany
BRITTEN War Requiem, Op. 66
(Culminating Performances of Britten Peace Project)
March 31 – April 1, 2012
Masterworks VI
Lydia Artymiw, piano; Kara Shay Thomson, soprano;
Sarah Shafer, soprano; Abigail Nims, mezzo-soprano;
CAMPBELL Coyote Dances (World Premiere — Orchestral Version)
FALLA Three Dances from “Three Cornered Hat” (Suite 2)
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier: Suite & Final Scene
2010-2011
July 3, 2010
Patriot Pops Concert
“RED, WHITE, & BOOM!”
September 11, 2010
Riverfront Pops Concert
Bravo Broadway
October 2-3, 2010
Masterworks I
Gustavo Romero, piano
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
CHOPIN Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
November 6-7, 2010
Masterworks II
MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain
GOUNOD Funeral March of a Marionette
DUKAS Sorcerer’s Apprentice
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
November 20, 2010
Holiday Pops Concert
Timothy Russell, guest conductor; Destino, guest artists
December 4-5, 2010
Masterworks III
Roberto Diaz, viola; Amanda Majeski, soprano
WAGNER Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1
PENDERECKI Viola Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
February 5-6, 2011
Masterworks IV
Gary Bordner, trumpet; Handel Oratorio Society;
Sara Shafer, soprano; Abigail Nims, mezzo-soprano;
John McVeigh, tenor; Michael Dean, baritone
HERTEL Concerto for Trumpet and Oboe in E-Flat Major
BACH Cantata #51 (Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen)
MOZART Requiem, K. 626 (Süssmayr)
March 5-6, 2011
Masterworks V
Carl Topilow, guest conductor;
Women of the Quad City Choral Arts
PLOG Weiter
WILLIAMS Across the Stars
DAUGHERTY Red Cape Tango
HOLST The Planets
April 16-17, 2011
Masterworks VI
Midori, violin (Culminating Concert of 5-day Community Residency)
TOCH Pinocchio: A Merry Overture
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1947 version)
(100th Anniversary of Premiere)
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
June 4, 2011
Spring Pops Concert
Michael Cavanaugh, piano and vocals
Music of Billy Joel
2009-2010
September 12, 2009
Riverfront Pops Concert
STEVE LIPPIA – “SIMPLY SINATRA”
October 3-4, 2009
Masterworks I
MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K.551 (Jupiter)
MAHLER Symphony No. 1, D Major (Titan)
October 24-25, 2009
Quad City Symphony Chamber Orchestra
HANDEL Water Music
November 7-8, 2009
Masterworks II
SCHWANTNER New Morning For the World
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Op.55 (Eroica)
November 21, 2009
Holiday Pops Concert
Cirque de la Symphonie
December 5-6, 2009
Masterworks III
Hannah Holman, cello
DVORÁK Violoncello Concerto, B Minor, Op. 104
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5, in D Minor, Op. 47
January 16, 2010
Chamber Music Concert — Mid-Winter Mozart
Mark Russell Smith, cello
BRAHMS String Sextet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18
MOZART String Quartet in F major, K. 590 (Prussian)
February 6-7, 2010
Masterworks IV
Jon Hurty, Guest Conductor
Handel Oratorio Society; Quad City Choral Arts
HANDEL Zadok the Priest
MOZART Exultate Jubilate, K. 165
ORFF Carmina Burana
March 6-7, 2010
Masterworks V
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (Unfinished)
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
April 10-11, 2010
Masterworks VI
Norman Krieger, piano
COPLAND Appalachian Spring
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23
STRAVINSKY The Firebird: Suite (1919)
(100th Anniversary of Premiere)
May 22, 2010
Spring Pops Concert
Brent Havens, Guest Conductor
Music of the Eagles
2008-2009
September 6, 2008
Riverfront Pops Concert
Music of John Williams
October 4-5, 2008
Masterworks I
Augustana Choir; Handel Oratorio Society;
Quad City Choral Arts
COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man
BARBER Adagio for Strings
THOMPSON Alleluia
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, D Minor (Choral), Op. 125
November 1-2, 2008
Masterworks II
TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise from “Yevgeny Onegin”
STRAVINSKY Le Baiser de la Fee (The Fairy’s Kiss) – Divertimento
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
November 22, 2008
Holiday Pops Concert
Atlantic Brass Quintet
December 6-7, 2008
Masterworks III
David Loebel, guest conductor; Philippe Quint, violin
THOMSON Symphony On A Hymn Tune
BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”)
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 (Reformation)
January 31 – February 1, 2009
Masterworks IV
Louis Schwizgebel-Wang, piano
BARBER Symphony No. 1 in One Movement, Op. 9
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, op. 58
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
March 7-8, 2009
Masterworks V
Joshua Roman, violoncello
HEITZIG Wounded Fields
(Dedicated to Victims of War & Genocide)
BLOCH Schelomo: Hebraic Rhapsody
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 in C Major, op. 61
April 4-5, 2009
Masterworks VI
Leon Bates, piano
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major
ELLINGTON New World A-Comin’
RESPIGHI The Pines of Rome
May 30, 2009
Spring Pops Concert
Brent Havens, guest conductor
Music of Led Zeppelin