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Infatuation
Friday, October 2, 2009
Chamber Orchestra
Ice Auditorium at 8:00 pm
Our first concert of the 2009-2010 season will open with the sentimental and rollicking overture to Rossini’s La Centerentola. Praised throughout his lifetime for his amazing achievements on the stage, Rossini’s operatic version of the Cinderella story is second only in popularity to his wildly successful Barber of Seville, Luigi Cherubini, regarded by Beethoven as his greatest contemporary, was Italian-born composer who spent the bulk of his career in France. His Symphony in D is a charming example of an early nineteenth-century symphonic creation: elegant, refined, and tinged with romantic tendencies. The concert will conclude with the overture and several selections from Mozart’s comic opera The Marriage of Figaro, featuring the talented students of Linfield College’s vocal music department.
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to La Cenerentola
Luigi Cherunbini: Symphony in D Major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Highlights from Marriage of Figaro
Jubilation
Friday, December 4, 2009
Chamber Orchestra
First Baptist Church
125 SE Cowls St. at 8:00p.m.
The Linfield Choirs will be the guest artist for this performance of Franz Schubert’s gentle and sublime Mass No. 2 in G Major. This mass abounds in soaring lyricism and characteristic romantic harmonies. Also on the program are two works featuring the LCO string section: Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky by Russian composer Anton Arensky and Sinfonie No. 9 by Felix Mendelssohn, one of the most highly regarded and frequently performed string symphonies.
Anton Stepanovich Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
Franz Schubert: Mass in G (No.2)
Felix Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 9
Adoration
Friday, April 16, 2010
William Howard, Pianist
Ice Auditorium at 8:00 p.m.
William Howard is established as one of Britain’s leading pianists, enjoying a career that has taken him to over 40 different countries. His performing life consists of solo recitals, concerto performances, guest appearances with the instrumentalists and regular touring with the Schubert Ensemble of London, Britain’s leading group for piano and strings and winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best Chamber Ensemble.
Leos Janácek: In the Mists
Robert Schumann: Humereske Op. 20
Gabriel Fauré: Romance Sans Paroles Op. 17 No. 3
Impromptu No. 2 in F minor Op.31
Nocturne No. 4in E flat Op. 36
Frederic Chopin: Ballade No. 1 In G minor Op.23
Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor Op. 31
Exuberance
Friday, April 30, 2010
Chamber Orchestra
Ice Auditorium 8:00p.m.
Our season finale will open with Franz Josef Haydn’s Symphony No. 59, the “Fire Symphony.” Aaron Copland’s ballet suite from Appalachian Spring will round out the first half. Our performance will replicate the orchestration used by Copland for the first performances with Martha Graham and her dance company. The season will conclude with Symphony No.5 of Franz Schubert, a work exuding lightness, fresh air, and youthful optimism.
Joseph Hayden: Symphony No. 59 “Fire Symphony”
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
Pytor Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
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