FREE Summer POPS CONCERT in the Park

Sunday, Jul 20, 2003
Oak Creek Apartments

Program:
Richard Wagner: Introduction to Act III of Lohengrin (listed as Prelude)
Richard Wagner: Siegfried's Rhine Journey, from Die Goetterdaemmerung
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op. 46, No. 3
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op. 46, No. 1
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
     Jordan Han, Cello
Various: Salute to the Big Bands
John Williams: Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone Symphonic Suite
John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever March

Concert 1 - "Grand Opening"
Featuring Jon Nakamatsu, Piano
Friday, Oct 17, 2003
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Saturday, Oct 18, 2003
Flint Center/DeAnza College

Program:
Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18
     Jon Nakamatsu, Piano
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Op. 68

Holiday Concert
with Stanford University Symphonic Chorus, Stephen Sano, Music Director
Friday, Nov 21, 2003
Stanford Memorial Church
Sunday, Nov 23, 2003
Stanford Memorial Church

Program:
Gabriel Faure: Requiem, Op. 48
     Nancy Wait-Kromm, Leroy Kromm
Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria
     Gregory Wait, Leroy Kromm

Concert 2 - "Gershwin with Wesla Whitfield"
Wesla Whitfield, vocalist, with Mike Greensill and Trio
Friday, Jan 16, 2004
Fox Theatre
Saturday, Jan 17, 2004
Flint Center/DeAnza College

Program:
George Gershwin: Overture to Strike Up the Band
George Gershwin: Lullaby
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Picture
George Gershwin: Selected Songs
     Wesla Whitfield
     Mike Greensill Trio

Family Concert

Sunday, Feb 29, 2004
Spangenberg Theatre

Program:
Igor Stravinsky: Infernal Dance of King Kastchei from "The Firebird" (1919)
     Ashkenazi the Pretty Good, Magician & Robby Virus, Theremin
Igor Stravinsky: Berceuse (Lullaby) from "The Firebird" (1919)
John Williams: Symphonic Suite from "Harry Potter" (2001)
Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897)
Igor Stravinsky: Finale from "The Firebird" (1919)

Concert 3 - "Around the World in 80 Minutes"
with Marimba soloist Evangelina Estrada
Friday, Mar 19, 2004
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Saturday, Mar 20, 2004
Fox Theatre

Program:
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
Johann Strauss Jr: Tales from the Vienna Woods
Jacques Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne: Overture
Alberto Ginastera: Idilio crepuscular ("Twilight Reverie") from Estancia: Ballet Suite
Charles Ives: Variations on America
Alan Hovhaness: Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints for Marimba and Orchestra
     Evangelina Estrada
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Opus 17 "Little Russian"

Concert 4 - "Young Virtuoso"
Featuring the winner of the Irving M. Klein International String Competition
Friday, May 21, 2004
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Flint Center/DeAnza College

Program:
Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival
Max Bruch: Romanze for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 85
     Eric Nowlin, viola
Carl Maria von Weber: Andante and Hungarian Rondo, Op. 35
     Eric Nowlin, viola
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36