Madison Symphony Orchestra
Program Notes by Michael Allsen
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last update: 3/25/2019
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| 2019-20 | Madison Symphony Orchestra - 94th Season |
| Sept.
27-28-29, 2019 |
Wagner, Overture and Venusburg
Music from "Tannhäuser" / Barber, Toccata
Festiva / Debussy, Prelude to "The
Afternoon of a Faun" / Dvorák, Symphony
No.7 |
| Oct.
18-19-20, 2019 |
Prokofiev, Suite from "Lieutenant
Kijé" / Khachaturian, Violin
Concerto / Shostakovich, Symphony No.9 |
| Nov.
8-9-10, 2019 |
Kernis, Newly Drawn Sky / Prokofiev,
Piano Concerto No.3 / Schumann, Symphony
No.2 |
| Dec.
13-14-15, 2019 |
"A Madison Symphony Christmas" |
| Jan.
19, 2020 |
"Beyond the Score" - Prokofiev, Symphony No.5 |
| Feb.
14-15-16, 2020 |
Berlioz, Le Corsaire / Brahms,
Double Concerto / Copland, Symphony No.3 |
| Mar.
6-7-8, 2020 |
Haydn, Symphony No.96 ("Miracle")
/ Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto / Strauss,
Ein Heldenleben |
| Apr.
3-4-5, 2020 |
Dvorák, Requiem |
| May
1-2-3, 2020 |
Weber, Overture to "Euryanthe" / Stravinsky, Petrushka / Brahms, Piano Concerto No.1 |
| 2018-19 | Madison Symphony Orchestra
- 93rd Season |
| Sept. 28-29-30, 2018 |
Higdon, Fanfare Ritmico / Prokofiev, Excerpts from "Romeo and Juliet" / Brahms, Piano Concerto No.2 |
| Oct. 19-30-21, 2018 |
Oesterle, Home / Elgar,
Cello Concerto
/ Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.5 |
| Nov. 9-10-11, 2018 |
Bernstein, Overture to "Candide"
/ Bernstein, Three Dance
Episodes from "On the Town" / Bernstein,
Symphony No.2, Age of Anxiety / Beethoven,
Symphony No.7 |
| Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2, 2018 |
"A Madison Symphony Christmas" |
| Jan. 20, 2019 |
"Beyond the Score" - Mendelssohn,
Symphony No. 4 (Italian) |
| Feb. 15-16-17, 2019 |
Harbison, The Most Often Used
Chords / Brahms, Violin Concerto /
Mussorgsky/Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition |
| Mar. 8-9-10, 2019 |
Schubert, Symphony No.8
(Unfinished) / Prokofiev, Violin
Concerto No.2 / Debussy, Rhapsody
for Clarinet and Orchestra / Vaughan
Williams, Tuba Concerto / Gershwin,
An American in Paris |
| Apr. 12-13-14, 2019 |
Mozart, Symphony No. 38
(Prague) / Strauss, Burleske
/ Ravel, Piano Concerto in G / Debussy,
La Mer |
| May 3-4-5, 2019 |
Mahler, Symphony No.8 |
| 2017-18 | Madison Symphony Orchestra - 92nd Season |
| Sept.
15-16-17, 2017 |
Bach/Stokowski,
Toccata and Fugue in D minor / Mendelssohn, Symphony
No.5 (Reformation) / Berlioz, Harold
in Italy |
| Oct. 20-21-22,
2017 |
Ravel,
Mother Goose Suite / Barber, Piano
Concerto / Dvorák, Symphony No.9
(From the New World) |
| Nov. 17-18-19,
2017 |
Copland,
Billy the Kid Suite / Brubeck, Affinity:
Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra / Rodrigo,
Concierto de Aranjuez / Falla, Three-Cornered
Hat (complete ballet) |
| Dec. 1-2-3,
2017 |
“A Madison
Symphony Christmas” |
| Jan. 19-20-21, 2018 |
Prokofiev, The
Love for Three Oranges: Symphonic Suite /
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto / Rachmaninoff,
Symphony No.3 |
| Feb. 16-17-18,
2018 |
Rossini,
Overture to "Semiramide" / Walton,
Cello Concerto / Brahms, Symphony
No.1 |
| Mar. 18, 2018 |
"Beyond the Score" - Elgar, Enigma Variations |
| Apr. 13-14-15,
2018 |
Britten,
Sinfonia da requiem / Dvorák, Violin
Concerto / Schumann, Symphony No.1
(Spring) |
| May 4-5-6,
2018 |
Mozart,
Overture to "Don Giovanni" / Mozart,
Piano Concerto No.22 / Janácek, Glagolitic
Mass |
| 2016-17 |
Madison Symphony Orchestra
- 91st Season |
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Enescu, Romanian Rhapsody
No.1 / Corigliano, Chaconne
from "The Red Violin" / Holst, The
Planets |
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Elgar, In the South
(Alassio) / Bruch, Violin
Concerto No.1 / Kraggerud, Three
Postludes from "Equinox" / Beethoven,
Symphony No.6 (Pastorale) |
| Nov.
11-12-13, 2016 |
Debussy, Printemps
/ Mozart, Concerto for Two Pianos
/ Shostakovich, Symphony No.5 |
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“A Madison Symphony Christmas” |
| Jan. 14-15, 2017 |
"Beyond the Score" - Rimsky-Korsakov,
Scheherazade |
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Barber, Second Essay
/ Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No.5
/ Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.6 (Pathétique) |
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Beethoven, Egmont Overture
/ Hummel, Trumpet Concerto
/ Strauss, An Alpine Symphony |
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Schumann, Manfred
Overture / Lutoslawski, Concerto
for Orchestra / Rachmaninoff, Piano
Concerto No.3 |
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Stanford, Concert Piece for
Organ and Orchestra / Brahms, German
Requiem |