Repertoire

This is the list of repertoire to be performed in 2008 by the Brevard Music Center's large ensembles. The list is subject to change without notice. Revised 1/23/08.

Brevard Music Center Orchestra

 June 27
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Robert Aldridge: a newly commissioned work
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Purcell
Dvorak: Cello Concerto

June 29
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Robert McDuffie, violin
Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus Dem Serail
J. Strauss II: Emperor Waltz
Works for violin and orchestra by Kreisler and Lehar
R. Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome
R. Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

July 6
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

July 13
Steven Smith, conductor
Roberto Diaz, viola
Berlioz: Harold in Italy
Debussy: La Mer

July 20
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Norman Krieger, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Mahler: Symphony No. 5

July 27
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Bruce Murray, piano
Strauss: Burleske
Orff: Carmina Burana

August 1
Daniel Meyer, conductor
Student Concerto Concert

August 3
Daniel Meyer, conductor
Saint-Saens: "Organ" Symphony
Other (and soloist) TBA

August 10
Steven Smith, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Kevin Puts: Two Orchestral Fanfares (premiere)
Janacek: Sinfonietta
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Brevard Sinfonia

July 12
Andres Cardenes, conductor and violin
Respighi: Trittico Bottecelliano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

July 26
Steven Smith, conductor
Richard Deane, horn
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2
Adams: The Chairman Dances
Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Transylvania Symphony Orchestra

July 11
Steven Smith, conductor
Prokofiev: Suite from Lieutenant Kije
Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid
Dvorak: "New World" Symphony

July 18
Thomas Joiner, conductor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Schubert: "Unfinished" Symphony
John Adams: The Wound Dresser
Liszt: Les Preludes

July 25
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Mahler: Symphony No. 1

August 8
Steven Smith, conductor
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
Mussorgsky: Night on a Bald Mountain
Respighi: Pines of Rome

Transylvania Symphonic Band

July 4
Patriotic Pops

July 10
TBA

July 22
TBA

August 9
TBA

Opera

July 5
Mozart: Magic Flute

July 19
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado

August 2
Mark Adamo: Little Women

August 9
Opera scenes with orchestra