September 29
Samuel Barber – SecondEssay for Orchestra Gounod – Ballet Music from “Faust”
Dvorak – Symphony No. 8, Op. 88 in G Major
Maestro James Liu, guest conductor (Wuhan, China).
November 3 – Choral/Orchestral Program (CPA)
Michael Tippett – A Child of Our Time
Karyl Carlson, conducting
Faculty Vocal Soloists
November 6 – 7, ISU Symphony Chicago Tour
Yorkville, York High Schools, more schools TBA
Gounod – Ballet Music from “Faust”
Dvorak – Symphony No. 8, Op. 88 in G Major
November 9 – MUSIC FOR ALL CONCERT - Special Needs Concert
Gounod – Ballet Music from “Faust” )
Movie/Broadway Repertoire TBA
December 7, 8
29th Annual MUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYS Concerts (CPA)
Anderson –Sleigh Ride
Shaw/Bennett – Many Moods of Christmas #4
Handel – “Worthy is the Lamb” and final “Amen” from Messiah
Richman – Hannukah Festival Overture
Williams – Home Alone Suite
February 28 – March 6 – “GUYS AND DOLLS” – staged musical:CPA Theater
September 18 – Symphony Collage Concert (CPA Concert Hall)
Wagner – Overture to “Rienzi”
September 25 – Symphony Concert (CPA)
Wagner – Overture to “Rienzi”
Aduonum – Afrikana Aburukusu
Koussevitzky - Concerto for Double Bass Benjamin DeKock, soloist
Schumann – Symphony No. 4
October 12 – Philharmonia Strings Concert (Kemp)
Mozart – Divertimento K. 136
Sibelius – Andante Festivo
Hovhaness – Psalm and Fugue
October 19 – 20– Symphony Chicago Tour
Wagner – Overture to “Rienzi”
Kousevitzky - Concerto for Double Bass , Benjamin DeKock, soloist
Bloch - Schelomo Excerpt – Cora Swenson Lee, cello soloist
Schumann – Symphony No. 4
October 30 –Symphony Concert (CPA)
Bloch - Schelomo - Cora Swenson Lee, cello soloist
Hayden – Mass in Time of War
November 12 – Symphony MUSIC FOR ALL
Music from “Polar Express”
Wagner – Overture to “Rienzi”
Kousevitzky - Concerto for Double Bass (I Movt. – 7’)
Repertoire TBA
Benjamin DeKock, soloist
December 10 – Symphony/Philharmonia MUSIC FOR HOLIDAYS
December 11- Symphony/Philharmonia MUSIC FOR HOLIDAY Dress rehearsals:
Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Reed – Russian Christmas Music
Vivaldi – “Gloria”
Vivaldi – “Winter” from The Seasons (Movt. I – 8’) – Igor Kalnin, soloist
Hannukah Festival Overture
Twelve Days of Christmas – arr. Grizzard
February 28 – Philharmonia String Orchestra (Kemp)
Corelli – Concerto Grosso “Christmas”
Kirt Mosier – Ride of the Rangers
Martha Horst – Elegaic Gestures
March 2-5 – Joint Schools of Theater/Dance and Music Opera Production –
Humperdinck – HANSEL AND GRET
March 30 – 8:00 PM RED NOTE FESTIVAL CONCERT (CPA)
Dress rehearsal: Tuesday, March 28 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Winner RED NOTE Composition Competition Contest (TBA)
Repertoire from resident RED NOTE guest composer (TBA)
April 23 – Illinois State University Symphony Orchestra
Hindemith's SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSIS ON THEMES OF WEBER.
Rachel Nulf as the soloist in Nielsen's Concerto for Flute (Movt. I)
Carlos Leon as the soloist in Cecil Forsyth's Concerto for Viola (Movt. I).
Sunday, September 17, 2023 – 3:00 PM:ISU Symphony Collage Concert (CPA Concert Hall)
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5 - Finale (16’)
Sunday, September 24, 2023 – 3:00 PM: ISU Symphony Concert (CPA Concert Hall)
Dress rehearsal: Sunday, September 24, 10:00 - 12:00 PM (set-up at 9:15 AM)
Beethoven – Leonore Overture No. 3 (16’)
Alex Stephenson – An Elemental Music (11’)
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5 (48’)
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 – 7:30 PM Philharmonia Strings Concert (Kemp)
Grofe’ – Trick or Treat (4’)
Grieg – Two Elegaic Pieces (10’)
Britten – Simple Symphony (17’)
Wednesday, October 18 - Thursday, October 19, 2023 – Symphony Chicago Tour
Sunday, October 22, 2023 – 3:00 PM - ISU Symphony Concert (CPA Concert Hall)
Dress rehearsal: Sunday, October 22 – 10:00 – Noon
Sibelius – Concerto for Violin (30’) Igor Kalnin, soloist
Brahms – Symphony No. 2 (44’)
Saturday, November 11, 2023 – 10:00 AM - Symphony MUSIC FOR ALL/FAMILY
9:00 AM: Instrument Petting Zoo
TBA
Saturday, December 2, 2023 – Symphony/Philharmonia MUSIC FOR HOLIDAYS
1. 3:00 PM: MFH performance #1/2 with Civic Chorale
2. 7:00 PM: MFH performance #2/2
Dress rehearsals: Tuesday, November 28: 7:30 – 9:30 PM (CPA) | Friday, December 1: 7:30 – 9:30 PM (CPA)
Anderson – Sleigh Ride (5’)
Bizet – Farandole from “L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1 (7’)
Anderson – A Christmas Festival (8’)
Silvestri - Music from “Polar Express” (8’)
Handel – MESSIAH Choruses (with Civic Choir) – Saturday matinee only | And the Glory of the Lord (4); For unto us a child is born (12); Worthy is the Lamb/Amen (53); Hallelujah Chorus (44); Richman – Hannukah Festival Overture (8')
Illinois State University Symphony/Philharmonia
2019 – 2023