Musical-Alexandria.org - Orchestral music in 2009

MARCH	ALEXANDRIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA When: Sunday, March 14 at 3:00 p.m. Where: Rachel M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria GoogleMap Who: Kim Allen Kluge (conductor); Elizabeth Bishop ( mezzo-soprano); Ta’u Pupu’a ( tenor), and Allison Bailey ( violin), with Bowen McCauley Dance Company What: Vivaldi, “Spring” from Four Seasons Kluge, Haiku Suite: Three nature poems for sakahachi and orchestra Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde $$: Purchase tickets online or by calling (703) 548-0885 More info: Alexandria Symphony Orchestra ALEXANDRIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA When: Sunday, March 14 at 3:00 p.m. Where: Rachel M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria GoogleMap Who: Kim Allen Kluge (conductor); Elizabeth Bishop ( mezzo-soprano); Ta’u Pupu’a ( tenor), and Allison Bailey ( violin), with Bowen McCauley Dance Company What: Vivaldi, “Spring” from Four Seasons Kluge, Haiku Suite: Three nature poems for sakahachi and orchestra Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde $$: Purchase tickets online or by calling (703) 548-0885 More info: Alexandria Symphony Orchestra Marine Chamber Orchestra: Masters of the Craft When: Sunday, March 21, at 2:00 pm Where: Rachel M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria GoogleMap Who: Assistant Director Captain Michelle A. Rakers, conducting; Gunnery Sgt. Elizabeth Matera, clarinet soloist; Staff Sgt. Chaerim Smith, violin soloist What: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture to "Così fan tutte" Paul Hindemith, "Clarinet Concerto" (1947) Rather Fast Fast Quiet Gay; Fast Ludwig van Beethoven Romance in F for Violin and Orchestra, Op.50 Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 86 in D Adagio; Allegro spiritoso Capriccio: Largo Menuet: Allegretto Finale: Allegro con spirito $$: Free, open to the public Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic with NOVA Community Chorus When: Sunday, March 28 at 3:00 p.m. Where: Bishop Ireton High School, 201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria, VA 22314 Google Map Program: Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 3, op. 90, F major *Italian Opera Choruses* Donizetti, Chorus of Wedding Guests (from "Lucia di Lammermoor") Verdi, Witches Chorus, (from "Macbeth") Verdi, Soldier’s Chorus, (from "Il Trovatore") Mascagni, Easter Hymn, (from "Cavalleria rusticana") Verdi, Chorus "Va pensiero", (from "Nabucco") Verdi, Triumphal Scene, (from "Aida") More info: Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association; NOVA Community Chorus
APRIL	Marine Chamber Orchestra: Ancient Airs and Dances When: Sunday, April 11 at 2:00 pm Where: Bishop Ireton High School, 201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria Google Map Who: Director Colonel Michael J. Colburn, conducting What: Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1 Balletto detto “Il conte Orlando” (Simone Molinaro) Gagliarda (Vincenzo Galilei) Villanella (anonymous) Passo mezzo e mascherada (anonymous) Richard Strauss, "Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme," op. 60 (1918) Overture to Act 1 (Jourdain—der Bürger) Minuet The Fencing Master Entrance and Dance of the Tailor Minuet of Lully Courante Entrance of Cleonte (after Lully) Prelude to Act 2 (Intermezzo) The Dinner (Table Music and Dance of the Kitchenboy) $$: Free, no tickets required US Marine Band: German Masterworks When: Sunday, April 18 at 2:00 pm Where: Rachel M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria GoogleMap Who: Assistant Director Captain Michelle A. Rakers, conducting; SSgt Sara Dell'Omo, mezzo-soprano What: Carl Teike/ed. Bourgeois, March “Old Comrades” Johannes Brahms/tr. Safranek, Academic Festival Overture, Opus 80 Paul Hindemith, Symphony in B-flat for Band Moderately fast, with vigor Andantino grazioso Fugue: Rather broad Felix Mendelssohn/ed. Hogwood, Overture in C for Winds, Op. 24 Richard Strauss/tr. Hindsley, Dance of the Seven Veils from "Salome" Richard Strauss/tr. Smith, Two Lieder: “Allerseelen,” Opus 10, No. 8 (“All Soul’s Day”) “Zueignung,” Opus 10, No. 1 (“Dedication”) Richard Wagner/tr. Singleton, Overture to The Flying Dutchman $$: Free, open to the public
MAY	US Marine Band: Man vs. Machine When: Sunday, May 2 at 2:00 pm Where: Rachel M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria GoogleMap Who: Colonel Michael J. Colburn, Director, conducting, MGySgt Mark Latimer, timpani soloist; Wilford Brimley, narrator John Philip Sousa, March, “A Century of Progress” John Adams/tr. Odom, “Short Ride in a Fast Machine” James Oliverio, Timpani Concerto No. 1, "The Olympian" Volitivo con precisione Lento introspettivo Feroce con brio John Williams/arr. Lavender, Suite from the movie "The Reivers" Steven Bryant, "Ecstatic Waters" Ceremony of Innocence Augurs The Generous Wrath of Simple Men The Loving Machinery of Justice Spiritus Mundi Malcom Arnold, A Grand Grand Overture for Three Vacuum Cleaners, One Floor Polisher, and Concert Band, Opus 57 $$: Free, no tickets required Eclipse Chamber Orchestra When: Sunday, May 2 at 3:00 p.m. Where: George Washington Masonic Memorial, 101 Callahan Drive, Alexandria, VA GoogleMap Who: Sylvia Alimena, conductor What: Schubert, Overture in B-flat Major, D. 470 Mozart, Piano Concerto #9 in E-flat Major, K. 271 (Edward Newman, piano) Bizet, Symphony in C Major $$: Tickets required; purchase tickets online More info: Eclipse Chamber Orchestra Marine Chamber Orchestra - Young People’s Concert: Music History Mystery When: Sunday, May 9 at 2:00 pm Where: Rachel M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria GoogleMap Who: Assistant Director Major Jason K. Fettig, conducting What: J. S. Bach/ed. Soldan, Overture from Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066 J. S. Bach/ed. Soldan, Overture from Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 Haydn, Symphony No. 94 in G, "Surprise" Andante Allegro di molto Haydn, Allegro con spirito from Symphony No. 103 in E-flat, "Drum Roll" Beethoven, Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Opus 67 Beethoven, Adagio and Allegro vivace from Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Opus 60 David Rakowski, "Stolen Moments" Fast Slow and Expressive Sultry Vivace $$: Free, no tickets required ALEXANDRIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA with Alexandria Choral Society, Heritage Signature Chorale and The Metropolitan Chorus When: Saturday, May 22, at 8 p.m. Where: Rachel M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria GoogleMap Who: Kim Allen Kluge, conductor What: Karl Orff, Carmina Burana $$: Tickets required. Buy tickets online at http://www.alexsym.org More info: Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, ACS, HSC, The MetChorus ALEXANDRIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA with Alexandria Choral Society, Heritage Signature Chorale and The Metropolitan Chorus When: Sunday, May 23, at 3 p.m. Where: Rachel M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria GoogleMap Who: Kim Allen Kluge, conductor What: Karl Orff, Carmina Burana $$: Tickets required. Buy tickets online at http://www.alexsym.org More info: Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, ACS, HSC, The MetChorus
JUNE	Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association When: Sunday, June 6 at 3:00 p.m. Where: Bishop Ireton High School, 201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria Google Map Who: Ulysses S. James, Music Director/Conductor; Jon Lackey, Tenor; Jay Chadwick, Horn Program: James Kazik, Overture Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1, D major Benjamin Britten, Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op. 31 More info: Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association;