go to Michael Allsen's homepage
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Program
Notes by Michael Allsen
Comments on these pages are welcome -- just send me a note at allsenjm@charter.net.
Program notes contained here are for the use of the Madison Symphony
Orchestra
and its patrons, and other interested readers. Any other use is
forbidden
without specific permission from the author.
last update: 3/21/08
|
|
|
|
| 2008-2009 | Madison Symphony Orchestra - 83rd Season |
| Sept.
26-27-28, 2008 |
Mendelssohn, Symphony No.4 ("Italian")
/ Respighi, Pines of Rome /
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No.3 |
| Oct.
17-18-19, 2008 |
Copland, An Outdoor Overture / Elgar, Cello Concerto / Holst, The Planets |
| Nov. 7-8-9,
2008 |
Barber, Overture to "The School for Scandal"
/ Brahms, Violin Concerto / Tormis, Overture No.2 / Shostakovich / Symphony
No.9
|
| Dec. 5-6-7,
2008 |
"Christmas Spectacular" |
| Jan.
16-17-18, 2009 |
Mozart. Symphony No.31 ("Paris"), K.297 (300a)
/ Sibelius, Violin Concerto / Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet (Selections) |
| Feb. 6-7-8,
2009 |
All-Beethoven Program: Leonore Overture No.3 /
Piano Concerto No.3
/ Symphony No.7 |
| Mar. 6-7-8,
2009 |
Borodin, Overture to "Prince Igor"
/ Stravinsky, Violin Concerto /
Dvorák, Symphony No.8 |
| Apr. 3-4-5,
2009 |
Wagner, Prelude to "Parsifal" /
Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No.2 / Brahms, Symphony No.2 |
| May 3-4-5,
2009 |
Verdi, Messa da Requiem |
| 2007-2008 |
Madison Symphony Orchestra - 82nd Season |
|
|
Barber, Toccata Festiva / Debussy, Nocturnes / Sibelius, Symphony No.7 / Guilmant, Symphony No.2 for Organ and Orchestra |
|
|
Rossini, Overture to "La
gazza ladra"
/ Bruch, Violin Concerto No.1
/ Ponce, Estrellita / Corigliano, Pope's
Concert / Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) |
|
|
Berlioz, Overture to
"Benvenuto Cellini"
/ Schumann, Cello Concerto
/ Brahms, Symphony No.1 |
|
|
Strauss, Don Juan / Golijov, Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra / Canteloube, Songs of the Auvergne (selections) / Ravel, Bolero |
|
|
"Christmas Spectacular" |
|
|
Grieg, Suites Nos.1-2 from "Peer Gynt" (selections) / Glazunov, Violin Concerto / Dvorák, Symphony No.7 |
|
|
Mendelssohn, Ruy Blas Overture / Beethoven, Violin Concerto / Puccini, The Chrysanthemums / Janacek, Sinfonietta |
|
|
Hoffman, The Forty Steps (concerto for cello and oud - world premiere) / Rossini, Stabat mater |
|
|
Falla, Suite No.2 from "The Three-Cornered Hat" / Chopin, Piano Concerto No.2 / Vaughan Williams, Symphony No.2 (A London Symphony) |
|
|
Shostakovich, Festive Overture / Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No.3 / Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.6 ("Pathetique") |
| 2006-2007 | Madison Symphony Orchestra - 81st Season |
| Sept. 8-9-10, 2006 | Smetana, Overture to "The Bartered Bride" / Chopin, Piano Concerto No.1 / R. Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra |
| Oct. 13-14-15, 2006 | Liszt, Les Préludes / Bottesini, Double Bass Concerto No.2 / Meyer, Double Bass Concerto No.2 / Beethoven, Symphony No.8 |
| Nov. 3-4-5, 2006 | Brahms, Tragic Overture / Ravel, Shéhérazade / Danielpour, Triptych from "Margaret Garner" / Shostakovich, Symphony No.5 |
|
|
"Christmas Spectacular" |
|
|
Weber, Overture to "Der Freischütz" / J.S. Bach, Violin Concerto No.1, BWV 1041 / Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.4 |
|
|
Herbert, Cello Concerto No.2 / Mahler, Symphony No.9 |
|
|
Vivaldi, The Four Seasons / Stravinsky, Rite of Spring (1947 version) |
|
|
Choral Concert: Langlais, Hymn of Thanksgiving (Te Deum) / Kodály, Miss Brevis / Britten, Missa Brevis / Mozart, Missa Brevis in F Major, K.192 |
|
|
Wagner, Prelude to Act I of "Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg" / R. Strauss, Burleske / Liszt, Malédiction / Elgar, Enigma Variations |
|
|
Prokofiev, March and Scherzo from "The Love for Three Oranges" / Gershwin, Concerto in F / Orff, Carmina Burana |