Symphony Series 2008-09

Thursday, September 18 • 7:30pm

French Twist

William Boughton, Conductor
Pip Clarke, Violin

Gounod: Ballet Music from Faust
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op 61
Mussorgsky arr Ravel: Pictures from an Exhibition
Ravel: La Valse

Thursday, October 16 • 7:30pm

Northern Lights

William Boughton, Conductor
Augustin Hadelich, Violin

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op 46
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op 99
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op 39

Thursday, November 13 • 7:30pm

Pathétique

William Boughton, Conductor
Raphael Wallfisch, Cello

Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op 84
Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor
Boëllmann: Variations for Cello & Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique

Thursday, January 29 • 7:30pm

The End of an Era

William Boughton, Conductor
Jennifer Lim, Piano

Bernstein: Candide Overture
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in Eb, Op 63

Thursday, February 26 • 7:30pm

Amistad Remembrance

William Boughton, Conductor
Phillippe Graffin, Violin
Special Guests: Amistad Academy Ensemble

Ellington: The River, Meander, Giggling Rapids, Lake, Village of Virgins
Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op 80
George Walker: Commission
Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World—Daybreak of Freedom

Thursday, March 26 • 7:30pm

American Perspectives

William Boughton, Conductor
William Braun, Piano

Copland: Rodeo
Ives: Variations on America
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Thursday, May 14 • 7:30pm

A Tempestuous Relationship

William Boughton, Conductor
Angela Hewitt, Piano

Mendelssohn: Overture The Hebrides ( Fingal’s Cave), Op 26
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466
Walton: Symphony No. 1 in Bb minor

Pops Series 2008-09

Simply Sinatra

Gerald Steichen, Conductor
Steve Lippia, Guest Artist

Friday, September 26 • 7:30pm • Shubert Theater
Sunday, September 28 • 3:00pm • Shelton Intermediate School

Holiday Extravaganza

Gerald Steichen, Conductor

Friday, December 19 • 7:30pm • Shubert Theater
Saturday, December 20 • 7:30pm • Quick Center, Fairfield
Sunday, December 21 • 3:00pm • Shelton Intermediate School

Best of Broadway

Gerald Steichen, Conductor
Rebecca Robbins, Guest Artist

Friday, April 24 • 7:30pm • Shubert Theater
Sunday, April 26 • 3:00pm • Shelton Intermediate School

All programs subject to change without notice.