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In Memoriam:

Allen Biggs

1953 - 2007

 

 

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Recommended Listening

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

 

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Program Notes

 

2007 - 2008 Concert Season

 

Contrasts From America, November 3rd, 2007

 

Shadowcatcher

Symphony No. 2, Op.30 "Romantic"

Candide

 

 

Sounds of the Season, December 8th, 2007

 

Silent Night

Sleigh Ride

Ose Shalom

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Winter Wonderland

White Christmas  

Christmas Festival 

 

O Holy Night

O Christmas Tree  

Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly

Jingle Bells

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

The Christmas Song

  (Chestnuts Roasting on the Open Fire)

 

The Tchaikovsky Experience, February 23rd, 2008

 

Triumphant March

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in
  b-flat minor

 

Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes)

Suite from The Firebird (Berceuse and
  Finale)

 

Young Artists Presentation, April 19th, 2008

 

Iphigenia in Aulis Overture

Concerto for Clarinet in A-Major

Concerto for Violin in G-Minor

 

King Stephen Overture

Piano Concerto in D-Major

Konzertstuck for Piano

 


 
2006 - 2007 Concert Season

 

Halloween Concert, October 28th, 2006

 

The Phantom of the Opera

Danse Macabre

The Addams Family Theme

A Night on Bald Mountain

Highlights from Jurassic Park

 

Funeral March of a Marionette

Symphonic Suite from Lord of the Rings

Harry Potter Symphonic Suite

Pirates of the Caribbean

 

Holiday Concert, December 9th, 2006

 

Winter from "The Four Seasons"

Allegro non molto

Gloria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sleigh Ride

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Ose Shalom

Pavane For A Silent Night

African Noel

Winter Wonderland

Holiday Favorites

White Christmas

A Christmas Festival

 

 

Music of Eastern Europe, February 24th, 2007

 

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor

   Allegro maestoso

      Romanze

         Rondo

 

 

Symphony No. 8 in G Major

   Allegro con brio

      Adagio

         Allegretto grazioso

            Allegro ma non troppo

 

Young Artists Presentation, April 21st, 2007

 

An Outdoor Overture

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major

   Allegro con brio

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor

    Allegro con brio

 

Variations Sur Un Theme Rococo

   Moderato quasi andante

Violin Concerto in D Minor

   Allegro moderato   

 

 

 

 

 

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