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ORCHESTRAL MUSIC 2010
| 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:
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture to
"Così fan tutte"
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Paul
Hindemith, "Clarinet Concerto" (1947)
Rather Fast
Fast
Quiet
Gay; Fast
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Ludwig van Beethoven Romance in F for Violin and Orchestra, Op.50
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Franz Joseph
Haydn, Symphony No. 86 in D
Adagio; Allegro spiritoso
Capriccio: Largo
Menuet: Allegretto
Finale: Allegro con spirito
$$:
Free, open to the public
Washington
Metropolitan Philharmonic with NOVA Community Chorus
When:
Sunday, March 28 at 3:00 p.m.
Where:
Bishop Ireton High School,
201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria, VA 22314 Google
Map
Program:
Johannes
Brahms, Symphony No. 3, op. 90, F major
Italian
Opera Choruses
Donizetti,
Chorus of Wedding Guests (from "Lucia di Lammermoor")
Verdi,
Witches Chorus, (from "Macbeth")
Verdi,
Soldier’s Chorus, (from "Il Trovatore")
Mascagni,
Easter Hymn, (from "Cavalleria rusticana")
Verdi,
Chorus "Va pensiero", (from "Nabucco")
Verdi,
Triumphal Scene, (from "Aida")
More
info: Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association;
NOVA Community
Chorus
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| APRIL |
Marine Chamber Orchestra: Ancient Airs and Dances
When: Sunday, April 11 at 2:00 pm
Where:
Bishop Ireton High School,
201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria Google
Map
Who:
Director Colonel Michael J. Colburn, conducting
What:
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Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1
Balletto detto “Il conte Orlando” (Simone
Molinaro)
Gagliarda (Vincenzo Galilei)
Villanella (anonymous)
Passo mezzo e mascherada (anonymous)
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Richard Strauss, "Suite from Le Bourgeois
Gentilhomme," op. 60 (1918)
Overture to Act 1 (Jourdain—der Bürger)
Minuet
The Fencing Master
Entrance and Dance of the Tailor
Minuet of Lully
Courante
Entrance of Cleonte (after Lully)
Prelude to Act 2 (Intermezzo)
The Dinner (Table Music and Dance of the
Kitchenboy)
$$:
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:
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Carl
Teike/ed. Bourgeois, March “Old Comrades”
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Johannes Brahms/tr.
Safranek, Academic Festival Overture, Opus 80
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Paul
Hindemith, Symphony in B-flat for Band
Moderately fast, with vigor
Andantino grazioso
Fugue: Rather broad
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Felix Mendelssohn/ed.
Hogwood, Overture in C for Winds, Op. 24
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Richard Strauss/tr.
Hindsley, Dance of the Seven Veils from "Salome"
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Richard Strauss/tr. Smith, Two
Lieder:
“Allerseelen,” Opus 10, No. 8 (“All Soul’s Day”)
“Zueignung,” Opus 10, No. 1 (“Dedication”)
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Richard Wagner/tr. Singleton, Overture to
The Flying Dutchman
$$:
Free, open to the public
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| MAY |
US Marine Band:
Man vs. Machine
When: Sunday, May 2 at 2:00 pm
Where:
Rachel
M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria
GoogleMap
Who:
Colonel Michael J. Colburn, Director, conducting, MGySgt Mark Latimer, timpani soloist; Wilford Brimley, narrator
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John Philip Sousa, March, “A Century of Progress”
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John Adams/tr. Odom, “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
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James
Oliverio, Timpani Concerto No. 1, "The Olympian"
Volitivo con precisione
Lento introspettivo
Feroce con brio
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John Williams/arr. Lavender, Suite from the movie "The
Reivers"
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Steven Bryant, "Ecstatic Waters"
Ceremony of Innocence
Augurs
The Generous Wrath of Simple Men
The Loving Machinery of Justice
Spiritus Mundi
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Malcom Arnold,
A Grand Grand Overture for Three Vacuum Cleaners, One Floor Polisher, and Concert
Band, Opus 57
$$:
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
$$:
Tickets required; purchase
tickets online
More
info: Eclipse
Chamber Orchestra
Marine Chamber Orchestra
- Young People’s Concert: Music History Mystery
When: Sunday, May 9 at 2:00 pm
Where:
Rachel
M. Schlesinger Arts Center 3001 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria
GoogleMap
Who:
Assistant Director Major Jason K. Fettig, conducting
What:
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J. S. Bach/ed.
Soldan, Overture from Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066
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J. S. Bach/ed.
Soldan, Overture from Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
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Haydn, Symphony No. 94 in G,
"Surprise"
Andante
Allegro di molto
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Haydn,
Allegro con spirito from Symphony No. 103 in E-flat, "Drum Roll"
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Beethoven,
Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Opus 67
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Beethoven,
Adagio and Allegro vivace from Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Opus 60
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David
Rakowski, "Stolen Moments"
Fast
Slow and Expressive
Sultry
Vivace
$$:
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
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| 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;
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