Upcoming Concerts & Recitals

the Winterfest Concerts
March 8 & 9, 2008

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Saturday, March 8; 11:30 a.m.

Sinfonietta
Mark Leiser, Conductor

Traditional German
Schottisches
Arranged by Lloyd Conley

Sean O’Loughlin
Dark Catacombs

Clare Grundman
Kentucky 1800
Arranged by Robert Longfield

Alan Shulman
Ben Franklin Suite
    I. Overture
  II. Minuet I
 III. Caprice
   IV. Minuet II
V. Finale

Harold Arlen
Selections from The Wizard of Oz
Featuring If I Only Had a Brain, Ding! Dong! The Witch is
Dead, Over the Rainbow, and We’re Off to See the Wizard
Arranged by Bob Cerulli

Traditional
Les Québécois
Arranged by Andrew Dabczynski

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Saturday, March 8; 1:30 p.m.

Percussion Ensemble
Vicki Peterson Jenks, Director
Timothy Patterson, Assistant Director

Steve Reich
Clapping Music

Mexican Folk Song
La Llorona (The Weeping One)
Arranged by Ruth Jeanne

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Concert Orchestra
Christine Mata Eckel, Conductor

Gioacchino Rossini
The Barber of Seville (Overture)
Arranged by Merle J. Isaac

Gustav Holst
In the Bleak Midwinter
Setting by Robert W. Smith
Robert D. McCashin, String Editor

Paul Dukas
Themes from The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Arranged by Jim Higgins

Traditional
Tres Danzas de Mexico
I. El Pitayero (from Jalisco)
II. El Café (province unknown)
III. El Curripiti (from Vera Cruz)
Setting by William E. Rhoads

James Barnes
Yorkshire Ballad

James Curnow
Phoenix Overture

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Saturday, March 8; 4:00 p.m.

Philharmonia Orchestra
Thomas Buchhauser, Conductor

Frank Bencriscutto
Lindbergh Jubilee for Orchestra

Alan Hovhaness
And God Created Great Whales

Leonard Bernstein
Overture to “West Side Story”
Adapted for Symphony Orchestra by Maurice Peress

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Harp Ensemble
Karen Beth Atz, Director
Amanda Basich, Assistant Director

Henriette Renie
Les Pins de Charlannes

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Philharmonia Orchestra

Franz von Suppe
Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna: Overture

Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade Suite
Waltz
Nocturne
Mazurka
Romance
Galop

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Sunday, March 9; 2:00 p.m.

Youth Orchestra
James Smith, Music Director

Joseph Koykkar
Beyond Circumstance
I. Moderato
II. Rhythmic
III. With Expression
Premiere Performance – Commissioned by WYSO

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Andante; Allegro con anima

Antonín Dvořák
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 53
Allegro ma non troppo
Leah Latorraca, Violin

Walter Piston
Suite from the Ballet The Incredible Flutist

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These concerts are sponsored by Endres Manufacturing Co., Wisconsin Capital Management, Webcrafters-Frautschi Foundation and the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission with additional funds from the American Girl’s Fund for Children, the Madison Community Foundation and the Overture Foundation.

The commission and premiere of “Beyond Circumstance” are funded in part by the Madison Arts Commission with additional funds from the Wisconsin Arts Board, the ASCAP Foundation, and Meet the Composer’s MetLife Creative Connections program.

 
  

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