2009-2010 Season

May 16, 2010

“Musical Portraits” Rossen Milanov, Conductor Bridget Kibbey, Harp
Mendelssohn	Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Currier	Broken Minuets
Elgar	Enigma Variations

March 21, 2010

“Romance, Majesty and an Orchestral Icon” Collaboration with the Princeton University Art Museum Andrew Grams, Guest Conductor Qiang Tu, Cello
Schoenberg	Verkarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
Barber	Adagio for Strings
Tavener	The Protecting Veil

January 21, 2010

“Gems from our Music Director”
Ravel	Ma Mere l’Oye (Mother Goose)
Haydn	Symphony No. 88 in G Major
Prokofiev	Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
Ginastera	Variaciones concertantes

November 1, 2009

“Beauty and Innovation” Edward T. Cone Series David Alan Miller, Guest Conductor Jayn Rosenfeld, Flute
Brahms	Symphony No.1 in C minor
Harbison	Canonical American Songbook Concerto for Flute

October 4, 2009

“The Art of Possibility” Benjamin Zander, Guest Conductor Sarah Pelletier, Soprano George Li, Piano
Saint-Saëns	Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor
Mahler	Symphony No.4 in G Major
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2008-2009 Season

April 26, 2009, 4:00 pm

Scott Yoo, guest conductor Soyeon Lee, piano
Mozart	Overture to The Magic Flute
Bartók	Piano Concerto No.3
Tchaikovsky	Symphony No.6, Op.74 in B minor “Pathétique”

March 15, 2009, 4:00 pm

Julian Kuerti, guest conductor David Kim, violin
Bartók	Hungarian Sketches
Tchaikovsky	Violin Concerto, Op.35 in D Major
Smetana	Selections from Má vlast

January 18, 2009, 4:00 pm

Mei-Ann Chen, guest conductor David Krakauer, clarinet
Dvořák	Wind Serenade, Op.44 in D minor
Moravec	Clarinet Concerto (commissioned by the PSO)
Rossini	Overture to La scala di seta
Mendelssohn	Symphony No.4, Op.90 in A Major “Italian”

November 9, 2008, 4:00 pm

Tito Muñoz, guest conductor Steven Isserlis, cello
Giuseppe Verdi	Overture to La forza del destino
Franz Joseph Haydn	Cello Concerto in D Major
Dmitri Shostakovich	Symphony No.10, Op.93 in E minor

September 28, 2008, 4:00 pm

Andrew Grams, conductor - Former Assistant Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra Karen Gomyo, violin
Hector Berlioz	Roman Carnival Overture
Samuel Barber	Violin Concerto, Op.14
Johannes Brahms	Symphony No.2, Op.73 in D Major

2007-2008 Season

April 27, 2008

Rossen Milanov, guest conductor David Greilsammer, piano
Mozart	Ballet Music from Idomeneo
Prokofiev	Pushkin Waltzes, Op.120
Mozart	Piano Concerto No.5, K.175 in D Major
Beethoven	Symphony No.5, Op.67 in C minor

March 16, 2008

Gunther Schuller, guest conductor Collaboration with the Princeton University Art Museum
Respighi	Trittico Botticelliano
Schuller	Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
Hindemith	Mathis der Maler: Symphony

January 20, 2008

Mischa Santora, guest conductor Susan Narucki, soprano; Alexander Tall, baritone
Cone	An Overture for the War
Cone	Elegy
Schubert	Overture to Rosamunde
Mahler	Des Knaben Wunderhorn

November 4, 2007

Jens Georg Bachmann, guest conductor
Korngold	Theme and Variations, Op.42
Tchaikovsky	Romeo and Juliet
Borisova-Ollas	Colours of Autumn for String Orchestra
Shostakovich	Symphony No.9, Op.70 in E-flat Major

September 30, 2007

Shi-Yeon Sung, guest conductor Dan Zhu, violin
Mozart	Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
Brahms	Violin Concerto, Op.77 in D Major
Schumann	Symphony No.2, Op.61 in C Major

2006-2007 Season

April 15, 2007

Jeffery Solow, cello
Horneman	Aladdin Overture
Shostakovich	Cello Concerto No. 1
Rimsky-Korsakov	Scheherazade

March 11, 2007

Mariam Nazarian, piano
Järnefelt	Praeludium
Mozart	Piano Concerto No.22
Walton	Symphony No.1

January 21, 2007

Schubert	Symphony No. 8, Unfinished
Vaughan Williams	The Lark Ascending
Beethoven	Symphony No. 6, Pastorale

November 12, 2006

Lyadov	The Enchanted Lake
Hovhaness	Mysterious Mountain
Debussy	La Mer
Ravel	La Valse
Ravel	Bolero

October 22, 2006

Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Piano

Strauss	Don Juan, Op.20
Dohnányi	Variations on a Nursery Song, Op.25
Brahms	Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98

2005-2006 Season

April 23, 2006

Jaakko Kuusisto, Violin

Barber	Overture to The School for Scandal
Rautavaara	Violin Concerto
Rachmaninoff	Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27

March 12, 2006

Collaborations with the Princeton Art Museum and American Repertory Ballet

Debussy	Prélude à L’Après-midi d'un faune
Stravinsky	Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)
Budashkin	Festive Overture, Op.3
Lanner	Steyrische Tänze (Styrian Dances)
Stravinsky	Petrouchka (1947 version)

January 22, 2006

250th Anniversary of Mozart's Birth

Carol Chickering, soprano
Wonjung Kim, soprano
Anna Niedbala, mezzo-soprano
Todd Thomas, baritone
Charles Robert Stephens, bass
John Zuckerman, tenor

The Mozart - da Ponte operas:
	Don Giovanni
	Cosi fan tutte
	The Marriage of Figaro

November 13, 2005

Michael Boriskin, piano

Prokofiev	Symphony No. 1, "Classical"
Perle	Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra
Sibelius	Symphony No. 2 in D Major

October 2, 2005

Wagner	The Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre
Pierné	Cydalise et Le chevre-pied, 1st Suite for Orchestra
Mahler	Symphony No.5

2004 – 2005 Season

April 24, 2005

Westminster Symphonic Choir

Copland	Appalachian Spring
Stravinsky	Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Ravel	Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2

March 13, 2005

Thomas Pandolfi, piano

Armando	Primavera Overture (U.S. Premiere)
Liszt	Piano Concerto No.1
Dukas	Symphony in C Major

February 6, 2005 (originally scheduled for January 23)

Meagan Miller, Stuart Neill, Todd Thomas, Brian McIntosh, Serena Benedetti, Lucille Beer, Joseph Spinella, Brandon Wood, Elem Eley, Stephen Bryant, Douglas Lundeen, Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Alan Harler, Director

Verdi

La Traviata (in concert)

November 7, 2004

Eliana Ritts, Greg Smith, narrators

Britten	A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Ives	The Yale-Princeton Football Game
Smith	A Major-minor Mystery
Bartók	Concerto for Orchestra

October 3, 2004

Jamie Baer, Jane Bunnell, William Burden, Marc Embree
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Alan Harler, Director

Arnold	Anniversary Overture
Mozart	Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183
Beethoven	Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 "Choral"

2003 – 2004 Season

April 25, 2004

Vladimir Ovchinnikov, piano

Saint-Saëns	Overture to La Princesse Jaune
Rachmaninoff	Concerto No.2 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op.18
Dvořák	Symphony No.9, "From the New World" Op.95
Galindo	Sones de Mariachi

March 14, 2004

Reiko Uchida, piano

Heinichen	Concerto in G Major, S.215
Mozart	Piano Concerto No.17, K.453
Beethoven	Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92

January 18, 2004

Peter Odrekhivskyy, accordion

Schumann	Overture to Hermann und Dorothea, Op.136
Ibert	Divertissement
Koprowski	Accordion Concerto
Bach	Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Poulenc	Sinfonietta

November 9, 2003

Yuri Mazurkevich, violin

Kabalevsky	Overture to Colas Breugnon
Shostakovich	Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op.99
Prokofiev	Symphony No.7, Op.131

September 21, 2003

Wolfgang Basch, trumpet

Raff	Jubilee Overture, Op.103
Schoenfield	Vaudeville
Berlioz	Symphonie fantastique

2002 – 2003 Season

April 27, 2003

Christina Castelli, violin

Smetana	Three Dances from The Bartered Bride
Lutoslawski	Concerto for Orchestra
Ravel	Tzigane, Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra
Enescu	Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 11
Rimsky-Korsakov	Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

March 16, 2003

Beethoven	Leonore Overture No.3, Op.72
Pärt	Fratres, for string orchestra and percussion
Bitensky	"…a perfect rest" (A Jewish Prayer of Remembrance) (World Premiere)
Schumann	Symphony No.1, "Spring"

January 19, 2003

Great Opera Choruses
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Alan Harler, Music Director
Youth Chorus of New Jersey, Patricia Joyce, Music Director

Works of:

Weber (from Der Freischütz)
Puccini (from Manon Lescaut, Turandot, Madama Butterfly)
Gounod (from Romeo and Juliet, Faust)
Wagner (from Die Meistersinger, Tannhäuser, Götterdämmerung)
Verdi (from Macbeth, Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Aida)

November 3, 2002

Gerard Le Feuvre, cello

Hovhaness	Symphony No.6, "Celestial Gate"
Tchaikovsky	Variations on a Rococo Theme
Schubert	Symphony No. 3 in D Major

September 29, 2002

Vladimir Ovchinnikov, piano

Laycock	American Fanfare (Premiere)
Bartók	Dance Suite for Orchestra
Rachmaninoff	Piano Concerto No.3
Stravinsky	Suite from The Firebird (1919)

2001 – 2002 Season

May 19, 2002

Cynthia Clarey, mezzo-soprano
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York

Bernstein	Candide Overture
Piston	Suite from the Ballet The Incredible Flutist
Argento	Casa Guidi
Gershwin	An American in Paris
Tchaikovsky	1812 Overture

April 28, 2002

Albert Wang, violin; Samuel Hsu, piano; Tristan Murail, ondes Martenot; Sarah Pelletier, soprano; American Boychoir

Martin	Polyptique for Solo Violin and Two String Orchestras
Messiaen	Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine
Thomas	Daylight Divine (American Premiere)

March 17, 2002

Cesti (arr. Stokowski)	Tu mancavi a tormentarmi crudelissima speranza
Haydn	Symphony No.49 in F Minor, "The Passion"
Pfitzner	Trauermarsch from Die Rose vom Liebesgarten
Wagner	Prelude to Act I, from Lohengrin
Wagner	Good Friday Music, from Parsifal
Wagner	Overture to Tannhäuser

January 20, 2002

Franck	Le Chasseur maudit
Bruckner	Symphony No. 4, "Romantic"

November 4, 2001

Arve Tellefsen, violin

Nielsen	Overture to Maskarade
Sibelius	Violin Concerto, Op. 47
Stenhammar	Symphony No.2 in G Minor

September 30, 2001

Anthony Hewitt, piano

Prokofiev	Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Liebermann	Concerto No.2 for Piano and Orchestra, Op.36
Respighi	Pines of Rome