Richmond Symphony OrchestraConcert Programming 1999-2009
2008–2009 Season
Subscription #7
Linh Kauffman, Soprano
Rebecca Ringle, Alto
William Ferguson, Tenor
Derek Chester, Tenor
Kamel Boutros, Baritone
Michael Dean, Bass
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Greater Richmond Children’s Choir
BACH St. Matthew Passion
Subscription #8
MAHLER Symphony No. 9 in D Major
2007–2008 Season
Subscription #1 – Instruments of Gold
David Bilger, Trumpet
STRAUSS Don Juan
ARUTIUNIAN Concerto for Trumpet
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 in D Minor
Subscription #2 – Songs without Words
WAGNER Lohengrin: Prelude, Act I
WAGNER From Siegfried: Forest Murmurs
WAGNER From Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
WAGNER From Die Meistersinger: Three Excerpts from Act III
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 in E Minor
Subscription #4 – Unfinished Business
MOZART German Dances
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 7 in B Minor, “Unfinished”
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
Subscription #5 – Legends and Lore
STRAUSS, R. Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
RAVEL Mother Goose Suite
PROKOFIEV Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Subscription #6 – Angels and Demons
Richmond Symphony Chorus
VERDI Messa da requiem
Subscription #8 – Ace of Bass
Edgar Meyer, Double Bass
Mason Bates, Electronica
BATES Rusty Air in Carolina
BOTTESINI Concerto No. 2 for Double Bass in B Minor
MEYER Concerto for Double Bass in D major
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
BACH FESTIVAL
Chamber Orchestra #1 – The Bach-lor Party
Curtis Opera Ensemble
GRIEG Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
BACH Cantata No. 202 (Wedding)
MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro, Act IV
Chamber Orchestra #2 – Bach to Basics
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major
STRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks
BACH (arr. Webern) Ricercare from Musical Offering
STRAUSS, R. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Chamber Orchestra #4 – Bach to Bach
Karen Johnson, Violin
Madison Vest, Violin
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major
SCHÖNBERG Chamber Symphony No. 1
VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9
BACH Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor
RICHMOND SYMPHONY 50TH ANNIVERSARY, KENNEDY CENTER GALA
Christopher O’Riley, Piano
Amanda Majeski, Soprano
Richmond Symphony Chorus
MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G Major for Soprano and Orchestra
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
RAVEL Suite no. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé
2006-2007 Season
Subscription #1 – Triumph of the Spirit
Camellia Johnson, Soprano
Jennifer Hines, Mezzo-Soprano
Tracey Welborn, Tenor
Philip Cutlip, Baritone
Richmond Symphony Chorus
COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man
BARBER Adagio for Strings
THOMPSON Alleluia
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 (Choral)
Subscription #3 – From Russia with Love
Halden Martinson, Violin
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Subscription #5 – Circle of Life
Sarah Gartshore, Soprano
Richard Zeller, Baritone
Richmond Symphony Chorus
HAYDN Depiction of Chaos from “The Creation”
HOWE Stars; Sand
SHATIN Piping the Earth
BRAHMS A German Requiem
Subscription # 6 – Themes and Variations
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn
HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
ELGAR Enigma Variations
Subscription # 7 – Bicentennial Beethoven
Nicholas Tzavaras, Cello
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture – Beethoven 200
TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 – Beethoven 200
Subscription #8 – Into the Night
Karen Johnson, Violin
Richmond Symphony Chorus
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto, Op. 99
- STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL
Chamber Orchestra #1 – Symphonic Synergy
BOLCOM Commedia for (almost) 18th c. Orchestra
PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Chamber Orchestra #2 – Verse and Virtuosity
Camellia Johnson, Soprano
Richard Zeller, Baritone
BEETHOVEN Overture and Incidental Music from Egmont
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 14
Chamber Orchestra #3 – Beethoven and the Boys
Karen Johnson, Violin
Gustav Highstein, Oboe
BEETHOVEN German Dances
- S. BACH Concerto for Oboe and Violin
BRAHMS Serenade No. 2 in A Major
Chamber Orchestra #4 – Spring Forward
Jessica Lee, Violin
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
COPLAND Appalachian Spring
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)
2005-2006 Season
Subscription #1 – Russian Revelry
Roberto Díaz, Viola
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture
PENDERECKI Viola Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Subscription #2 – Cathedrals of Sound
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8
Subscription #3 – Evening of Romance
Karen Johnson, Violin
BRAHMS Tragic Overture
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
Subscription #4 – Homage to a Genius
Richmond Symphony Chorus
MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor
MOZART Requiem, K. 626
Subscription #5 – A Musical Valentine
Richmond Symphony Chorus
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Overture – Fantasy
FAURÉ Pelleas et Melisande Suite
WAGNER Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music/Entrance of the Guests
Subscription #6 – King of Instruments
Richmond Symphony Chorus
BACH Sinfonia from Cantatas No. 21 and No. 42
MESSIAEN Trois petites liturgies de la Présence Divine
SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3 (Organ)
Subscription #7 – A Night of Passion
Jennifer Koh, Violin
DAUGHERTY Snap!
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
Subscription #8 – Invitation to the Dance
WEBER/BERLIOZ Invitation to the Dance
BERNSTEIN On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
GOLIJOV Last Round
SHOSTAKOVICH Polka from The Age of Gold
STRAUSS Ohne Sorgen, Polka Schnell
SMETANA Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
MOZART FESTIVAL – IN CELEBRATION OF THE
250th ANNIVERSARY OF MOZART’S BIRTH
Chamber Orchestra #2
MOZART Divertimento K. 131
SCHNITTKE Moz-Art à la Haydn
MOZART Symphony No. 39, K. 543
Chamber Orchestra #3
Karen Johnson, Violin
Molly Sharp, Viola
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
VILLA LOBOS Sinfonietta No. 1 (A memoria de Mozart)
MOZART Symphony No. 29, K. 201
Chamber Orchestra #4
Jie Chen, Piano
Madison Vest, Violin
IBERT Hommage à Mozart
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216
MOZART Symphony No. 31 (Paris), K. 297
2004-05 Season
Special Season Opening Concert
Norman Krieger, Piano
COPLAND Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
BERNSTEIN West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
BARBER Overture to The School for Scandal
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto, F Major
Subscription #1 – Music to Cheer the Heart
Mathieu Dufour, Flute
MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides, Op. 26 (Fingal’s Cave)
MOZART Flute Concerto No. 1, K. 313, G Major
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8, Op. 88, G Major
Subscription #2 – Music of Love and Passion
Frank Huang, Violin
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde: Prelude
DEBUSSY Prélude à L’Après-midi d’un faune
STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto, Op. 35, D Major
Subscription #3 – Music to Set You Free
Neal Cary, Cello
MILHAUD Les Cloches
- SCHUMAN A Song of Orpheus
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3, Op. 90, F Major
Subscription No. 5 – Music to Feed the Soul
Richmond Symphony Chorus
SCHÜTZ Selig sind die Toten
SCHÜTZ Das ist je gewisslich wahr
MOZART Symphony No. 34, K. 338, C major
BEETHOVEN Mass, Op. 86, C Major
Subscription No. 6 – Music that Changed the World
BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Op. 55, E-flat Major (Eroica)
Subscription No. 7 – Music of Sunrise to Sunset
Karen Johnson, Violin
NIELSEN Helios Overture, Op. 17
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Op. 74, B Minor (Pathétique)
Chamber Orchestra #1 – Love That Latin
Joanne Kong, Harpsichord
TELEMANN Don Quichotte
FALLA Harpsichord Concerto, D Major
BACH Harpsichord Concerto No 3, BWV 1054, D Major
GINASTERA Variaciones Concertantes
Chamber Orchestra #2 – Let the Strings Sing
Ariana Kim, Violin
HANDEL Concerto Grosso No. 7, HWV318, Alexanderfest
ANDREW IMBRIE Violin Concertino (world premiere)
BACH Violin Concerto No. 1, in A Minor, BWV 1041
HAYDN Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major (Drum Roll)
Chamber Orchestra #3 – Music Fit for a King
Christopher Falzone, Piano
Jonathan Friedman, Bassoon
FREDRICK THE GREAT Symphony No. 2
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 26, D Major , K. 537 (Coronation)
DAUGHERTY Dead Elvis
HANDEL Water Music
Chamber Orchestra #4 – Venetian Carnival
Sarah Gartshore, Soprano
GABRIELLI 4 Canzone
VIVALDI Concerto for 4 Violins
MONTEVERDI Orfeo: Sinfonie e ritornelli
ADAMS Black Gondola
ROSSINI Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri
STRAVINSKY “No Word from Tom,” from The Rakes Progress
2003-2004 Season
Special Season Opening Concert
André Watts, Piano
PROKOFIEV Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Subscription #1 – A Romantic Escapade
Karen Johnson, Violin
ELGAR In the South
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy
RAVEL Tzigane
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
Subscription #2 – Halloween Spectacular
Mei-Ting Sun, Piano
DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
Subscription #3 – Italian Serenade
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Star Music:
KERNIS Musica Celestis
POULENC Videntes stellam, from “Four Christmas Motets”
THOMPSON Choose Something Like a Star, from Frostiana
HANDEL Three Choruses from Roman Vespers
ROSSINI La Scala di Seta Overture
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
Subscription #6 – A Serenade to Spring
William Preucil, Violin
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
BARTOK Divertimento for Strings
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
Subscription #7 – Russian Night
Vesna Stankovic, Violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise, from Eugene Onegin
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
Subscription #8 – The Grand Finale
BERLIOZ Le Corsaire Overture
STEM Escape, for orchestra
MAHLER Symphony No. 5, in C-sharp Minor
Chamber Orchestra #1 – A Czech Afternoon
Michael Lisicky, Oboe
STAMITZ Sinfonia Pastorale
DVOŘÁK Czech Suite
MARTINŮ Oboe Concerto
MOZART Symphony No. 38 (Prague)
Chamber Orchestra #2 – A French Fantasy
ROUSSEL Sinfonietta
LULLY Le triomphe de l’amour
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante defunte (Pavane for a dead princess)
GOUNOD Symphony No. 1
2002-2003 Season
Subscription #1
DVORÁK Carnival Overture
GOULD Stringmusic
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919)
Subscription #2 – It’s Fate
Richmond Symphony Chorus
VERDI Overture to La forza del destino
BRAHMS Schicksalslied, Op. 54
- STRAUSS Tod und Verklärung, Op.24
LISZT Les Préludes
Subscription #3 – Brahms #2
- Douglas Wright, Trombone
STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements
SCHWERTSIK Mixed Feelings
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Subscription #5
Jaime Laredo, Violin
MICHAEL ABELS Global Warming
BARBER Violin Concerto, Op. 14
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World)
Subscription #6
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Symphony No. 1
GRIEG Holberg Suite
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 – Beethoven 200
Subscription #8
Karen Johnson, Violin
MICHAEL ABELS Tribute
KHATCHATURIAN Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 in F Minor,Op. 36
Chamber Orchestra #1 – The Cello’s Charms
Neal Cary, Cello
Anne O’Byrne, Soprano
Neil Wilson, Baritone
Joanne Kong, Piano
VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5
BACH Suite in D for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1008
BORODIN Songs
GERSHWIN Selected Songs
DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings in E Major , Op. 22
Chamber Orchestra #2 – Let the Trumpets Sound!
David Bilger, Trumpet
WILLIAM COBLE Chamber Symphony (World Premiere)
HAYDN Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major , Hob. VIIe:I
JOLIVET Concertino for Trumpet
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major , BWV 1066
Chamber Orchestra #4
James Dick, Piano
BACH Sinfonia from Cantata No. 21
BACH Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 – Beethoven 200
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 (Tragic)
2001-2002 Season
75th Anniversary Celebration, Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts
Kathleen Battle, Soprano
GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmilla
DVOŘÁK Symphonic Variations
(Assorted) Performed by Kathleen Battle
Subscription #1—In Recognition of the Events of 9/11 Jonita Lattimore, Soprano
Lynn Kotrady, Mezzo-Soprano
John Daniecki, Tenor
Philip Lima, Baritone
Richmond Symphony Chorus
BARBER Adagio for Strings
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Subscription #2 – Danube Festival
- STRAUSS, JR. Overture to Die Fledermaus
- STRAUSS, JR. On the Beautiful Blue Danube
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Subscription #4
William Wolfram, Piano
BRAHMS Tragic Overture
SCHWANTNER New Morning for the World
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
Subscription #5
Joseph Silverstein, Violin
SMETANA The Moldau MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4, K. 218
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
Subscription #6
Lauren Flanigan, Soprano
Lester Lynch, Baritone
Richmond Symphony Chorus
WAGNER Good Friday Spell from Parsifal
BEASER Heavenly Feast
FAURÉ Requiem
Subscription #7
Nokothula Ngwnyama, Viola
FINZI Prelude for Stings
WALTON Viola Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Subscription #8
Karen Johnson, Violin
Mary Phillips, Mezzo Soprano
VIVALDI Summer, from “The Four Seasons”
BERLIOZ Nuits d’été
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Chamber Orchestra #2 – Danube Festival
LANNER Pesther Waltzes
SCHÖNBERG Chamber Symphony
WEBERN Symphony, Op. 21
MOZART Symphony No. 36 (Linz)
Chamber Orchestra #5
HAYDN Symphony No. 26 (Lamentatione)
- STRAUSS Metamorphosen
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
Chamber Orchestra #6
Michael Lisicky, English Horn
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 (Classical)
SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphony
ARNE RUNNING Concertino for English Horn and String Orchestra
MOZART Opera transcriptions for winds arr. TRIEBENSEE
2000-2001 Season
Subscription #1 – Heroes?
RICHARD STRAUSS Don Juan, op. 20
COPLAND Billy the Kid: Suite
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, op. 55 (Eroica) – Beethoven 200
Subscription #3
Camellia Johnson, Soprano
Tracey Welborn, Tenor
Kevin McMillan, Baritone
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Greater Richmond Children’s Choir
BRITTEN War Requiem, op. 66
Subscription #4
Leon Bates, Piano
DAVID DIAMOND Music for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Piano Concerto
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet (excerpts from the ballet)
Subscription #5
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Violin
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto in A Minor, op. 99
BRAHMS Symphony no. 4 in E Minor, op. 98
Subscription #6
Neal Cary, Cello
COPLAND Appalachian Spring
HAYDN Cello Concerto in C Major, Hob. VIIb5
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, op. 38 (Spring)
Subscription #7
Norman Krieger, Piano
WEBER Overture to Der Freischütz
HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber
STRAVINSKY Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Minor, op. 25
Subscription #8
Caroline Whisnant, Soprano
Thomas Studebaker, Tenor
John Macurdy, Bass
WAGNER Die Walküre, Act I
CELEBRATING COPLAND – 100th ANNIVERSARY OF COPLAND’S BIRTH
Chamber Orchestra #1 – World Tour 2000
Jennifer Debiec Lawson, Flute
COPLAND Three Latin American Sketches
WEILL Symphony No. 1 (Berlin)
JOHN CORIGLIANO Voyage for Flute and String Orchestra
HAYDN Symphony No. 104 (London)
Chamber Orchestra #3 – Music for Dance
SCHNITTKE Polyphonic Tango
GLUCK Excerpts from Don Juan
SCHUBERT Ballet Music from Rosamunde
COPLAND Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Chamber Orchestra #5 – Legends and Literature
Pamela Armstrong, Soprano
Richmond Symphony Chorus
MENDELSSOHN Overture from The Fair Melusina
COPLAND Eight Poems of Emily Dickenson
ELLIOTT CARTER “Musicians Wrestle Everywhere…”
BARBER Agnus Dei
BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
RAVEL Mother Goose Suite
Chamber Orchestra #6 – Music for Movies
Sonia Rubinsky, Piano
COPLAND Music for Movies
MIKLÓS RÓZSA Kaleidoscope
HERMANN Music from Psycho
MOZART Piano Concerto no. 21 in C Major, K. 467
Kicked Back Classics #1
Jonathan Mott, Violin
Lynette Wardle, Harp
DEBUSSY, orch. RAVEL Danse (Tarantelle syrienne)
DEBUSSY Claire de Lune
RAVEL Introduction and Allegro
RAVEL Tzigane
DEBUSSY, arr. KERNIS Five Etudes
RAVEL Mother Goose Suite
Kicked Back Classics #2 – In Honor of a Hero
GEORGE WALKER Lyric for Strings
MICHAEL ABELS More Seasons
KAY Scherzi Musicali
BEETHOVEN Funeral March from Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
KAY Dances for String Orchestra (excerpts)
Kicked Back Classics #3
Neal Cary, Cello
DAVID DIAMOND Rounds for String Orchestra
HAYDN Cello Concerto in C, First Movement
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 (excerpts)
Kicked Back Classics #4 – Diversions
Emily Cornelius, Violin
MOZART Divertimento K. 131 (excerpts)
IBERT Divertissement (excerpts)
BARTOK Divertimento for Strings
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto (first movement)
1999-2000 Season
Subscription #1
Santiago Rodriguez, Piano
BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3, Opus 30 in D Minor
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
Subscription #4
Axel Strauss, Violin
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto, Opus 64 in E Minor
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major (Romantic)
Subscription #8
Esther Heideman, Soprano
MOZART Overture to The Magic Flute
MOZART Exsultate Jubilate, K. 165
MAHLER Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Titan)
Chamber Orchestra #1 – Baroque and More
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3
PETER KNELL Sinfonietta
ARVO PÄRT Silouans Song
DVOŘÁK Serenade for Winds
Chamber Orchestra #3 – Theme and Variations
Stewart Goodyear, Piano
COPLAND Variations on a Shaker Melody
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491
CHOPIN Variations on La ci darem la mano
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Chamber Orchestra #4 – Beethoven Festival Concert
Adele Anthony, Violin
BEETHOVEN Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Violin Concerto in D Major,Op. 61
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Kicked Back Classics #2
Rolla Durham, Trumpet
Michael Lisicky, English Horn
COPLAND Three Latin American Sketches
Hoedown, from “Rodeo”
Quiet City
Appalachian Spring
Kicked Back Classics #4
Adam DeGraff, Violin
Molly Ruze, Viola
ROSSINI Overture to The Barber of Seville
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat
MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C (Jupiter)
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