UA Philharmonic Orchestra

Repertoire 2001-present

  2007-2008
2006-2007 2005-2006
2004-2005 2003-2004
2002-2003 2001-2002

2007-2008 Season
Charles Bontrager, Eiki Isomura, James Stopher, conductors

Friday, October 5

  • Beethoven:  Overture to Coriolan
  • Saint-Saëns:  Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila
  • Hanson:  Symphony No. 2, "Romantic"

Friday, November 30 

  • Sibelius:  Finlandia
  • Millburn:  Chiaroscuro
  • Mozart:  Symphony No. 38, "Prague"

Friday, February 29

  • Glinka:  Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
  • Debussy:  Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
  • Tchaikovsky:  Variations on Rococo Theme  
       Theodore Buchholz, cello soloist
  • Schuman:  New England Triptych

Tuesday, April 29   UA Opera Scenes

  • Opera scenes by Monteverdi, Britten, Strauss, Jr., Puccini and Berlioz.

Friday, May 2.  Joint concert with the Arizona Symphony Orchestra

  • Beethoven:  Overture to Egmont
  • Stravinsky:  Suite No. 2
  • Massenet:  Dances from Le Cid

2006-2007 Season
Eiki Isomura, Martin Majkut, James Stopher, conductors

Friday, October 6

  • Beethoven:  Overture to Fidelio, Frank Restesan, conductor
  • R. Strauss:  Serenade in E-flat for Winds, op. 7
  • Mozart:  Serenade Eine kleine Nachtmusik K. 525
  • Dvorák:  Symphony No. 8 in G major, first movement

Friday, December 1

  • Rossini:  Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia
  • Ravel:  Pavane
  • Dvorák Symphony No. 8 in G major

Saturday, February 24

  • Copland:  An Outdoor Overture
  • Weber:  Andante e Rondo Ongarese, Jessica Campbell, bassoon
  • Schubert:  Symphony No. 3

Friday, April 20

  • Bottesini:  Gran Duo Concertante, Sadarius Slaughter, violin, Humberto Colón-Rivera, double bass
  • Bizet:  Excerpts from Carmen, Chloé Hunter, Cynthia Ortíz, Eun Pa Lee, Nathan Krueger, soloists
  • Rimsky-Korsakov:  Capriccio Espagnol

2005-2006 Season
Jason Curley, Juan de Dios Hernández and Martin Majkut, conductors

Friday, October 14

  • Rossini:  Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri
  • Respighi:  Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite 1
  • Beethoven:  Symphony No. 1, first movement
  • Dvorák:  Slavonic Dance

Friday, December 2

  • Corelli:  Concerto Grosso, op. 8 no. 6
  • Vivaldi:  "Spring" and "Summer" from The Four Seasons, Frank Restesan violin and conductor
  • Beethoven:  Symphony No. 1 in C, 

Friday, February 24   Concert in Context, “What is Classical about Classical Music?”  an event of the Arizona Cultural Forum  

  • Mozart:  Overture to The Impresario

  • Haydn:  Symphony No. 104

Friday, April 28:  Joint concert with the Arizona Symphony

  • Mendelssohn:  Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

  • Mussorgsky:  Night on Bald Mountain


2004-2005 Season
Juan de Dios Hernández, Ki-Sun Lee and Martin Majkut, conductors

Friday, October 8

  • Bartók:  Romanian Folk Dances
  • Stravinsky:  Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra
  • Beethoven:  Symphony No. 2, first movement
  • Grieg:  Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2

Friday, December 3

  • Ewald:  Brass Ensemble
  • J. Strauss, Jr.:  Blue Danube Waltzes
  • Mozart:  Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major
    Juan de Dios Hernández, soloist
  • Beethoven:  Symphony No. 2

Friday, February 25

  • Schubert:  Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished"
  • Bach:  Double Concerto for Violin and Oboe
       José Flores and Andrea Shaheen, soloist
  • Schumann:  Symphony No. 4, finale

Friday, April 29

  • Walton:  Crown Imperial
  • Fauré:  Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
  • Schumann:  Symphony No. 4 in D minor

2003-2004 Season
Juan de Dios Hernández, Ki-Sun Lee, Linus Lerner, and Martin Majkut, conductors

Friday, October 10

  • Bizet:  Suite from Carmen
  • Eichenbaum:  Three Women
  • Schubert:  Symphony No. 3 in D

Friday, December 5

  • Menotti:  Amahl and the Night Visitors: Introduction, March, Shepherd's Dance
  • Boccherini:  Cello Concerto
  • Tchaikovsky:  Suite from The Nutcracker

Friday, Saturday February 20-21  with UA Opera Theatre, Stevie Eller Dance Theater

  • Gounod:  Petite Symphonie
  • Haydn:  La Canterina, (The Budding Soprano)

Friday, April 23

  • Thomson:  Suite from The Plow That Broke The Plains
  • Copland:  Music from Billy the Kid
  • Mozart:  Symphony No. 39 in E-flat

2002-2003 Season
Adam Boyles, David Cole and Linus Lerner conductors

Friday, October 18, 2002

  • Rossini:  Overture to L'italiana in Algeri
  • Dvorak:  Czech Suite
  • Mozart:  Symphony No. 38, "Prague"

Sunday, December 8   "A Christmas Card for Tucson"
with the UA Community Chorus, Symphonic Choir

  • Music of Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, Willcocks

Thursday, February 26

  • Stravinsky:  Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra
  • Riegger:  Dance Rhythms
  • Schubert:  Symphony No. 5

Friday, May 2

  • Vaughan Williams:  Overture to The Wasps
  • Rodrigo:  Concierto de Aranjuez
  • Haydn:  Symphony No. 104, "London"

2001-2002 Season
Adam Boyles, Linus Lerner conductors

October 5, 2001  

Schubert:  Overture in the Italian Style
Bartók:  Romanian Dances
Haydn:  Symphony No. 103, "Drum Roll"   

December 4, 2001 

Cimarosa:  Overture to Il matrimonio segreto
Mozart:  Arias from Le nozze di Figaro
Stravinsky:  Seven Instrumental Miniatures
    Gordon Andrus, conductor
Vaughan Williams:   Fantasia on Greensleaves
Respighi:  Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite I

February 22, 2002  

Handel:  Concerto Grosso op. 6, no. 6
Mozart:  Wind Serenade in C minor
Beethoven:  Symphony No. 1 in C major

April 25, 2002  

Todd Gabriel:  Path of Choice
Haydn:  Cello Concerto in D major
Fauré:  Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Bizet:  L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1

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