Past Seasons

Season 21

Season 21
10/11/20		Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 William Grant Still: Danzas de Panama George Walker: Lyric for Strings Bruch: Octet for Strings in B-flat
12/5/20		Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, "Classical" Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
2/20/21		Jessie Montgomery: Banner Puccini: Chrysanthemums Dvorak: Serenade for Strings Op.22
2/21/21	Shannon Thomas, violin; Zoe Martin-Doike, viola; Kimberly Patterson, cello; Patrick Sutton, guitar	Mattias Duplessy: Sonata for Cello & Guitar, Allegro Zenamon Jaime Mertenbaum: "Reflexoes" (for cello & guitar) Beethoven: String Trio No.1, Op.9
3/27/21		Mozart: Divertimento for Strings, K.138 Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
3/28/21	Aizuri Quartet, Momenta Quartet, Dorian Wind Quintet, Sybarite 5	Jessica Meyer: "Getting Home...I must be" for violin & loop pedal Barbara Strozzi: L'usignuolo, arr. Alex Fortes Eleanor Alberga (b. 1949): String Quartet No.1, III Frantically driven yet playful Haydn: String Quartet in G Major, No.1 Op.54 Amanda Harberg: Suite for Wind Quintet (2017 commissioned by Dorian Wind Quintet) John Coltrane: Alabama
5/1/21	Nancy Zhou, violin	Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 Sally Beamish: Hover Saint-Georges: Symphony No.2
5/2/21	Nancy Zhou, violin Adrienne Park, piano	Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.6 in A Major, Op.30, No.1 Grieg: Violin Sonata No.3 in C minor, Op.45

Season 20

Season 20
10/12/19	Garrick Ohlsson, piano	Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K.551 Puccini: Chrysanthemums Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op.19
10/13/19	Garrick Ohlsson, piano	Beethoven: Quintet in E-flat for piano and winds, Op.16 Chopin: Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op.9, No.1 Chopin: Sonata in B minor, Op.58
12/7/19	Zukerman Trio	Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op.62 Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano, Op.56
12/8/19	Zukerman Trio	Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op.97 (Archduke)
1/25/20	Conrad Tao, composition & piano	Conrad Tao: "Spoonfuls" Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D Major (Clocks) Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15
1/26/19	Conrad Tao, composition & piano	Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.1 in F Major, Op/5 Conrad Tao: "All I had forgotten or tried to" Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31, No.2
3/7/20	Anne-Akiko Meyers, violin	Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat (Dumbarton Oaks) Schoenberg: Orchard in Fog (concerto for Violin and Orchestra) Barber: Adagio for Strings Copland: Appalachian Spring Kernis: Too Hot Toccata
3/8/20	Anne-Akiko Meyers, violin	Michio Miyagi: "Haru no Umi" (Sea in Spring) for violin/harp Rentaro Takli: "Kojo no Tsuki" (Moonlight Over the Ruined Castle) Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, Op.9, No.1

Season 19

Season 19
10/13/18	Midori, violin	Rouse: Ku-Ka-llimoku Bernstein: Serenade for violin and orchestra Bizet/Shchedrin: Carmen Suite
10/14/18	Midori, violin	Bach: Sonata in A minor for solo violin Mozart: Duo for Two Violins, Op. 70 no.5 Schnittke: Moz-Art a la Haydn Norman: Gran Turismo
12/2/18	University of Memphis Chorus	Lallerstedt: Mumbo! Jumbo! Mozart: Ave verum corpus Rouse: Karoliju for Chorus and Orchestra Barber: Souvenirs Op. 28: Suite (1952) J. Strauss: Overture to Die Fledermaus
2/16/19	Hanzhi Wang, accordion	Clyne: Within Her Arms (2008-2009) Corigliano: Snapshot: Circa 1901 (2011) Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
2/17/19	Hanzhi Wang, accordion	Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 Piazzolla: La Grand Tango with violin Piazzolla: Ave Marie
3/16/19	Inon Barnatan, piano	Cowell: Symphony No. 10 Haydn: Symphony No. 99 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
3/17/19	Inon Barnatan, piano	Bach: E minor Toccata Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81
4/27/19	Itamar Zorman, violin	Martinu: Overture Dvořák: Violin Concerto Brahms: Serenade No. 1
4/28/19	Itamar Zorman, violin	Bach: C Major sonata, BWV 1005 (portion) Ben-Haim: Three Etudes for solo violin Mendelssohn: Octet

Season 18

Season 18
10/21/2017-10/22/2017	Mayu Kishima, violin	William Grant Still: Darker America Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 Chausson: Poéme Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
12/2/2017 - 12/3/2017	Orion Weiss, piano	Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Hindemith: The Four Temperaments Bloch: Concert Grosso No. 1 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
2/10/2018-2/11/2018	Branford Marsalis, saxophone	Copland: Music for the Theater Glazunov: Concerto for Saxophone Ibert: Concertino da camera Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
2/12/2018	Joshua Bell, violin (BONUS CONCERT)	Bach: Concerto for Two Violins Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2
3/10/2018 - 3/11/2018	Julia Bullock, soprano	Bernstein: Fancy Free Barber: Knoxville: Summer 1915 Gershwin:“Summertime” Baker: J’ai deux amours Baker: La Conga blicoti Hanson: Symphony No. 2, “Romantic”
4/21/2018 - 4/22/2018	Elena Urioste, violin	Stravinsky: The Fairy’s Kiss Korngold: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3

Season 17

Season 17
10/8/2016 - 10/9/2016	Reid Messich, oboe Dixon Gallery & Gardens and Memphis garden Clubs	Strauss: Roses of the South Wagner: Forest Murmurs Francaix: L’horloge de flore (Flower Clock) Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68
12/10/2016 - 12/11/2016	Yefim Bronfman, piano Fine Food & Culinary Arts	Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite Mahler: “Blumine” from Symphony No. 1 Roussel: Concert pour petit orchestre Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Original Version)
2/4/2017 - 2/5/2017	Memphis College of Art	Smetana: The Moldau Virgil Thomson: The River Schumann: Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”
3/18/2017 - 3/19/2017	Opera Memphis University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music	Rossini: La scala di seta Brahms: Schicksalslied Donizetti: Il campanello di notte
4/29/2017 - 4/30/2017	Ballet Memphis	Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

Season 16

Season 16
10/17/2015	Jon Kimura Parker, piano	Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream Schumann: Symphony No. 1, "Spring" Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
12/5/2015	Iris Orchestra	Barber: Serenade for Strings Foote: Air and Gavotte Grieg: Holberg Suite Puccini: I Crisantemi (The Chrysanthemums) Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
1/23/2016	Midori, violin	Bizet: Symphony in C Carter: Symphony No. 1 (1942) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
2/27/2016	Project Trio: flute, cello, bass	Mozart: Symphony No. 20 Adam Schoenberg: Concerto for Project Trio (World Premiere) Dvorak: Symphony No.7
4/30/2016	Jonathan Biss, piano	Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, "Classical" Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1

Season 15

Season 15
10/16/14	Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Amanda Forsyth, cello	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527 Johannes Brahms: Double Concert for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102 Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.61
12/6/2014	Marcin Arendt, violin; Stephen Miahy, violin; Moni Simeonov, violin; Emily Daggett Smith, violin	Ludwig van Beethoven: Gross Fuge in B-flat Major, Op. 133 Astor Piazzola; The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires for Violin and Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 8. Nos. 1-4
1/24/2015	Sharon Roffman, violin	Gustav Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor Bruce Adolphe: I Will Not Remain Silent, A Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, World Premiere Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 on E-flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
1/25/2015	Sharon Roffman, violin	James Weil, Overton High School, Director of Student Orchestra Jonathan Shallert, The Soulsville Charter School, Director of Student Orchestra Traditional: Arranged by Jonathan Shallert, Aint Gonna Study War No More Leander: The Buchenwald Song Tindle: We Shall Overcome Bruce Adolphe: I Will Not Remain Silent, A Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, World Premiere Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 on E-flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
2/21/2015	Jeremy Denk, piano	Ludwig van Beethoven: Heilger Dankgesang from String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 Bela Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119, BB 127 Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, “Great” (D. 944)
3/28/2015	Inon Barnatan, piano	Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op.90, “Italian” Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture of Goethe’s Egmont, Op. 84

Season 14

Season 14
	10/12/13 Passionate Colors	Peter Serkin, piano	Schoenberg: Finding Rothko Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
	11/16/13 - Eastern Dances, Northern Melodies	Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet	Bartók: Divertimento for Strings Nielsen Clarinet Concerto: Op. 57 Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22
	02/22/14 - Young Romantics	Benjamin Hochman, piano	Sullivan: Incidental Music from "The Tempest" Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op.25 Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
	3/15/14 - The Company We Keep	Iris Orchestra	Leshnoff: Rush Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
	4/12/14 - Foreign Affairs	Joshua Bell, violin	Adams: The Chairman Dances Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazde

Season 13

Season 13
	10/13/12	Schubert's Symphony, unfinished & immortall	Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" Schumann: Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"
	11/03/12	Jenny Koh and Jamie Laredo, violins	Elgar: Serenade in e minor Bach: Double Concerto Anna Clyne: Concerto of Two Violins & Strings Mendelssohn: Octet (String Orchestra Version)
	02/16/13	Gil Shaham, violin	Martin: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Percussion and Strings Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52
	05/04/13	Jeffrey Kahane, piano	Beethoven: Quintet for piano and winds Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 Beethoven: Concerto No. 4

Season 12

Season 12
	10/01/11	Martin Short, Chansonnier & Narrator	Copland: Latin-American Sketches Gruber: Frankenstein!! Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
	12/03/11	Elizabeth Hainen, harp	Mendelssohn: Sinfonia No. 5 Hovhaness: Symphony No. 49 Caplet: Conte fantastique Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
	01/07/12	Heidi Grant, soprano	Debussy: Children's Corner Mozart: "Ruhe Sanft," From Aaide Copland: Old American Songs Mahler: Symphony No. 4
	03/17/12	Vadim Gluzman, violin	Adams: Son of Chamber Symphony Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
	04/21/12	Amit Peled, cello	Rossini: Cinderella Overture Elgar: Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
	05/05/12	André Watts, piano	Harbison: The Most Often Used Chords Fauré: Masques et bergamasques Beethoven: Emperor Concerto

Season 11

Season 11
	10/03/10	Yo-Yo Ma, cello	Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le Toît Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major, H. VIIb:1 Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (1919 Version)
	11/13/10	Yefim Bronfman, piano	Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1 Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
	12/04/10	Augustin Hadelich, violin	Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major Beaser: Folk Songs for String Orchestra, Harp and Timpani Mozart: Symphony No. 28 in C major
	01/22/11	Time for Three	Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man for Brass and Percussion Brubeck: Travels in Time for Three for Two Violins, Bass and Orchestra Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C major (In One Movement) Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
	02/26/11	Tennessee Shakespeare Company	Wagner: Siefried Idyll Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring (Chamber Version) Gandolfi: Themes from A midsummer Night
	04/16/11	Alon Goldstein, piano	Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma”

Season 10

Season 10
	10/03/09	Midori, violin & Korbinian Altenberger, violin	J. S. Bach: Concerto in E Major Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 1 Franz Schubert: Rondo for violin W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 39
	11/14/09 - 11/15/09	Jeremy Denk, piano	Michael Daugherty: Tell My Fortune Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
	01/09/10	Dawn Upshaw, soprano	Giacomo Rossini: Barber of Seville Ov. Bela Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances Igor Stravinsky: 2 Poems by Constantin Bal’mont Igor Stravinsky: 3 Japanese Lyrics Osvaldo Golijov: Three Songs L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
	02/27/10	Giuseppe Verdi: String Quartet	John Corigliano: Symphony No. 2 L. v. Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 95
	03/20/10	Jennifer Koh, violin	Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Leonard Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposium Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

Season 9

Season 9
	10/04/08	Uri Caine, piano	Felix Mendelssohn: Die schöne Melusine (The Fair Melusine) overture Johannes Brahms/arr. Caine: Variations by Johannes Brahms Re-imagined by Uri Caine Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
	11/01/08	Mary Wilson, soprano	Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in f minor, “La passione” Ned Rorem: Songs Old and New (world premiere) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Exsultate, Jubilate”, K. 165 Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200
	12/06/08	Emanuel Ax & Yoko Nozaki, pianos	Jean Sibelius: Belshazzar’s Feast (Suite), Op. 51 Bela Bartok: Concerto for 2 pianos and percussion Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for 2 pianos in E flat Major, K. 365 Alberto Ginastera: Four Dances from “Estancia”
	01/31/09	Augustin Hadelich, violin	Indianapolis Violin Competition Gold Medalist, 2006) Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 Jonathan Leshnoff: “Rush” (world premiere - Iris commission) Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e minor, Op. 64
	05/02/09	Alison Balsom, trumpet	Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D Major, “The Miracle” Johann Hummel: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E-flat Major Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”
	05/02/09	Branford Marsalis, saxophone	Charles Ives/orch. Schuman: Variations on “America” Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70 Peter Lieberson: “Neruda Songs” (excerpts) John Williams: Escapades for Saxophone and Orchestra

Season 8

Season 8
	10/13/07	Cho-Liang Lin, violin	Osvaldo Golijov: Last Round Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3
	11/10/07	Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano	Johann Sebestian Bach: Brandenburg No.1 Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures Stephen Hartke: A Brandenburg Autumn (2006) Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 6
	12/01/07	Alon Golstein, piano	Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 1 Piotr Tchiakovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G (Original version) Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
	01/26/08	Lynn Harrell, cello	David Diamond: Romeo and Juliet suite Camille Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
	03/29/08	Charles Wetherbee, violin & Roberto Diaz, viola	Fredrick Delius: Irmelin Prelude Jonathan Leshnoff: Double Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (world premiere - Iris commission) Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
	04/26/08	Garrick Ohlsson, piano	Frank Martin: Concerto for Seven Instruments and Strings Antonin Dvorak: Legends, Op. 59 Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”

Season 7

Season 7
	09/13/06	Adele Anthony & Gil Shaham, violins	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concertone for Two violins and orchestra, K. 190 Pablo de Sarasate: Navarra, for two violins and orchestra Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in c minor, Op. 11
	10/28/06	Wendy Chen, piano & Jeff Kaye, trumpet	Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110 Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 Antonín Dvorak: Serenade for Strings
	12/16/06	Time for Three (Nicolas Kendall, violin; Zachary DePue, violin & Ranaan Meyer, bass)	Antonín Dvorak: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78 John Hedges, arr.: American Suite John Hedges, arr.: Foxdown Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in d minor, Op. 120
	01/13/07	Jason Vieaux, guitar	Adam Schoenberg: Finding Rothko (world premiere - Iris commission) Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
	03/10/07	Iris Orchestra	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in c minor, K. 388 Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 Igor Stravinsky: L’histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale)
	05/06/07	Jon Kimura Parker, piano	Johannes Brahms: Variations on a theme of Haydn, Op. 56a Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4, op. 98

Season 5

Season 5
	10/03/04	Joshua Bell, violin	Charles Ives: Three Places in New England Antonín Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 & Op. 72 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
	11/13/04	Stanislav Ioudennitch, piano	Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question (with Jeff Kaye, trumpet) Fréderic Chopin: Variations on Mozart’s La ci darem la mano, Op. 2 César Franck: Symphonic Variations Antonín Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
	12/04/04 - 12/05/04	Alexandra Deshorties, soprano; Jennifer Root, mezzo; Jason Collins, tenor; Nathan Berg, bass-baritone; & The Gary Beard Chorale, Gary Beard, director	Ludwig van Beethoven: Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118 Jonathan Leshnoff: Forgotten Chants and Refrains (Symphony No. 1) (world premiere - Iris commission) Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Op. 125 “Choral”
	01/22/05	Eric Ruske, horn	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527 Franz Strauss: Horn Concerto in C Major, Op. 8 Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 8 Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
	02/12/05	Eighth Blackbird (Matthew Albert, violin; Molly Alicia Barth, flute; Matthew Duvall, percussion; Lisa Kaplan, piano; Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinet; Nicholas Photinos, cello)	Jean-Féry Rebel: Les Elemens (The Elements) David Schober: Split Horizons, Concerto for sextet and orchestra (2004) Aaron Jay Kernis: Musica Celestis Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in d minor, Op. 107, “Reformation”
	03/05/05	Carolyn Huebl, violin; Felix Wang, cello; Stephen Miahky, violin; Karen Busler, flute; Winnie Lai, oboe; Lou Hanzlik, trumpet	Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72b Marshall Fine: The Infinite Garden (world premiere - Iris commission) Camille Saint-Saëns: The Muse and the Poet, Op. 132, for violin, cello and orchestra Antonín Dvorak: Serenade for Winds, Op. 44 Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 Robert Patterson: Oasis (world premiere - Iris commission) Michael Udow: “Shake” and “Strike” from Four Movements for Percussion Quartet Johann Strauss: Overture to Die Fledermaus
	04/07/05	Measha Brueggergosman, soprano	Igor Stravinsky; Suites 1 and 2 for Small Orchestra Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins William Bolcom: Cabaret Songs (world premiere - Iris commission) Alberto Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes
	05/04/05	Barnabas Kelemen, violin	Edward Elgar: Sospiri, Op. 60 Jean Sibelius: Violin concerto in d minor, Op. 47 Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, “The Great”

Season 6

Season 6
	10/08/05	Kallen Esperian, soprano	Hector Berlioz: Overture to Beatrice and Benedict Ernst Chausson: Poème de l’amour et la mer (Poem of love and the sea) Richard Strauss: String Sextet from Capriccio, op.85, arr. for string orchestra George Gershwin: Excerpts from the Songbook Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in c minor (arr. Müller-Berghaus)
	11/06/05	Itzhak Perlman, violin	Igor Stravinsky: Jeu de Cartes (The Card Game) Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26
	12/11/05	Midori, violin	Paul Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione (original version for chamber orch.) Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin concerto in D major, Op. 61 (40’)
	01/14/06	Jonathan Biss, piano	Claude Debussy (arr. Schoenberg): Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38 Franz Lehar: Overture to Das Land des Lächelns (The Land of Smiles) Johann Strauss, Jr.: Wine, Women, and Song, Op. 333 Johann Strauss, Jr.: Eljen a Magyar-Polka
	02/12/06	Alison Balsom, trumpet & Lou Hanzlik, trumpet	Giovanni Gabrielli: Canzonas Felix Mendelssohn: Trumpet Overture Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C Major George Bizet: Jeux d’enfants “Children’s Games” Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet concerto in E-flat Major Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
	03/05/06	Jerome Simas, clarinet	Luciano Berio: Concertino (1949) Bela Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Aaron Copland: Clarinet Concerto Piotr Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
	03/24/06	Nathan Gunn, baritone	Huang Ruo: Path of Echoes - Chamber Symphony No. 1 (world premiere - Iris commission) Samuel Barber: Dover Beach Gene Scheer: Voices from World War II (orch. by Julie Gunn and Lee Musiker) Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D Major

Season 4

Season 4
	10/11/03	Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano	Charles Ives: Ragtime Dances Maurice Ravel: Piano concerto in G Major Darius Milhaud: La création du monde (The Creation of the World) George Antheil: A Jazz Symphony
	11/22/03	Roberto Diáz, viola	Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade George Philipp Telemann: Concerto for viola and strings Krysztof Penderecki: Concerto for viola and orchestra (1984) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in g minor, K. 550
	12/06/03	Jian Wang, cello	Samuel Barber: Capricorn concerto (Todd Skitch, flute; Jeannette Bittar, oboe; Lou Hanzlik, trumpet) Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello concerto No. 1, Op. 107 Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Suite (Michael Stern, narrator)
	01/24/04	Ryan Anthony, trumpet	Biedrich Smetana: “The Moldau” from Má Vlast Tomasio Albinoni: Concerto St. Marc George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, arr. Dokschutzer, for Trumpet and Orchestra Antonín Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60
	02/21/04	Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano	Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d’été, Op. 7 Samuel Barber: Medea, Op. 23, Suite Manuel de Falla: El Amor Brujo, Suite
	03/06/04	NEXUS Percussion Ensemble	Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Rituals, for percussion group and chamber orchestra (world premiere - Iris commission) Felix Mendelssohn: Incidental music from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
	04/03/04	Jaime Laredo, violin and Sharon Robinson, cello	Bel· Bartók: Divertimento for Strings (1939) Ned Rorem: Double Concerto and Violin and Cello Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60
	05/08/04	Gil Shaham, violin	Aaron Copland: Music for the Theater Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g minor, K. 183 Johannes Brahms: Violin concerto in D Major, Op. 77

Season 3

Season 3
	10/05/02	Itzhakl Perlman, vioin	Richard Danielpour: First Light Igor Stravinsky: Suite from Pulcinella Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin concerto in D Major, Op. 61
	11/16/02	Michelle deYoung, mezzo-soprano	Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon overture Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) Franz Joseph Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, Cantata Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, Prague
	12/14/02	Wu Man, pipa	Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Suite Lou Harrison: Concerto for Pipa and Strings Terry Riley: Half-Wolf Dances Mad in Moonlight Silvestre Revueltas: Sensemayá (original chamber version) Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Op. 25, “Classical”
	01/25/03	Boris Belkin, violin	Marshall Fine: Tango in Time of War Sergei Prokofiev: Violin concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 63 Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G Major, Hob. I:100, “Military”
	02/22/03	Barnabás Kelemen, violin	Léos Janácek: The Fiddler’s Child Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
	03/29/03	Evelyn Glennie, marimba/percussion	Felix Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 (Fingal’s Cave) Antonio Vivaldi: Marimba concerto (adapted from Piccolo concerto) James MacMillan: Veni, veni, Emanuel Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38, “Spring”
	04/12/03	Edgar Meyer, bass	Alfred Schnittke: Moz-Art à la Haydn Edgar Meyer: Concerto No. 2 for Doublebass and Orchestra (world premiere - Iris commission) Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastorale”
	05/03/03	Bronfman in the Brahms Piano concerto No, 2, along with Schumann Manfred overture and Barber Souvenirs	Robert Schumann: Overture to Manfred, Op. 115 Samuel Barber: Souvenirs, op. 28 Johannes Brahms: Piano concerto

Season 2

Season 2
	10/13/01	Emanuel Ax, piano	Charles Ives: Symphony No. 3, Camp Meeting Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano concerto No. 14 in E-flat Major, K. 449 Richard Strauss: Burlesque for piano and orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385,” Haffner”
	12/16/01	Emanuel Ax, piano; Jaime Laredo, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello	Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, op. 84 Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Major for piano, violin, and cello and orchestra, Op. 56 Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
	01/19/02	Kyoko Takezawa, violin	Aaron Copland: Quiet City (Heather Taylor, english horn; Lou Hanzlik, trumpet) Felix Mendelssohn: Violin concerto in e minor, Op. 64 Igor Stravinsky: Eight Instrumental Miniatures Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, “Italian”
	02/02/02	Janice Chandler, soprano	Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings Samuel Barber: Knoxville, Summer 1915 (encore: trad.: He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands) Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major, D. 125
	03/02/02	Jonathan Haas and Michael Karcz, timpani	Giacchino Rossini: Overture to La Gazza Ladra Philip Glass: Concerto-Fantasy for two timpani and orchestra Stephen Hartke: Pacific Rim Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major, H. I:103, “Drum Roll”
	04/20/02	Jaime Laredo, violin and Sharon Robinson, cello	Hector Berlioz: Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet Richard Danielpour: In the Arms of the Beloved, double concerto for violin, cello and orchestra (world premiere - Iris commission) Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97, “Rhenish”
	05/04/02	Iris Orchestra	Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4 (chamber orchestra version, 1943) Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica”

Season 1

Season 1
	09/19/00	Yo-Yo Ma, cello	Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Leonard Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town Gabriel Fauré: Elegy for cello and orchestra Lukas Foss: Capriccio for cello and orchestra Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Major, Op. 67
	10/21/00	Garrick Ohlsson, piano	Rossini: Semiramide, Overture Beethoven: Piano concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 Aaron Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring Johann, Jr. Strauss: Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
	01/13/01	Cho-Liang Lin, violin	Richard Strauss: Serenade for Winds in E-flat Major, Op. 7 Giacomo Puccini: I Crisantemi (The Chrysanthemums) Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in b minor, Unfinished Sergei Prokofiev: Violin concerto no. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
	02/03/01	Eric Ruske, horn	Ludwig van Beethoven: Grosse Fuge, op. 133 Emmanuel Chabrier: Larghetto for horn and orchestra Richard Strauss: Concerto no. 2 in E flat Major for horn and orchestra (arr. Monti) Traditional: Czardas Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, “Jupiter”
	03/31/01	Edgar Meyer, bass	Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 Edgar Meyer: Concerto for Bass & Orchestra Igor Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D Major, Hob. I:101, “The Clock”
	04/28/01	Richard Stoltzman, clarinet	Zoltan Kodály: Dances of Galánta Stephen Hartke: Clarinet concerto, Landscapes with Blues (world premiere - Iris commission) Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a minor, Op. 56, “Scottish