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2009 Program Listings

Upcoming SPCO Broadcasts

February 8, 2010

Date Recorded: October 30-31, 2009
Venue: Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie (10/30)
Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (10/31)
HK Gruber, conductor and chansonnier
Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

Gruber: Busking for Trumpet and Orchestra
Stravinsky: Concertino for Two Violins, Viola, Cello
Gruber: Frankenstein!!, A Pan-Demonium for Chansonnier and Ensemble




Recent SPCO Broadcasts

February 1, 2010

Date Recorded: October 25, 2009
Venue: SPCO Center Music Room
Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute
Alicia McQuerry, flute
Kathryn Greenbank, oboe
Thomas Tempel, English horn
Timothy Paradise, clarinet
Marlene Pauley, clarinet
Charles Ullery, bassoon
Carole Mason Smith, bassoon
Bernhard Scully, horn
Paul Straka, horn

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 6 for Flute and Bassoon
Piston: Three Pieces for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon
Beethoven: Sextet for Two Clarinets, Two Bassoons and Two Horns
Enesco: Dixtour for Wind Instruments
Wilder: Quintet No. 2 for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn


January 25, 2010
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Date Recorded: September 12, 2009
Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Douglas Boyd, conductor
Steven Copes, violin
Maiya Papach, viola
Kathryn Greenbank, oboe
Charles Ullery, bassoon

Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute (K. 620) (0:01)
Vivaldi: Concerto in G for Oboe, Bassoon and Orchestra (RV 545) (0:08)
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (K. 364) (0:17)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) (0:49)

January 18, 2010
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Date Recorded: May 30, 2009
Venue: St. Paul's United Church of Christ
Conductor/Soloist: Ruggero Allifranchini, director and cello
Soloist: Jonathan Biss, piano

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 49 (O:01)
Schumann: Fantasy in C for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 131 (0:30)
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 5, 6, and 7 (0:47)
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 (0:54)

January 11, 2010
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Date Recorded: October 23, 2009
Venue: Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie
Conductor: Ronald Thomas, director and cello
Performed by the SPCO Chorale

Arvo Part: Te Deum
Durufle: Requiem, for Chorus, Organ and Strings. Op. 9

January 4, 2010
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Date Recorded: October 18, 2009
Venue: Benson Great Hall, Bethel University
Conductor: Mark Russell Smith
Soloist: Sunmi Chang, violin

Gabrieli: Conzone for Brass Ensemble
Liszt (arr. John Adams): La Lugubre Gondola II
Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D, RV 562a
Malipiero: Ricercari for Eleven Instruments
Vivaldi: Concerto in A for Violin and Three Violins in Echo
Stravinsky: Prelude to The Rake's Progress
Verdi: Prelude to Act III of La Traviata
Rossini: Overture to LItaliana in Algeri

December 28, 2009
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Date Recorded: October 10, 2009
Venue: Ordway Center
Conductor: Hans Graf
Soloists: Kirill Gerstein, piano; Timothy Paradise, clarinet

Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 83a, from String Qt. No. 4
Shostakovich: Concerto No. 2 in F for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 102
Kancheli: Night Prayers for Clarinet, Strings and Pre-recorded sound
Prokofiev: Sinfonietta, Op. 5

December 21, 2009
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Date Recorded: September 19, 2009
Venue: Ordway Center
Conductor: Douglas Boyd
Performed by: The SPCO Chorale

Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ (Childhood of Christ), Op. 25

December 7, 2009
Date Recorded: May 22 - 23, 2009
Venue: Ordway Center
Conductor/Soloist: Ronald Thomas, director and cello

Brahms: Sextet No. 2 in G for Strings, Op. 36
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian

November 30, 2009
Date Recorded: May 15 - 16, 2009
Venue: Wooddale, Saint Paul's UCC
Conductor/Soloist: Stephen Copes (violin)

Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52
Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings, Op. 20
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77

November 23, 2009
Date Recorded: April 30-May 1, 2009

Venue: Shepherd of the Valley and Saint Paul's UCC
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Soloist: Bernhard Scully, horn

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25, Classical
Chen Yi: Prelude and Fugue for Chamber Orchestra
R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 132
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93

November 16, 2009
Date Recorded: February 14-15, 2009

Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts and Benson Great Hall at Bethel University
Conductor: Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Soloist: Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19
Benjamin: At First Light for 14 Players
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15

November 9, 2009
Date Recorded: May 9, 2009

Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Ginasterta: Quartet No. 1 for Two Violins, Viola and Cello, Op. 20 1948
The Enso String Quartet: Maureen Nelson, John Marcus, violins; Melissa Reardon, viola; Richard Belcher, cello
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence for Two Violins, Two Violas and Two Cellos, Op. 70 1890 (rev. 1892)
Dale Barltrop, Maureen Nelson, violins; Sabina Thatcher, Melissa Reardon, violas; Ronald Thomas, Richard Belcher, cellos

November 2, 2009
Date Recorded: April 25, 2009

Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Conductor: Joana Carneiro
Soloist: Dawn Upshaw, soprano

Haydn: Symphony No. 22
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Dowlan: Four Songs for Soprano and String Quartet
Lutoslawski: Chantefleurs et Changefables

October 26, 2009
prev. aired February 2, 2009
Date Recorded: November 15, 2008

Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Conductor: Miguel Harth Bedoya
Baltazar Martinez y Companon: Coleccion de Musica Virreinal
Gabriela Lena Frank: Elegia Andina
Jimmy Lopez: Fiesta! for Chamber Orchestra
Charles Ives: Symphony No. 3
Michael Dautherty: Tombeau de Liberace
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

October 19, 2009
prev. aired October 11, 2008
Date Recorded: October 4-5, 2008

Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Soloist: Pekka Kuusisto, violin

Grieg: Holber Suite
Vasks: Violin Concerto
JS Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1
JS Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4

October 12, 2009
prev. aired December 7, 2007
Date Recorded: Cecember 7-8, 2007

Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Conductor: Brad Lubman
Soloist: Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

Josquin and Dufay, arr. Lubman: Sacred and Secular Suite
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite

October 5, 2009
prev. broadcast November 2, 2007
Date Recorded: November 2-3, 2007

Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Conductor: Roberto Abbado
Soloist: Leila Josefowicz, violin

Luigi Cherubini: Symphony in D
John Addams: Violin Concerto
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D

September 28, 2009
prev. aired April 20, 2009
Date Recorded: February 20 & 21, 2009

Venue: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Guest Artists: Sophie Daneman, soprano; James Taylor, tenor; Nathan Berg,
bass-baritone; SPCO Anniversary Chorale (Dale Warland, Artistic Director)

F. J. Haydn: Oratorio, The Creation

September 21, 2009
prev. aired May 18, 2009
Date Recorded: April 4, 2009-04-27

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

September 14, 2009
prev. aired April 27, 2009
Date Recorded: March 1, 2009

Venue: Ted Mann Concert Hall
Conductor: Douglas Boyd

W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K. 543
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in g, K. 550
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551

May 25, 2009
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
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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