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2011-2012 Season
It’s Harvest Time 
October 22, 2011Guest Conductor: Yaniv Dinur
Preconcert Discussion 6:30 pm
Concert 7:30 pm
Program
| Arturo Márquez Bela Bartók Coca Bochonko |
Danzón no. 2 Viola Concerto Principal Viola |
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Coca Bochonko is a freelance musician living in St. Cloud, Minnesota. She is currently a member of the Music St. Croix chamber music ensemble, principal violist of the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra and the Loehrke-Bochonko duo. |
Intermission
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2
Program Notes by Yaniv Dinur
What I love about this program is that all three pieces share profound similarities, and yet they could not be more different from one another. Marquez, Bartók and Brahms, each one from a different period and region, all turn to the musical realm that they love as a means to express their own individuality – folk music. Marquez has written an intoxicating homage to the Danzón, Read More
Yaniv Dinur
Yaniv Dinur is the winner of numerous international conducting competitions. In September 2009, he won a special Second Prize – an award the jury created especially for him – in the International Eduardo Mata Conducting Competition in Mexico City. Read More
Arthuro Marquez (born 1950) – Danzón No. 2
Premiere: March 5 1994, Mexico City Filarmonica de la UNAM, Francisco Savin, Conductor
Danzón is a national Mexican dance of Cuban origins that became very popular in Mexico in the first half of the twentieth century. It is a couple dance which contains three different dances with an introduction section to each one of them. Read More
Bella Bartók (1881-1945) – Viola Concerto
Premiere: December 2 1949, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (today’s Minnesota Orchestra), William Primrose, Violist, Antal Doráti, Conductor
When violist William Primrose approached Bartók about a commission for a viola concerto, Bartók was not interested. However, after hearing Primrose’s performance of the Walton Viola Concerto, Bartók was so impressed with the piece that he finally accepted Primrose’s request. Read More
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) - Symphony no. 2
Premiere: December 30 1877, Vienna, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Richer, Conductor
A Celtic Holiday
December 10, 2011,
3:30 pm
Daniel O’Bryant, Assistant Conductor
Featuring Ring of Kerry
| Nicoloai Rimsky-Korsakov | Dance of the Tumblers from “The Snow Maiden” |
| J.S. Bach | Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring |
| Richard Hayman(arr.) | Carol of the Bells |
| Leroy Anderson | Sleigh Ride |
| G.F. Handel | Three Dances from Water Music |
| P.I. Tchaikovsky | Scenes from the Nutcracker |
Intermission
| George Bizet | Carillon from “L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1” |
Ring of Kerry accompanied by the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra
Holiday Sing-a-long
A Shakespeare Celebration
March 31, 2012Guest Conductor: Keitaro Harada
Preconcert Discussion 6:30 pm
Concert 7:30 pm
Program
| P. I. Tchaikovsky | Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Winner of the 2011 Young Performers Competition |
Intermission
| Sergei Prokofiev | Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 |
| Leonard Bernstein | Symphonic Dances from West Side Story |
A Night at the Opera
May 12, 2012
Guest Conductor: Clinton Smith
Preconcert Discussion 6:30 pm
Concert 7:30 pm
Program
| Gioachino Rossini | Overture from The Barber of Seville |
| Gioachino Rossini | Opening Scene from Cinderella |
| Georges Bizet | Friendship Duet from Pearl Fishers |
| Georges Bizet | Suite No. 1 from Carmen |
Intermission
Benjamin Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Leo Delibes Flower Duet from Lakmé (again marking over e in LEO)
Giacomo Puccini "O soave fanciulla" Act I duet from La bohème
Giuseppe Verdi "Libiamo" from La traviata Verdi
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