Orchestra Book Club

Tony Yike Yang, piano

Reuben Stern, conductor

Program:

Grażyna BACEWICZ: Wariacje Symfoniczne (Symphonic Variations) - North American Premiere

Sergei RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Tony Yike Yang, piano

University of Connecticut Symphony Orchestra

Reuben Stern, conductor

University of Connecticut Concert Choir

Eric Rice, conductor

Program:

Ruggiero LEONCAVALLO: Bell Chorus from I Pagliacci

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture

Jean SIBELIUS: Symphony no. 7 in C Major

– intermission –

Gabriel FAURÉ: Requiem

Harvard Medical School Chamber Music Society

Reuben Stern, conductor

Program:

Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

Edward Elgar: Nimrod from Enigma Variations

Longwood Symphony Orchestra

Jotaro Nakano, conductor

Reuben Stern, cover conductor

Program:

Lili Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps

Carlos Simon: The Block

Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto

Benjamin Wright, trumpet

Jean Sibelius: Symphony no. 2

The Apollo Ensemble of Boston

Elias Miller, Conductor

Reuben Stern, cover conductor

Program:

L. van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e minor

Brahms: Symphony no. 2 in D Major

Presented in Collaboration with the Polish Cultural Institute New York

Students of the Peabody Conservatory

Reuben Stern, Conductor

Program

Grażyna BACEWICZ: Divertimento for String Orchestra

Grażyna BACEWICZ: Symphony for String Orchestra (North American Premiere)

Grażyna BACEWICZ: Music for Strings, Trumpets, and Percussion

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, live audiences are limited to Johns Hopkins University affiliates. There will eventually be a video recording freely available.

The Harvard Bach Society Orchestra

Reuben Stern, music director

Program:

J. S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto no. 3; Manuel Abecasis, conductor

Courtney BRYAN Shedding Skin — Concert World Premiere (recorded in 2013 by the American Composer’s Orchestra)

Johannes BRAHMS Concerto for Violin and Cello; Katherine Woo, violin, and Ethan Cobb, cello

Mr. Cobb is the winner of the 2019-20 Bach Society Orchestra concerto competition

The Harvard Bach Society Orchestra

Reuben Stern, music director

Program:

Gioachino ROSSINI Overture to La Gazza Ladra

Gaetano DONIZETTI “Bella siccome un angelo” from Don Pasquale; Henrique Neves, baritone

Alexander BORODIN Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor; Manuel Abecasis, conductor

— intermission —

Charles GOUNOD “Que fais-tu, blanche turturelle” from Romeo et Juliette; Benjamin Wenzelberg, countertenor

Jules MASSENET Meditation from Thaïs; Max Tan, violin

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART “La ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni; Madeleine Snow, soprano, and Alexander Chen, baritone

Richard STRAUSS Waltz Sequence #2 from Der Rosenkavalier

The Harvard Bach Society Orchestra

Reuben Stern, music director

Program:

Gordon JACOB More Old Wine in New Bottles

Grażyna BACEWICZ Concerto for String Orchestra

— intermission —

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 7 in A Major