Summer Pops Concert

Sunday, Jul 27, 1997
Oak Creek Apartments

Program:
David Brubeck: Its About Time
Aaron Copland: Overture, An Outdoor
Various: Salute to the Big Bands
Antonin Dvorak: Legends, Op. 59, #1, #10, #3
George Gershwin: Three Preludes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Co #3, in G, K 216, First Movement
     Sergei Goldman-Hull, Violin
Amilcare Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda
Richard Rodgers: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
William Ward: Joy - Songs of the Spirit
William Ward: Trains

Concert 1

Friday, Oct 17, 1997
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Saturday, Oct 18, 1997
Flint Center/DeAnza College

Program:
Ronald Miller: 49er!
     Jerry Mertens, Narrator
Modeste Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Mark Parella: The Miracle City
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Opus 58
     Jerome Lowenthal, Piano

Holiday Concert

Thursday, Nov 20, 1997
Stanford Memorial Church
Sunday, Nov 23, 1997
Stanford Memorial Church

Program:
Giuseppi Verdi: Requiem
     Margo Alexander, Soprano; Jennifer Lane, Mezzo; Stephen Guggenheim, Tenor; Douglas Lawrence, Bass

Concert 2

Friday, Jan 23, 1998
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Saturday, Jan 24, 1998
Flint Center/DeAnza College

Program:
Béla Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances
     Bill Crofut, Banjo
David Brubeck: Blue Rondo a la Turk
     Bill Crofut, Banjo; Chris Brubeck, Trombone/Piano
Chris Brubeck: Co for Bass Trombone (excerpt)
     Chris Brubeck, Bass Trombone
Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait
     Bill Crofut, Narrator
Aaron Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Bill/Chris Crofut/Brubeck: Little Blues Suite for Banjo and Orchestra
     Bill Crofut, Banjo; Chris Brubeck, Trombone/Piano
Jay Gorney: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
     Bill Crofut, Banjo; Chris Brubeck, Trombone/Piano
Woody Guthrie: This Land is Your Land
     Bill Crofut, Banjo; Chris Brubeck, Trombone/Piano
Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners
     Bill Crofut, Banjo; Chris Brubeck, Trombone/Piano
Traditional: Old Joe Clark, Banjo Music
     Bill Crofut, Banjo; Chris Brubeck, Trombone/Piano

Concert 3

Friday, Mar 13, 1998
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Saturday, Mar 14, 1998
Flint Center/DeAnza College

Program:
Johannes Brahms: Co for Violin and Cello, Opus 102
     Jennifer Frautschi, Violin; Mark Kosower, Cello
Zhanhao/Gang He/Chen: The Butterfly Lovers Concerto
     JieBing Chen, Erhu
Gustav Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
     Wendy Hillhouse, Soprano

Concert 4

Friday, May 15, 1998
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Saturday, May 16, 1998
Flint Center/DeAnza College

Program:
John Corigliano: Elegy
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Opus 64
William Walton: Co for Viola and Orchestra
     Kirsten Johnson, Viola