Past Performances, University Symphony Orchestra

Spring 2009

  • Friday & Saturday, February 27 & 28, 2009, 8pm
    Edmund Campion, Practice
    Messiaen, Turangalila Symphony
  • Noon Concert, March 18, 2009, noon
    Schumann, Cello Concerto in A minor: Kevin Yu, soloist
    Nielsen, Concerto for flute and orchestra: Kelsey Seymour, soloist
  • CalDay, April 18, 11am-1pm
    Jean Ahn, Berkeley Fanfare
    Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915: Melanie Anderson, soprano soloist
    Ravel, Piano Concerto for Left Hand: Young Ho Na, soloist
  • Friday and Saturday, May 8 & 9, 2009, 8pm
    Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Jessica Ling, soloist (Friday)
    Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, April Paik, soloist (Saturday)
    Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5 (Friday & Saturday)

Fall 2008

  • Friday an­d Saturday, October 10 and 11, 2008
    Paul Hindemith, Mathis der Maler
    Arnold Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht
    Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 2
  • Friday and Saturday, November 14 and 15, 2008
    Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1
    Gyorgi Ligeti, San Francisco Polyphony
    Alexander Scriabin, Poems of Ecstasy
  • Noon Concert, Wednesday, December 3
    Britten, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
    Scriabin, Poem of Ecstasy
  • Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11, 2008
    Paul Hindemith, Mathis der Maler
    Arnold Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht
    Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 2

Spring 2008

  • Friday and Saturday, February 29 and March 1, 2008
    Bartók, Miraculous Mandarin Suite
    Copland, Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
    Chausson, Poème, op. 25: April Paik, violin soloist
    Barber, Violin Concerto, op. 14: Christy Kyong, soloist
  • Wednesday Noon Concert, March 19, 2008
    The Elizabeth Elkus Memorial Concert
    Schnittke, Cello Concerto No.1 with cello soloist Gabriel Trop
  • CalDay, Saturday, April 21, 2008
    Schnittke, Cello Concerto No. 1, soloist Gabriel Trop
    Gordeli, Flute Concerto, soloist Kelsey Seymour
    Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto No. 1, soloist Ernest Yen
  • Friday and Saturday, May 9 and 10, 2008
    Ravel, Tzigane (violin soloist Jessica Ling)
    Richard Strauss, Alpine Symphony
    Johann Strauss, Jr, The Blue Danube Waltz
    Jean Ahn, Salt (2007)

Fall 2007

  • Wednesday, September 26, Noon, Hertz Hall
    Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances
  • Friday & Saturday, September 28 & 29, 2007, 8pm, Hertz Hall
    Program:
    Sibelius, Tapiola
    Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances
    Cindy Cox, Cathedral Spires
  • Friday & Saturday, October 26 & 27, 8pm, Hertz Hall
    Program:
    Beethoven, Symphony No. 7
    Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments
    Varèse, Octandre
    Bartok, Divertimento for string orchestra
  • Friday & Saturday, December 7 & 8, 8pm, Hertz Hall
    Bruckner, Symphony No. 4
    R. Strauss, Don Juan
    Yiorgos Vassilandonakis, The Flyer (with film by David Green)

Spring 2007

  • Mahler, Symphony No. 6
  • Yiorgos Vassilandonakis, thalassinó
  • Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No. 1 (soloist Marina Sharifi)
  • John Williams, Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra (soloist Alexander Kramer)
  • Tchaikovsky, Variations on a Rococo Theme (soloist Ting Chin, cello)
  • Loretta Notareschi, In una voce grave e pericolosa (2006)
  • Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem
  • John Thow, Of Eros and Dust

Fall 2006

  • Britten, Sinfonia da Requiem
  • Lutoslawski, Concerto for Orchestra
  • Elgar, Enigma Variations
  • Sibelius, Symphony No. 4
  • Debussy, La Mer
  • Mason Bates, Rusty Air in Carolina

Spring 2006

  • Shostakovich, Symphony No. 9
  • John MacCallum, Alloy for orchestra and electronics
  • Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5
  • Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Richard Strauss, Ein Heldenleben
  • Barber, Violin Concerto
  • Cimarosa, Concert for two flutes
  • Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor

Fall 2005

  • Ravel, Ma Mère L'Oye (Cinq pieces enfantines)
  • Varèse, Arcana
  • Ligeti, Atmosphères
  • Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé
  • John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine
  • Berg, Three Orchestra Pieces
  • Rachmaninoff, Isle of the Dead
  • Sibelius, Symphony No. 7

Spring 2005

  • Edmund Campion, Hold That Thought
  • Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola (soloists, Quelani Penland & Andrew Strauss)
  • Fauré, Pavane
  • Mahler, Six Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (soloist Christina Schiffner)
  • Schoenberg, Five Pieces for Orchestra
  • Shostakovich, Concerto for Cello No. 1 (soloist Aaron Lay)
  • Debussy, Jeux
  • Schubert, Symphony No. 7
  • Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 (soloist Jessie Lee)
  • Haydn, Mass in Time of War
  • Stravinsky, Firebird Suite

Fall 2004

  • Webern, Passacaglia for Orchestra
  • Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story"
  • Nielsen, Symphony No. 4
  • Lutoslawski, Symphony No. 3
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 3

Spring 2004

  • Walton, Concerto for viola and orchestra (soloist Jacob Hansen-Joseph)
  • Mahler, Symphony No. 4
  • J.S. Bach, Concerto for violin, oboe and strings
  • Proto, A Carmen Fantasy for double bass and orchestra
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 3
  • Rossini, Overture to William Tell
  • Shostakovich, Symphony No. 11

Fall 2003

  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 6
  • Bach, Harpsichord Concerto in D major
  • Reynold Tharp, Cold Horizon
  • Debussy, Prèlude à "L'Après-Midi d'un faune"
  • Berlioz, Harold en Italie