Classics 1 (9/9/23) – Opening Night Gala! – Anastasiya Petryshak, violin Pyotr Ilyich

• Tchaikovsky Concerto for Violin in D Major, op. 35 33’

•  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, op. 74, “Pathétique” 46’

• ENCORE Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty: Waltz 5’

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Classics 2 (10/7/23) – Symphonie Fantastique – Dmytro Choni, piano

• Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (arr. Stokowski) 9’

• Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major 19’

• Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14 70’

 

Classics 3 (11/11/23) – Folk Roots – Mark O’Connor, violin

• Gabriela Ortiz Kauyumari 8’

• Mark O’Connor The Improvised Violin Concerto: Fire, Earth, Faith

• Mark O’Connor Double Violin Concerto: Swing intermission

• Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra 36’

 

Classics 4 (1/13/24) – Rachmaninoff – George Li, piano; JoAnn Falletta, guest conductor

• Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 39’

• Alexander Zemlinsky The Little Mermaid 40’

 

Classics 5 (2/3/24) – Brahms – Benjamin Schmid, violin

• Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F-sharp Minor 4’

• Johannes Brahms Concerto for Violin in D Major, op. 77 38’

• Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F-major, op. 90 33’

• ENCORE Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 3’

 

Classics 6 (3/23/24) – Glorious Life – Canterbury Voices

• Christopher Theofanidis Rainbow Body 13’

• Giya Kancheli Styx 34’ intermission Arvo Pärt Festina Lente 6’

• Richard Strauss Death and Transfiguration, op. 24 23’

 

Classics 7 (4/20/24) – Pines of Rome – Sō Percussion

• Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps 5’

• Richard Wagner Siegfried: Forest Murmurs 9’

• David Lang Man Made 22’

• Bedřich Smetana Vltava (The Moldau) 12’

• Jóhann Jóhannsson IBM 1401 Processing Unit 9’

• Ottorino Respighi Pines of Rome 23’

 

Classics 8 (5/18/24) – Tosca

• Giacomo Puccini Tosca Act 1 45’

• Act 2 45’

• Act 3 25