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| 2008-2009 SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT SERIES |
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October 11, 2008 Saturday 8 PM
KING CENTER, Melbourne |
The Force of Destiny
Lindsay Deutsch, violin
Click here for Biography: www.lindsaydeutsch.com
Giuseppe Verdi - Overture to La Forza del Destino
John Corigliano - The Red Violin;
Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
The BSO's 2008-09 Season opens with a program inspired by Fate and Destiny that truly illustrates the power of music. Verdi's dramatic Overture to La Forza del Destino is followed by violinist Lindsay Deutsch performing music from John
Corigliano's Academy Award-winning score to The Red Violin. Tchaikovsky's popular Symphony No. 4 - inspired by his own personal struggles with Fate - concludes this electrifying program. | |
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NOVEMBER 8, 2008 Saturday
KING CENTER, Melbourne |
Gypsy Fire
Elmar Oliveira, violin
Click here for Biography:http://www.elmaroliveira.com/
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances 1, 3 and 10
Bela Bartók - Rumanian Folk Dances
Zoltan Kodály - Dances of Galanta
Johannes Brahms - Violin Concerto
Gypsy Fiddling and Folk Dances from Eastern Europe highlight this sensational program. We are honored to welcome one of the world’s greatest violinists, Elmar Oliveira, to the King Center stage for a performance of the grand and glorious Brahms Violin Concerto. Colorful and nostalgic showpieces by Bartók and Kodály showcase the virtuosity of your Brevard Symphony Orchestra musicians.
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JANUARY 10, 2009 Saturday 2 PM & 8 PM
KING CENTER, Melbourne |
Spanning the Globe
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Click here for Biography:www.jenniferfrautschi.com
Virgil Thomson - Acadian Songs and Dances from Louisiana Story
Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 2
From the Bayou to the icy tundra of Finland, this program spans the globe and a great variety of musical styles. Music from Virgil Thomson’s Pulitzer Prize winning film score to Louisiana Story opens the concert and acclaimed violinist Jennifer Frautschi performs Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto in honor of the 200th Anniversary of the composer’s birth. The concert concludes with the most popular symphony from Finland’s most popular composer – Sibelius’s glorious Symphony No. 2.
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February 7, 2009, Saturday 2 PM & 8 PM
KING CENTER, Melbourne |
Triple Treat
Vienna Piano Trio
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http://www.viennapianotrio.com
Henry Purcell/ed. Britten - Chacony in G minor
Ludwig van Beethoven - Triple Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 29
Music by three great master composers - along with a rare chance to hear three world class musicians playing one of Beethoven’s most demanding works - makes this concert a true Triple Treat! The acclaimed Vienna Piano Trio (violin, cello and piano) join the BSO for Beethoven’s virtuosic Triple Concerto, while a charming Mozart Symphony and a stirring work for strings alone by Henry Purcell complete this elegant program. | |
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March 14, 2009 Saturday 2 PM & 8 PM
KING CENTER, Melbourne |
An American Salute -
Pops Concert
Featuring Folk Musician Bobby Horton
Click here for Biography: www.bobbyhorton.com
Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland – Billy the Kid Suite
arr. Wendel – Orange Blossom Special
Jay Ungar/arr. Custer – Ashokan Farewell
Morton Gould – American Salute
Aaron Copland – Variations on a Shaker Hymn
Aaron Copland – Hoe-Down from Rodeo
The BSO’s All-American Pops concert features a musical tribute to the Wild West, with great music by Ferde Grofé and Aaron Copland. Nationally renowned folk musician Bobby Horton joins the BSO, bringing the cowboy songs and folk ballads heard in Copland’s brilliant ballet score Billy the Kid to life.
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April 18, 2009 Saturday 8 PM
KING CENTER, Melbourne |
Rhapsodic Variations
Antonio Pompa Baldi, piano
Click here for Biography: www.pompa-baldi.com
Maurice Ravel - Mother Goose Suite
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a
Theme of Paganini
Edward Elgar - Variations on an
Original Theme: Enigma
Our 55th season finale features some of the most colorful and melodic music ever written. Ravel’s enchanting Mother Goose Suite brings five fairytales to life, and Rachmaninoff’s ever-popular Rhapsody features Van Cliburn Competition Silver-medalist Antonio Pompa-Baldi. The concert concludes with Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations – a set of musical portraits of many of the composer’s closest friends.
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BREVARD'S PREMIER PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA
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