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2008-2009 Season Overview

Conductor's Choice CD recommendations listed below concert descriptions

   
     
 

October 11, 2008
The Force of Destiny
Lindsay Deutsch, violin
Giuseppe Verdi - Overture to La Forza del destino
John Corigliano - The Red Violin;
Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4

 

November 8, 2008
Gypsy Fire
Elmar Oliveira, violin
Johannes Brahms -
Hungarian Dances 1, 3 and 10
Bela Bartok - Rumanian Folk Dances
Zoltan Kodaly - Dances of Galanta
Johannes Brahms - Violin Concerto
January 10, 2009
Evening and Matinee performances
Spanning the Globe
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Virgil Thomson - Acadian Songs and Dances from
Louisiana Story
Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 2

 

February 7, 2009
Evening and Matinee performances
Triple Treat
Vienna Piano Trio
Henry Purcell/ed.Britten - Chacony in g minor
Ludwig van Beethoven - Triple Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 29

March 14, 2009
Evening and Matinee performances
An American Salute - Pops Concert
Featuring folk musician Bobby Horton
The BSO's All-American Pops concert features
great music by Grofe, Gould and Copland. Folk
musician Bobby Horton joins the BSO bringing
the cowboy songs and folk ballads heard in
Copland's Billy the Kid to life.

April 18, 2009
Rhapsodic Variations
Antonio Pompa Baldi, piano
Maurice Ravel - Mother Goose Suite
Sergei Rachmaninoff -
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Edward Elgar -
Variations on an Original Theme: Enigma

Evening concerts begin at 8:00 pm (all dates) - Matinee concerts begin at 2:00 pm (Jan. 10, Feb. 7, March 14 ONLY)
Concerts are performed at the King Center, Melbourne (Directions)
Concert Conversations with Chris - 7:20 pm for evening concerts, 1:20 pm for matinees (excluding Feb. concert)

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Conductor’s Choices – CD Recommendations for BSO 2008-09 Season

Subscription Concert I
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Verdi – Overture to La Forza del destino
Opera Overtures and Incidental Music
Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Schippers, conductor
Sony 63053

Corigliano – The Red Violin; Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra
The Red Violin – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Joshua Bell, violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra of London/Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Sony 63010

Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4
Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti, conductor
EMI Classics 73737

Subscription Concert II
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Brahms – Hungarian Dances 1, 3 and 10
Budapest Symphony Orchestra /Istvan Bogar, conductor
NAXOS 8550110

Bartók – Rumanian Folk Dances      
Budapest Festival /Ivan Fischer, conductor
Philips 454430

Kodály – Dances of Galanta                                     
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra /Yoel Levi, conductor
Telarc 80413

Brahms – Violin Concerto
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 445515

Subscription Concert III
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Thomson – Acadian Songs and Dances from Louisiana Story
New London Orchestra /Ronald Corp, conductor
Hyperion UK 55169

Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 445515

Sibelius – Symphony No. 2
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra /Paavo Berglund, conductor
EMI Classics 76963

Subscription Concert IV
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Purcell/ed. Britten – Chacony in G minor
Baroque Favorites
English Chamber/Benjamin Britten, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 472718

Beethoven – Triple Concerto
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violin/Pierre Fournier, cello/Geza Anda, piano
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Ferenc Fricsay, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 403402

Mozart – Symphony No. 29
Prague Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras, conductor
Telarc 80165

Subscription Concert V
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Grofe – On the Trail from Grand CanyonSuite
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra /Felix Slatkin, conductor
EMI Classics 66387

Copland – Billy the Kid Suite
New York Philharmonic /Leonard Bernstein, conductor
SONY 63082

The Civil War – Original Soundtrack Recording
Nonesuch 79256

Subscription Concert VI
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Ravel – Mother Goose Suite
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Jean Martinon, conductor
RCA 63683

Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Van Cliburn, piano
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Kiril Kondrashin, conductor
RCA 62695

Elgar – Variations on an Original Theme: Enigma
London Symphony Orchestra/Adrian Boult, conductor
EMI Classics 67749