31 Years of Intimate Artistry
2008-2009 Concert Season
- Mark O'Connor Dinner Jam Benefit Performance, Saturday, September 20, 2008, 5:30-11:00pm (nonsubscription)
- Just Fiddlin', Sunday, September 21, 2008, 3pm
- Wunderkinds of Music, Sunday, November 30, 2008, 3pm
- Gunther Schuller's Best Chamber Picks, Sunday, April 5, 2009, 3pm
- Mozart's Requiem, Saturday, April 25, 2009, 8pm (nonsubscription)
All concerts are at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, unless indicated otherwise.
Click on any concert above to see its program.
Mark O'Connor Dinner Jam Benefit Performance
National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA
Saturday, September 20, 2008 — 5:30 - 11:00 pm
Special nonsubscription event
A champage reception, catered dinner, and jam session with fiddler Mark O'Connor
and friends. Plus a live auction, quilt show, and chance to view the museum
exhibit, Keepers of Tradition: Art & Folk Heritage in Massachusetts.
Just Fiddlin'
Sunday, September 21, 2008 — 3 pm
Joel Smirnoff, Guest Conductor
Mark O'Connor, Violinist
O'Connor, Concerto No. 6, "Old Brass"
O'Connor, Harmony
Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
Program Notes
Photo Gallery
Wunderkinds of Music
Sunday, November 30, 2008 — 3 pm
Beatrice Affron, Guest Conductor
2008 Concerto Competition Winners, Guest Soloists
Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin
Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, First Movement
Eli Kaynor, Cello
Haydn, Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major, First Movement
Nathaniel Meyer, Trumpet
Mozart, Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major, K. 313, First Movement
Katherine Griffith, Flute
Intermission
Respighi, Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite 3
Haydn, Symphony No. 82
Program Notes
Photo Gallery
Gunther Schuller's "Best Chamber Picks"
Sunday, April 5, 2009 — 3 pm
Gunther Schuller, Principal Guest Conductor
Irina Muresanu, Violinist
Haydn, Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216 (Strassburg)
Bridge, There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook
Haydn, Symphony No. 97 in C Major
Program Notes
Mozart's Requiem
Saturday, April 25, 2009 — 8 pm
Special nonsubscription concert
Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus
Kevin Leong, HRC Conductor
Mara Bonde, Soprano
Deborah Rentz-Moore, Mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, Tenor
Sumner Thompson, Baritone
Mozart, Requiem, K626 (completion by Robert Levin)
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