Barber, Beethoven and Brahms

 Saturday, October 2, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Mayo Civic Center Presentation Hall

Program 

Barber: Adagio for Strings

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 - guest artist Horacio Nuguid

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

We open our season with our own version of classical music's "Three B's": Samuel Barber's heart-rending Adagio for Strings, Beethoven's Emperor concerto - his most heroic concerto for any instrument, and Brahms' richest symphony.

Concert sponsors: Rochester Music Guild and Davies Printing Company

Scotland

Saturday, November 6, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Mayo Civic Center Presentation Hall

Program 

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

MacKenzie: Benedictus

Arnold: Scottish Dances 

Davies: Orkney Wedding & Sunrise with guest bagpiper Michael Breidenbach

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)

We're off to celebrate Scotland with Mendelssohn's brooding overture and triumphant symphony, MacKenzie's lovely blessing, Arnold's riotous dances and Davie's festival with real bagpipes.

Concert sponsor: Vikki Wolff & Associates, LLC 

Holiday Cinema and Song 

Saturday, December 18, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Mayo Civic Center Presentation Hall

Program 

Humperdinck, Witch's Ride, Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel

Silvestri/Ballard: Suite from The Polar Express

Williams: Songs from Home Alone

Berlin: White Christmas 

Mannheim Steamroller: Silent Night

Styne/Cahn: Let It Snow!

Prokofiev: Troika from The Czar Wants to Sleep

Hanson: Klezmer Celebration

Bring the family for an evening of music from favorite holiday films like White Christmas, The Polar Express and Home Alone, plus Hannukah dances, carol favorites and sing-alongs.

Concert Sponsors: Think Mutual Bank and Post-Bulletin

 Wagner and the Gods

Saturday, February 19, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Mayo Civic Center Presentation Hall

Program 

Wagner: Preludes to Act I and Act III of Lohengrin

Wagner: Magic Fire Music from The Valkyries

Bruckner: Te Deum

Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries from The Valkyries 

Wagner: Forest Murmurs from  Siegfried

Wagner: Siegfried's Rhine Journey from Twilight of the Gods

Wagner: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla from The Rhine Gold

Mythical magic and drama take center stage as we voyage from the Rhine to Valhalla. Weave through Wagner's mysterious Ring of the Nibelungs: Ride with the Valkyries, sail the Rhine with Siegfried and enter into paradise with the gods.

Concert Sponsors: Charter House and Home Federal 

Starry Night

Saturday, March 26, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

Mayo Civic Center Presentation Hall

Program 

Carmichael: Stardust

Weill: Lost in the Stars

Wilder/Proto: Star Wish

Wonder: Another Star

Legrand: You Must Believe in Spring

Loesser: I've Never Been in Love Before

Page/De Paul: Star Eyes

McLean: Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)

Courage et al: Star Trek Through the Years 

We're thrilled to have our orchestra be joined by sultry jazz singer Jackie Allen backed by her own jazz combo with a romantic star-themed program Billboard magazine called, "A masterpiece."

Concert sponsored by Judy and Jim Sloan Foundation and KTTC

Guest artist sponsored by International Hotel