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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: 6/10/09

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2009-2010 Madison Symphony Orchestra - 84th Season
Oct. 2-3-4, 2009
Beethoven, Overture "Consecration of the House"  /  R. Strauss, Death and Transfiguration  / Brahms, Piano Concerto No.1
Oct. 23-24-25, 2009
Glinka, Overture to "Russlan and Ludmilla" Piazzolla, Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Mahler, Symphony No.1
Nov. 20-21-22, 2009
Respighi, Fountains of Rome  /  Bloch, Schelomo Dvorák, Silent Woods Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5
Dec. 4-5-6, 2009
"Christmas Spectacular"
Feb. 5-6-7, 2010
Bruch, Kol Nidrei Mozart, Violin Concerto No.5  /  Saint-Saëns, The Muse and the Poet Saint-Saëns, Symphony No.3  (Organ)
Feb. 26-27-28, 2010
Eller, Dawn Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No.1  /  Sibelius, Symphony No.1
Mar. 19-20-21, 2010
Weber, Overture to "Oberon"  /  Mozart, Piano Concerto No.25  /  Brahms, Serenade No.1
Apr. 16-17-18, 2010
Rimsky-Korsakov, Overture "The Great Russian Easter" Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Mussorgsky, Boris Gudenov (excepts)

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
WagnerPrelude 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
Sept. 28-29-30, 2007
Barber, Toccata Festiva / Debussy, NocturnesSibelius, Symphony No.7Guilmant, Symphony No.2 for Organ and Orchestra
Oct. 6, 2007
Rossini, Overture to "La gazza ladra"Bruch, Violin Concerto No.1Ponce, Estrellita / Corigliano, Pope's Concert /
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Oct. 19-20-21, 2007
Berlioz, Overture to "Benvenuto Cellini"Schumann, Cello ConcertoBrahms, Symphony No.1
Nov. 16-17-18, 2007
Strauss, Don JuanGolijov, Three Songs for Soprano and OrchestraCanteloube, Songs of the Auvergne (selections) /  Ravel, Bolero
Dec. 7-8-9, 2007
"Christmas Spectacular"
Jan. 25-26-27, 2008
Grieg, Suites Nos.1-2 from "Peer Gynt" (selections) /  Glazunov, Violin ConcertoDvorák, Symphony No.7
Feb. 15-16-17, 2008
Mendelssohn, Ruy Blas OvertureBeethoven, Violin ConcertoPuccini, The Chrysanthemums / Janacek, Sinfonietta
Mar. 7-8-9, 2008
Hoffman, The Forty Steps (concerto for cello and oud - world premiere) /  Rossini, Stabat mater
Mar. 28-29-30, 2008
Falla, Suite No.2 from "The Three-Cornered Hat"Chopin, Piano Concerto No.2Vaughan Williams, Symphony No.2 (A London Symphony)
Apr. 25-26-27, 2008
Shostakovich, Festive OvertureProkofiev, Piano Concerto No.3Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.6 ("Pathetique")