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2009 Program Listings
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May 25, 2008
Date Recorded: March 16, 2008
Venue: Ted Mann Concert Hall
Conductor: Douglas Boyd
Soloist: Steven Copes, violin
Claude Debussy, arr. Sachs-Schoenberg: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin and Winds
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4
May 18, 2009
Date Recorded: April 4, 2009
Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Soloist: Dale Barltrop, violin
G. F. Handel: Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 5
Peter Maxwell Davies: A Spell for Green Corn: The MacDonald Dances for Violin & Orchestra
Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet & Strings, Op. 47
G. F. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
May 11, 2009
Date Recorded: March 27, 2009
Venue: Wooddale Church
Conductor: Dale Barltrop (violin)
Soloist: Kathryn Greenbank, oboe
G. F. Handel: Concerto Grosso in C, HWV 318, Alexander's Feast
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in B-flat for Oboe & Violin
G. P. Telemann: Don Quixote Suite
J. S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C
Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E-flat, La tempesta di mare
May 4, 2009
Date Recorded: March 13 & 14, 2009
Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Conductor: Scott Yoo
Soloist: Steven Copes, violin
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297, Paris
Witold Lutoslawski: Partita for Violin and Orchestra with Piano Obbligato
Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Arthur Honegger: Symphony No. 2
April 27, 2009
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C
Conductor: Douglas Boyd
Date Recorded: March 1, 2009
April 20, 2009
F. J. Haydn: Oratorio, The Creation
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Guest Artists: Sophie Daneman, soprano; James Taylor, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass-baritone; SPCO Anniversary Chorale (Dale Warland, Artistic Director)
Date Recorded: February 20 & 21, 2009
April 13, 2009
W. A. Mozart: Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for Wind Octet
Carl Nielsen: Quintet for Winds, Op. 43**
Emile Bernard: Divertissement for Double Wind Quintet
Alicia McQuerry**, Barbara Leibundguth, flute; Kathryn Greenbank**, Brian Greene, oboe; Marlene Pauley**, Michelle Campbell, clarinet; Charles Ullery**, Carol Mason Smith, bassoon; Bernhard Scully**, Paul Straka, horn.
Date Recorded: February 8, 2009 (Chamber Winds)
April 6, 2009
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Orchestral Suite from Les Paladins
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Prison Scene from Dardanus
Georg Frideric Handel: Arias from Semele, and Jephtha, Ludwig van Beethoven: Prison Scene from Leonore*
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 6, Le Matin
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 7, Le Midi
Peter Heidrich: Happy Birthday Variations for String Orchestra
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Guest Artist: Thomas Cooley, tenor*
Guest Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
March 30, 2009
Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Overture
Leon Kirchner: Concerto for Violin, Cello, Ten Winds, & Percussion
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C, The Great
Date Recorded: January 12 & 13, 2008
Conductor: Roberto Abbado
March 23, 2009
Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture in D, Darmstadt
Antonio Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D
Roberto Sierra: Folias for Guitar and Orchestra
J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Conductor: Paul Goodwin
Guest Artist: Manuel Barrueco, guitar
Date Recorded: March 28, 2008
March 16, 2009
W. A. Mozart: Divertimento in D for Strings
C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonia in B minor
F. J. Haydn: Violin Concerto in C
Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in F for Strings & Winds
Conductors/SoloViolinists: Rachel Podger, OAE & Ruggiero Allifranchini, SPCO
Guest Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Date Recorded: January 23 & 24, 2009
March 9, 2009
Alessandro Scarlatti: Su le sponde del Tebro, Cantata for Soprano, Trumpet, Violins and Continuo
Domenico Scarlatti: Salve Regina for Mezzo-Soprano, Strings and Organ
Giovanni B. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Strings and Organ
Guest Artists: Jamie-Rose Guarrine, soprano; Nicole Percifield, mezzo-soprano
SPCO Performers: Leslie Shank, Daria T. Adams, Brenda Manuel Mickens, violins; Evelina Chao, viola; Joshua Koestenbaum, cello; Gary Bordner, trumpet; Layton James, harpsichord
Date Recorded: November 21 & 23, 2008
March 2, 2009
Igor Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra
Charles Wuorinen: Flying to Kahani for Piano and Orchestra
F. J. Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat, Drum Roll
Conductor: Roberto Abbado
Guest Artist: Peter Serkin, piano
Recorded September 12 & 13, 2008, at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
February 23:
Igor Stravinsky: Danses concertantes
Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Georges Bizet: Symphony
Conductor and Guest Artist: Christian Zacharias, piano
Recorded February 15 & 16, 2008 [archive]
February 16:
W. A. Mozart: Chaconne and Pas seul from Idomeneo, Re de Creta
Thomas Adès: Violin Concerto, Op. 24 Concentric Paths
Ottorino Respighi: Three Botticelli Pictures
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, D. 485
James Gaffigan, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Recorded December 11 & 12, 2008, at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church (Adès) & Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
February 9:
Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 3 for Obbligato Cello and 10 Solo Instruments*
Maurice Delage: Four Hindu Poems for Soprano and Ensemble*
Bach: Ricercare from The Musical Offering
Maria Schneider: Carlos Drummond de Andrade Stories for Soprano & Chamber Orchestra
Scott Yoo, conductor
Maria Schneider, conductor
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Ron Thomas, cello
Recorded October 24 & 25, 2008, at the Ordway Center for the Arts
*First presentation by the SPCO
February 2:
Baltasar Martinez y Compagnon: Colección de Musica Virreinal*
Gabriela Lena Frank: Elegia Andina (Andean Elegy) for Orchestra*
Jimmy Lopez: Fiesta! For Chamber Orchestra*
Charles Ives: Symphony No. 3, The Camp Meeting
Heitor Villa-Lobos: New York Skyline Melody for Solo Piano
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and Jazz Band (orch. by Ferde Grofe)
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Terrence Wilson, piano
Recorded November 15, 2008, at the Ordway Center for the Arts
*First presentation by the SPCO
January 26:
Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite
Peteris Vasks: Violin Concerto, Distant Light
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Recorded October 10 and 11, 2008, at the Ordway Center for the Arts
January 19:
Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question
Claude Debussy: Petite Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano and conductor
Recorded October 4 and 5, 2008, at the Ordway Center for the Arts
January 12:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 "Turkish"
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Nikolaj Znaider, violin and conductor
Recorded September 20 and 27, 2008, at the United Church of Christ and Benson Great Hall, St. Paul
January 5:
George Frideric Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
James MacMillan: Cantata, Seven Last Words from the Cross
Douglas Boyd, conductor
SPCO Anniversary Chorale w/Dale Warland, artistic director
Claire Ormshaw, soprano; Joseph Gaines, tenor (Handel)
Recorded September 5 and 6, 2008, at the Ordway Center for the Arts
50th Anniversary International Chamber Orchestra Festival
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8 pm Saturdays, January 10-31, 2009
Minnesota Public Radio presents this special series of live performances featuring The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in concert with four visiting orchestras.
January 31:
Haydn Symphonies Nos. 6 ("Le matin"), 7 ("Le midi") and 8 ("Le soir")
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
January 24:
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K. 136
C.P.E. Bach: Symphony in B minor, Wq. 182 No. 5
Haydn: Violin Concerto in C major, Hob. Vlla:1
Shostakovich/Barshai: Symphony for Strings and Winds, Op. 73a (arranged from the String Quartet No. 3)
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra & the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Ruggero Allifranchini, director and violin
Rachel Podger, director and violin
January 17:
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Goebbels: Songs of Wars I Have Seen (US Premiere)
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra & members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Anu Tali, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, director and piano
January 10:
Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra & the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Douglas Boyd, conductor
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