Beach Cities Symphony Concert Schedule

 

2009-2010  -  60th Concert Season

Friday, November 6, 2009 

60th Anniversary Celebration

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

Friday, January 29, 2010 

Artist of the Future becomes Artist of the Present

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

     Esther Keel, Piano Soloist

Barry Brisk: Kaleidoscope, World Premiθre

Friday, March 26, 2010

Music of Spain and Mexico, part of our cultural heritage

 

Isaac Albeniz: Catalonia

     Mariachi Students – Middleton St. Elementary School

 

Joaquin Rodrigo: Fantasia para un Gentil Hombre

     Rhondda Dayton, Flute Soloist

Emmanuel Chabrier: Espaρa

Jeronimo Jimenez:  Las Bodas de Luis Alonza (the Marriage of Luis Alonza) 

        Middleton Elementary School students unaccompanied

 

Jose Pablo Moncayo: Huapango 

        The orchestra and students will play together on this piece

 

Friday, May 28, 2010

Music Teachers Association of California, South Bay Branch, Artists of the Future soloists

Peter Heidrich: Variations on “Happy Birthday”

Artists of the Future Winners

Camille Saint-Saλns: Bacchanale from Samson and Delila

 

 

2008-2009  -  59th Concert Season

October 24, 2008

American Salute - Morton Gould

Concerto for Trumpet - James Covell

        John Cather, trumpet soloist

A Memory of Marianne -  Matt Doran

Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - Aaron Copland

  January 23, 2009

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - Claude Debussy

Songs of a Wayfarer - Gustav Mahler

        Erin Wood, soprano soloist

Fanfare for Winds, Brass, and Percussion - Grigore Nica

Symphony in D minor - Cιsar Franck

  March 20, 2009

Prometheus Overture - Ludwig van Beethoven

Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

        Bradley Cohen, clarinet soloist

Symphony No. 2 "The Four Temperaments" - Carl Nielsen

 May 22, 2009

Overture to La Forza del Destino, Verdi

Music Teachers Association of California, South Bay Branch, Artists of the Future soloists:  

Tzigane, Ravel, Kristie Su violin soloist 

Piano Concerto No. 4, 1st movement, Beethoven, Katherine Daly piano soloist
Piano Concerto No. 2, 1st movement, Shostakovich, Jason Griffin piano soloist
Piano Concerto in A minor, 1st movement, Grieg, Nathan Ben-Yehuda piano soloist

Night on the Bald Mountain, Mussorgsky

 

2007-2008  -  58th Concert Season

October 26, 2007

Nicholas Sobko: Scenes from The Enchanted Castle

Ludwig van Beethoven: Two Romances for Violin and Orchestra

        Rebecca Rutkowski, violin soloist

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection (4th and 5th movements)

        Rhonda Dillon, soprano soloist

        Nancy O’Brien, alto soloist

        Combined choruses from El Camino College

        Backstage musicians from El Camino College Orchestra

January 25, 2008

Charles Gounod: Ballet Music from Faust

George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

        Anli Lin Tong, piano soloist

Maurice Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess

Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

April 4, 2008

Gabriel Faurι: Pavane

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto in G minor

        Roberto Cani, violin soloist

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

May 23, 2008

MTAC Artists of the Future soloists

Symphonie Espagnole                                                                 Eduoard Lalo

                                Eleanore Dunbar, Violin Soloist, age 12

Allegro maestoso                                                                  Niccolo Paganini                          

                                Jessie Chen, Violin Soloist, age 13

Concerto No. 1 in E flat                                                                   Franz Liszt

                                Monica Liu, Piano Soloist, age 17

Concerto No. 3, Opus 26, first movement                              Sergei Prokofiev

                                Ji Min Lee, Piano Soloist, age 15

Richard Wagner: Prelude from Die Meistersinger

2006-2007  -  57th Concert Season

October 27, 2006

The Hebrides Overture in B minor                                                           Felix Mendelssohn

Viola Concerto                                                                                       Bιla Bartσk

     Paul Coletti, viola soloist

Symphony No. 6, Pathetique                                                                  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

                                               

January 26, 2007

Introduction from Khovantchina                                                               Modest Mussorgsky

Violin Concerto                                                                                       Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

        Roberto Cani, violin soloist

La Mer                                                                                                    Claude Debussy

    

 March 23, 2007

Elegy                                                                                                      Joel Feigin

Prelude and Love Death, from Tristan and Isolde                                    Richard Wagner

       Erin Wood, soprano soloist

 

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major, Opus 83                                       Johannes Brahms

        Georgi Slavchev, piano soloist

                                   

May 25, 2007

Serenade for Orchestra  (world premiθre)                                                Barry Brisk

MTAC Artists of the Future Competition Winners

    Pablo de Sarasate, Zigeurnerweisen: Joseph Lee (age 15) violin soloist

    Henryk Wieniawski, Polonaise de Concert in D: John Heffernan (age 15) violin soloist

    Robert Schumann, Concerto in A minor, 1st Movement: Emmelyn Hsieh (age 15) piano soloist

    Camille Saint-Saλns, Concerto No. 2, Opus 22, 1st Movement: Sharon Kwon (age 14) piano soloist

Romanian Rhapsody No. 1                                                                      Georges Enesco

 

2005-2006  -  56th Concert Season

October 21, 2005

Concert Suite, World Premiθre                                                  Burton Goldstein

Suite Algιrienne                                                                         Camille Saint-Saλns

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major, Opus 73 (Emperor)                    Ludwig van Beethoven

                                                Sebastien Koch, piano soloist

                                               

January 27, 2006

Suite from “The plow that broke the plains”                                Virgil Thomson

Clarinet Concerto                                                                      Aaron Copland

                                                Bradley Cohen, clarinet soloist

Symphony No. 2, Romantic                                                       Howard Hanson

    

 March 24, 2006

Euryanthe Overture                                                                    Carl Maria von Weber

Violin Concerto in D, Opus 47                                                      Jean Sibelius

                                                Elmer Su, violin soloist             

Symphony No. 7 in A, Opus 92                                                     Ludwig van Beethoven

                                   

May 12, 2006

Barber of Seville Overture                                                          Gioachino Rossini

Music Teachers Association of California, South Bay Branch, Artists of the Future soloists:

Goldmark Concerto for Violin in A minor, first movement: Kristie Su (age 10)

Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, first movement: Rachel H. Chung (age 13)

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp, first movement: Ian Counts (age 16)

Kabalevsky Piano Concerto Opus 50, first movement: Kathryn Wu (age 14)

Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34                                                        Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

 

2004-2005  -  55th Concert Season

October 29, 2004

Fidelio Overture, Opus 72B………………………………………………L. van Beethoven

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra…………………………………………..A. Artunian

John Cather, trumpet soloist

Symphony No. 4 in G Major ……………………………………………………G. Mahler

Jessica Tunick, soprano

January 21, 2005

Serenade for Winds, Opus 7……………………………………………………….R. Strauss

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini……………………………………….....S. Rachmaninoff

Sylvia Ho, piano soloist

Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2………………………………………………...S. Prokofiev

March 25, 2005

Don Giovanni Overture, K. 527 …………………………………………….W. A. Mozart

Piano Concerto in F Major, Opus 103……………………………………….C. Saint-Saλns

Sebastien Koch, piano soloist

Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Opus 70 ………………………………………….A. Dvorαk

 May 13, 2005

Carmen Suite No. 1 …………………………………………………………….G. Bizet

Music Teachers Association of California, South Bay Branch, Artists of the Future soloists:  

 Tchaikowsky Piano Concerto No.1 in Bb, Third Movement        Eric A. Chang

 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219, First Movement                 Jessie Chen

 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1, Opus 15, Third Movement         Khoa Huynh

Mozart Concerto for Flute in G, K. 313, First Movement         Kei Yoshimatsu

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice ………………………………………………………..P. Dukas

 

2003-2004  -  54th Concert Season 

October 24, 2003  

Antonio Salieri, Concerto for Flute and Oboe
Rhondda Dayton, flute soloist
Larry Tunick, oboe soloist

Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 4, Romantic

January 23, 2004

    Grigore Nica, Elegia for Violin and Orchestra
Rebecca Rutkowski, violin soloist

    Frιdιric Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Opus 21
Anli Lin Tong, piano soloist

    Richard Wagner: Ring of the Nibelungen, four excerpts
         Rhinegold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla
        Valkyrie: Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music
        Siegfried: Forest Murmurs
        Twilight of the Gods: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey

March 12, 2004

    George Gershwin, Cuban Overture

    Edward MacDowell, Piano Concerto No. 2
Akiko Dohi, piano soloist

    William Grant Still, Afro-American Symphony

May 28, 2004  

Ludwig van Beethoven, Consecration of the House Overture    

Leroy Southers, Serenade (world premiθre)

Franz Liszt, Les Preludes     

   Music Teachers Association of California, South Bay Branch, Artists of the Future soloists:  

Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, K. 246 (first movement)      W. A. Mozart

Janet Lee, soloist

 

Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 16 (first movement)           Edvard Grieg

Monica Liu, soloist

 

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major, "Youth" (third movement)     Dmitri Kabalevsky

Michelle Hong, soloist

 

Symphonie Espagnole, Opus 21                                       Edouard Lalo

Chiai Tajima, violin soloist

    

Beach Cities Symphony programs arranged by composer from 1994 to 2010 are available if you click here.

 

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