Concert Schedule

Sounds of Summer 2009
Sovereign Brass – You Can’t Be Serious?
Monday, June 22, 2009 7:00 PM

Can the merry mirth-makers of our Sounds of Summer series stifle themselves long enough to do a full recital of serious classical music?

Can music from the Classical, Renaissance, Baroque and Romantic eras be played with a straight face by a group of musicians who love to clown around? We made them a bet that “You Can’t Be Serious!”

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Sounds of Summer 2009
The Orlando Bolshoi Theatre Violinists Ensemble
Monday, July 6, 2009 7:00 PM
Olga Feroni • Joni Hanze-Bjella • Julia Gessinger • Olga Kolpakova • Linda Van Buren • Shelley Mathews • Jennie Rudberg • Dina Fedosenko • Oxana Harlamova (piano)

In the tradition of the famous Moscow ensemble, this all-female group of eight violinists performs music from the Baroque through the 20th Century.

Handel: Passacaglia
Telemann: Concerto for four violins in G major
Kreisler: Variations on a Theme of Corelli
Tchaikovsky: Adagio
Tchaikovsky: Valse
Shostakovich: Romance from Gadfly
De Falla: Danse Espagnole
Dubossarsky: Fantazia Italiana
Strauss: Weiner Blut
Strauss: Annen Polka
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance op.72 #2
Joplin: Paragon Rag
Dubossarsky: Serenade
Gade: Tango Jealousy
Rodgers: Blue Room
Frolov: Divertimento

Sounds of Summer 2009
Redwing Blackbird Ragtime Band
Monday, July 20, 2009 7:00 PM
Mark Goldberg, director

Audiences will delight in this program of original “turn of the century” Ragtime Band arrangements including Rags, Waltzes, Marches, Gallops – a là Scott Joplin – Set in the 1920’s

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Sounds of Summer 2009
Diversimento
Monday, August 3, 2009 7:00 PM
Joni Hanze-Bjella / Thomas Macklin / Brian Smithers

Start with the classics of George Gershwin and Astor Piazzolla…

Mix in the movie scores of John Williams, Ennio Morricone and Mark O’Connor…

Sprinkle in some music by jazz greats Chuck Mangione and Gerry Mulligan…

Finish off with a splash of original music by the performers themselves, and you have a recipe that’s sure to satisfy the musical tastes of everyone.

Included on the program are:

Mangione: Soft / Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
O’Connor: Brave Wolfe from the movie, “Liberty”
Williams: Escapades from the movie “Catch Me if You Can”
Hanze-Bjella, Smithers & Macklin: Coffee House Blues (original composition)
Smithers & Macklin: The Calm After the Storm (original composition)

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Sounds of Summer 2009
Double Reed Heaven
Monday, August 17, 2009 7:00 PM

Diane Bishop, Julie Fox, Ted Shistle, David Schillhammer, bassoons
Jamie Strefeler, Sherwood Hawkins, Christopher Wilkins, oboes
Keiko Andrews, piano/harpsichord

Poulenc: Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon
Saint Saëns:Sonata for bassoon and piano
Bozza:Divertissements for three bassoons
Beethoven: Trio in C Major, op. 87 for two oboes and English horn
Mozart:Kyrie from Requiem, K. 626
Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe from the movie “The Mission”

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Super Series 2009 – 2010
Ode to Joy
Saturday, September 26, 2009 8:30 PM (Super Subscription & Classics Subscription)

Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Orlando Opera Chorus & UCF Choir
Stella Zambalis, soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
Yeghishe Manucharyan, tenor
Peter Van de Graaff, bass

Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, op. 56a
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, op. 125, D minor (Choral)

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Super Series 2009 – 2010
A Tribute to Benny Goodman
Saturday, October 10, 2009 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM (Super Series & Pops Subscription)

Andrew Lane, conductor
Dave Bennett, clarinet

Bennett joins the talented musicians of the Orlando Philharmonic to perform some of Goodman’s most popular hits along with some tunes that Goodman made his own. Included on the program are Moonglow, I Got Rhythm, Don’t Be That Way, Stompin at the Savoy, Goody Goody and Sing Sing Sing.

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Focus Series 2009 – 2010
Haydn‘s London Years
Monday, October 26, 2009 7:00 PM

Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Jamie Strefeler, oboe
Diane Bishop, bassoon
Tamas Kocsis, violin
Ronald Gardiner, cello
Colleen Blagov, principal flute
Sandra del Cid, flute

Overture to an English Opera, “Windsor Castle
Sinfonia concertante for oboe, bassoon, violin, and violoncello
Concerto for 2 Lire organizzate
Symphony No. 104 in D, ‘London

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Super Series 2009 – 2010
Russian Masters
Friday, October 30, 2009 8:00 PM (Super Series Subscription & Classics Subscription)

Christopher Wilkins, conductor
William Wolfram, piano

Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 18 in C minor
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, op. 47 in D minor

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Super Series 2009 – 2010
Home for the Holidays
Saturday, November 28, 2009 2:00 & 8:00 PM (Super Series & Pops Subscription)

Andrew Lane, conductor
Holiday Singers
The Next Generation Kids, David Chernault, director

Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year as the Orlando Philharmonic performs holiday music from around the world! Enjoy this variety of holiday selections featuring special guests The Holiday Singers and the talented members of the Next Generation Kids.

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Super Series 2009 – 2010
Itzhak Perlman
Sunday, January 10, 2010 4:00 PM (Super Series Subscription & Classics Subscription)

Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin

Carl Maria von Weber: Ruler of the Spirits, J.109, op. 26, E-flat major
Beethoven:Violin Concerto, op.61, D major
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 D.944 in C major, The Great C major

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FOCUS Series 2009 – 2010
String Romance
Monday, February 15, 2010 7:00 PM

Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Tamas Kocsis, violin
Rosalind Beck, harp

Gustav Holst: St. Paul Suite
Keith Lay: On the Playground Concerto for Violin & Strings
Claude Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane, solo Harp & Strings
Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings

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Super Series 2009 – 2010
Pops á la Arthur Fiedler
Saturday, February 20, 2010 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM (Super Series & Pops Subscription)

Andrew Lane, conductor
Michelle Amato, jazz vocalist

You’ll be tapping your toes to the lively tunes of jazz greats including Duke Ellington, Leroy Anderson, Elmer Bernstein, Johann Strauss, Jr., Richard Rogers, Henry Mancini and more!

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Super Series 2009 – 2010
Hal France Returns
Saturday, March 6, 2010 8:00 PM (Super Series Subscription & Classics Subscription)

Hal France, conductor
Colleen Blagov, flute

Overture TBD
Mozart: Concerto for Flute, K. 313 (285c), in G major
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7, op. 70, in D minor

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Super Series 2009 – 2010
A Tribute to Lenny
Saturday, April 3, 2010 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM (Super Series & Pops Subscription)

Andrew Lane, conductor
Angela Mortellaro, soprano

This program of Bernstein’s all-time greatest hits includes music from West Side Story, Candide, On the Town, Mass, and On the Waterfront.

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Super Series 2009 – 2010
Color Cathedral
Saturday, April 17, 2010 8:00 PM (Super Series Subscription & Classics Subscription)

Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Stella Sung, composer-in-residence

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture, op. 36
Respighi:Church Windows
Debussy:Sunken Cathedral
Sung:The Circle Closes

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FOCUS Series 2009 – 2010
Baroque – A Pearl of Irregular Shape
Monday, April 26, 2010 7:00 PM

Anthony Hose, guest conductor

Enjoy this beautiful program of Baroque music including works by Purcell, William Boyce and Handel.

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Super Series 2009 – 2010
My Fair Lady
Saturday, May 8, 2010 2:00 & 8:00 PM (Super Series & Pops Subscription)

Christopher Wilkins, Conductor
Mad Cow Theatre

The Philharmonic joins forces with the talents of Mad Cow Theatre for a semi-staged production of My Fair Lady, hailed as one of the greatest musicals of all time. Music includes I Could Have Danced All Night, Get Me to the Church on Time, and Wouldn’t it be Loverly.

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