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Summer Pops Concert

Sunday, Jul 25, 2004
Oak Creek Apartments

Program:
Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Aram Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (from Suite No. 2)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugen Onegin
Dimitri Shostakovich: Polka from The Age of Gold
Julius Conus: Concerto for Violin in E Minor
     Taemin Oh, violin - winner of the 2004 Jim McAuliffe Award
Malcolm Arnold: 2 Scottish Dances (from Op. 59) Pesante & Con brio
Leo Arnaud: Olympic Fanfare
John Mosss: 2 Jazz Greats of the 20th Century - Salute to Ol' Blue Eyes
Ted Rickets: 2 Jazz Greats of the 20th Century - Satchmo!
Howard Shore: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Ted Rickets: Chicago

 

Concert 1 - "From Russia with Music"
Featuring Maxim Philippov, Piano
Friday, Oct 15, 2004
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Saturday, Oct 16, 2004
Flint Center/DeAnza College

Program:
Dmitri Shostakovich: October, Symphonic Poem, Op. 131
Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23
     Maxim Phillipov, piano
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

 

Holiday Concert - "In Remembrance"
Stanford University Symphonic Chorus, Stephen M. Sano, Music Director
Thursday, Nov 18, 2004
Stanford Memorial Church
Sunday, Nov 21, 2004
Stanford Memorial Church

Program:
E. Takeo Kudo: Interlude
Anton Bruckner: Psalm 150
     Meredith Kendall, soprano
Felix Mendelssohn: Psalm 144
Ernest Bloch: Prelude and Psalm 114
     Roslyn Barak, soprano
Erich Zeisl: Requiem Ebraico
     Roslyn Barak, soprano; Kay Greenwald, mezzo-soprano; Michael Sokol, baritone

 

Concert 2 - "Shall We Dance?"
Featuring Sam Weber, Andreas Dänel & Debbie Sternbach, Tap Dancers
Friday, Jan 14, 2005
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Saturday, Jan 15, 2005
Fox Theatre

Program:
Malcolm Arnold: English Dances, First Set, Op. 27
Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto
     Sam Weber, tap dancer
Béla Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances
Andreas Danel: Concerto for 2 Tap Dancers
     Sam Weber, tap dancer; Andreas Danel, tap dancer
Leroy Anderson: The Typewriter & Jazz Pizzicato
     Sam Weber, tap dancer; Andreas Danel, tap dancer; Debbie Sternbach, tap dancer
George Gershwin: Promenade
     Sam Weber, tap dancer
Leonard Bernstein: 3 Dance Episodes from On the Town - The Great Lover, Lonely Town:Pas de Deux, Times Square 1944
: Fred Astaire Medly
     Sam Weber, tap dancer; Debbie Sternbach, tap dancer

 

"Symphonic Safari" Come Hear Where the Wild Things Are!
Featuring BiLi the Mime<br>Geoffrey Gallegos, conducting
Sunday, Feb 13, 2005
Spangenberg Theatre

Program:
Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (selection)
Georg Frideric Handel: Royal Fireworks Music (selection)
Leroy Anderson: The Waltzing Cat
Camille Saint-Saens: The Elephant from Le Canaval des Animaux
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 Pastoral - Scene By the Brook (selection)
Modeste Mussorgsky: Ballet of the Baby Chicks from Pictures at an Exhibition
Camille Saint-Saens: Le Cygne (The Swan) from Le Carnaval des Animaux
     Nathan Chan, cello; Rena Ling, piano
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee
Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky: Arabian Dance from The Nutcracker
Serge Prokofiev: The Wolf from Peter and the Wolf
Ferde Grofe: On the Trail from The Grand Canyon Suite
Franz von Suppe: Light Cavalry Overture

 

Concert 3 - "Shakespeare & Love"
ACT Conservatory Company
Friday, Mar 18, 2005
Fox Theatre
Saturday, Mar 19, 2005
Flint Center/DeAnza College

Program:
Hector Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict Overture
Felix Mendelssohn: Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream with Shakespeare scenes<br/>Overture (excerpt)<br/>No. 2 "Over Hill, Over Dale …" Elfen March, No. 4 "What thou seest …"<br/>No. 11 Dance of the Clowns<br/>No. 6 "What hempen homespuns …"<br/>No. 7 Nocturne<br/>No. 8 "Be, as thou wast wont to be …"<br/>No. 9 Wedding March
     Actors from the A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program
Serge Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Ballet with Shakespeare scenes<br/>Suite 2, No. 1 Montagues and Capulets "Cushion Dance"<br/>Suite 1, No. 4 Minuet<br/>Suite 1, No. 6 Balcony Scene<br/>Suite 2, No. 3 Friar Lawrence<br/>Suite 2, No. 6 Dance of the Antilles Girls<br/>Suite 2, No. 4 Dance<br/>Suite 2, No. 7 Romeo at the Tomb of Juliet<br/>Suite 3, No. 6 Death of Juliet
     Actors from the A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program

 

Concert 4 - "Ode to Joy - Beethoven&#039;s Ninth"
San Jose Symphonic Chorus, Leroy Kromm, Music Director; Vocal soloists TBA
Friday, May 20, 2005
San Mateo Performing Arts Center
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Flint Center/DeAnza College

Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio Overture, Op. 72b
     soloist
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D-major, Op. 61
     Jung-min Amy Lee, violin
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in d-minor, Op. 125
     Aimee Puentes, soprano; Wendy Hillhouse, mezzo-soprano; Christopher Corley, tenor; Kirk Eichelberger, bass
     San Jose Symphonic Choir

 

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