Concerts

Concert #1 “A New Beginning” – Sunday, October 23, 2022 @ 4:00pm
John Thomas Dodson, Principal Guest Conductor & Artistic Advisor 

• Schubert: Rosamunde Overture
• Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
• Bruch: Suite from Swedish Dances
• Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
• Borodin: Symphony No. 3 in A minor

Concert #2 “Myths & Legends” – Sunday, December 18, 2022 @ 1:00pm
Tamara Dworetz, Guest Conductor

• Telemann: Selections from Don Quixote Suite
• Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre, Op. 40
• Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending featuring Justin Bruns, Violin
• Stravinsky: Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird Suite (1919)

Concert #3 “The Romantic Spirit” – Sunday, February 26, 2023 @ 4:00pm
John Thomas Dodson, Principal Guest Conductor & Artistic Advisor 

• Liadov: Eight Russian Folksongs, Op. 58
• Schumann: Overture to Julius Caesar, Op. 128
• Franck: Redemption: Morceau Symphonique
• Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 featuring Piotr Folkert, Piano
• Dvořák: Prague Waltzes

Concert #4 “A Place Called Home” – Sunday, April 23, 2023 @ 4:00pm
John Thomas Dodson, Principal Guest Conductor & Artistic Advisor

• Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
• Sibelius: Karelia Overture
• Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11
• Smetana: Three Dances from The Bartered Bride
• Verdi: Nabucco: Sinfonia

Concert #5 – 47th Ruth Kern Young Artists Concerto Competition Winners – Sunday, May 21, 2023 @ 4:00pm
Juan R. Ramírez, Conductor Emeritus

• Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622, Mvt. 2 featuring Charles Carmichael, Clarinet
• Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, Mvt. 1 featuring Sunny Kim, Violin
• Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85, Mvt. 1 featuring Jiayi Lu, Cello
• Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, Mvt. 1 featuring Aidan Pabis, Piano
• Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16, Mvt. 1 featuring Albert Zhang, Piano