Georgetown Symphony Society

Season 2008-2009

All Concerts are on Sunday afternoons at 4:00
Center for the Performing Arts
Georgetown High School
2211 North Austin Avenue
Georgetown Texas 78626

Most programs also feature a pre-concert lecture at 3:15

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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Viva Italia!

Temple Symphony Orchestra

Carla Leurs, violin

Thomas Fairlie, Conductor

Capriccio Italien
     Op. 45

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(1840 - 1893)

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D
     Op. 6

Niccolò Paganini
(1782 - 1840)

Allegro maestoso – Tempo giusto

Adagio

Rondo: Allegro spirituoso – Un poco pił presto

Intermission

Pini di Roma

Ottorino Respighi

      (Pines of Rome)

(1879 - 1936)

I pini di Villa Borghese (Pines of the Villa Borghese)

Pini presso una catacomba (Pines near a catacomb)

I pini del Gianicolo (Pines of the Janiculum)

I pini della Via Appia (Pines of the Appian Way)

Ellsworth Peterson, pre-concert lecturer

Sunday, October 26, 2008

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Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Silver Medalist

Joyce Yang, piano, in Recital

Gargoyles, Op. 29 (1989)

Lowell Liebermann

(b. 1961)

I. Presto  

II. Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato 

III. Allegro moderato 

IV. Presto feroce 

Faschingsschwank aus Wien

Robert Schumann

      (Carnival Jest from Vienna)

(1810 - 1856)

Allegro: Sehr Lebhaft

Romance: Ziemlich Langsam

Scherzino

Intermezzo: Mit Grösster Energie

Finale: Höchst Lebhaft

Intermission

Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in d minor

J. S. Bach
(1685 - 1750)

I. Fantasia

II. Fugue

12 Lieder von Franz Schubert
    S. 558

transcr. Franz Liszt
(1810 - 1856)

8. Gretchen am Spinnerrade
    (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel)
2. Auf dem Wasser zu Singen
    (To be sung on the water)

Andante Spianato et
     Grande Polonaise Brillante
     in E-flat major Op. 22

Frédéric Chopin
(1810 - 1849)

Credits

Van Cliburn Foundation, 2525 Ridgmar Blvd, Suite 307

Fort Worth, TX 76116

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Sunday, December 7, 2008

Holiday Concert

Temple Symphony Orchestra

Thomas Fairlie, Conductor

Anthony Pulgram, tenor

A Song for the Season

Celebrate the Holiday Season with the beautiful music of the Temple Symphony Orchestra, with traditional melodies interpreted by accomplished soloists.

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Pops Concert : At the Movies

Temple Symphony Orchestra

Rich Ridenour, piano

Thomas Fairlie, Conductor

Rich is the word for this smorgasbord of immortal tunes whose savor we first encountered at the cinema. As now served up by the talented Rich Ridenour, we can't help loving it all again, "As time goes by."

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Sunday, March 8, 2009

Artists Series

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Wu Han, piano
Erin Keefe, Arnaud Sussmann, violins
Beth Guterman, viola; Fred Sherry, cello
Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet

Terzetto in C for Two Violins & Viola, Op. 74

Antonín Dvořák
(1841 - 1904)

Introduction

Largetto: dolce, molto espressivo

Scherzo (Furiant)

Tema con variazioni

Contrasts, Sz. 111, BB 116 for Clarinet, Violin & Piano

Béla Bartók
(1881 - 1945)

Verbunkos - Recruiting Dance

Pihenő - Relaxation

Sebes - Fast Dance

Intermission

Piano Quintet in A major B. 155, Op. 81

Antonín Dvořák

Allegro, ma non tanto

Dumka: Andante con moto

Scherzo (Furiant): Molto vivace

Finale: Allegro ma non tropo

Credits:

Management for
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Opus 3 Artists, 470 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10016

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Sunday, May 3, 2009

Great American Composers

Temple Symphony Orchestra

Rui Shi, Piano

Thomas Fairlie, Conductor

Fanfare for the Common Man
 

Aaron Copland

Concerto in F
 

George Gershwin

Symphonic Dances
     from West Side Story

Leonard Bernstein

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