Past Seasons

Season 22

Season 22
10/16/2021	Iris Orchestra	Mendelssohn: String Symphony No.9 in C Major Carlos Simon: Elegy: A Cry from the Grave Carlos Simon: The Warmth of Other Suns Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op.70
10/17/2021	Dali Quartet w Arlen Hlusko	Schubert: String Quintet in C Major
11/20/2021	Zlatomir Fung, cello	Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33 Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
11/21/2021	Zlatomir Fung, cello w Iris Musicians	Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Lamentations: Black/Folk Song Suite for Solo Cello Ernő Dohnányi: Serenade in C Major, Op.10
1/29/2022	Teddy Abrams, conductor & piano	Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte Haydn: Symphony No. 92 in G Major, Hob. I:92 (“Oxford") Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73, “Emperor”
1/30/2022	Teddy Abrams, piano w Iris Musicians and Dali Quartet	Astor Piazzolla: Tango Ballet Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
3/05/2022	Inon Barnatan & Alon Goldstein, piano	Cara Fesjian: Concerto for the Upside Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat Major. No. 10, K. 365/316a Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, Op.95 (“From the New World”)
3/06/2022	Inon Barnatan & Alon Goldstein, piano	Debussy: Estampes Bernstein: “The Masque” from Symphony No. 2, Age of Anxiety Gershwin: Prelude No. 2 Gershwin/Wild: I got Rhythm Chopin: Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 22 Schubert: Fantasia in F minor, D.940 for piano four-hands
4/23/2022	Pinchas Zukerman, violin	Jonathan Leshnoff: Score Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Op.25 (“Classical”) Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op.67
4/24/2022	Iris Musicians	Beethoven: Septet in E-flat Major, Op.20

Season 21

Season 21
10/11/20	Iris Orchestra	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	Iris Orchestra	Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, "Classical" Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
2/20/21	Iris Orchestra	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	Mathias Duplessy: Sonata for Cello & Guitar, Allegro Zenamon Jaime Mertenbaum: "Reflexoes" (for cello & guitar) Beethoven: String Trio No.1, Op.9
3/27/21	Iris Orchestra	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) Dvořák: 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	Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527 Brahms: Double Concert for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102 Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.61
12/6/2014	Marcin Arendt, violin; Stephen Miahy, violin; Moni Simeonov, violin; Emily Daggett Smith, violin	Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B-flat Major, Op. 133 Piazzola; The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires for Violin and Orchestra Vivaldi: The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 8. Nos. 1-4
1/24/2015	Sharon Roffman, violin	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 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 Schallert, The Soulsville Charter School, Director of Student Orchestra Traditional: Arranged by Jonathan Schallert, 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 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 on E-flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
2/21/2015	Jeremy Denk, piano	Beethoven: Heiliger Dankgesang from String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119, BB 127 Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, “Great” (D. 944)
3/28/2015	Inon Barnatan, piano	Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op.90, “Italian” 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 & immortal	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 Zaide 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 (Nicolas Kendall, violin; Zachary DePue, violin & Ranaan Meyer, bass)	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	Bach: Concerto in E Major Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 1 Schubert: Rondo for violin Mozart: Symphony No. 39
11/14/09 - 11/15/09	Jeremy Denk, piano	Michael Daugherty: Tell My Fortune Schumann: Piano Concerto in a minor Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
01/09/10	Dawn Upshaw, soprano	Rossini: Barber of Seville Ov. Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances Igor Stravinsky: 2 Poems by Constantin Bal’mont Stravinsky: 3 Japanese Lyrics Osvaldo Golijov: Three Songs Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
02/27/10	Giuseppe Verdi: String Quartet	John Corigliano: Symphony No. 2 Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 95
03/20/10	Jennifer Koh, violin	Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposium Dvořák: Symphony No. 9

Season 9

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

Season 8

Season 8
10/13/07	Cho-Liang Lin, violin	Osvaldo Golijov: Last Round Barber: Violin Concerto Brahms: Symphony No. 3
11/10/07	Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano	Bach: Brandenburg No.1 Elgar: Sea Pictures Stephen Hartke: A Brandenburg Autumn (2006) Schubert: Symphony No. 6
12/01/07	Alon Goldstein, piano	Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 1 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G (Original version) Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
01/26/08	Lynn Harrell, cello	David Diamond: Romeo and Juliet suite Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 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) Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
04/26/08	Garrick Ohlsson, piano	Martin: Concerto for Seven Instruments and Strings Dvořák: Legends, Op. 59 Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”

Season 7

Season 7
09/13/06	Adele Anthony & Gil Shaham, violins	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	Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110 Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 Dvořák: Serenade for Strings
12/16/06	Time for Three (Nicolas Kendall, violin; Zachary DePue, violin & Ranaan Meyer, bass)	Dvořák: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78 John Hedges, arr.: American Suite Hedges, arr.: Foxdown 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 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
03/10/07	Iris Orchestra	Mozart: Serenade in c minor, K. 388 Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 Stravinsky: L’histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale)
05/06/07	Jon Kimura Parker, piano	Brahms: Variations on a theme of Haydn, Op. 56a Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Brahms: Symphony No. 4, op. 98

Season 6

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

Season 5

Season 5
10/03/04	Joshua Bell, violin	Ives: Three Places in New England Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 & Op. 72 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
11/13/04	Stanislav Ioudennitch, piano	Ives: The Unanswered Question (with Jeff Kaye, trumpet) Chopin: Variations on Mozart’s La ci darem la mano, Op. 2 Franck: Symphonic Variations Dvořák: 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	Beethoven: Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118 Jonathan Leshnoff: Forgotten Chants and Refrains (Symphony No. 1) (world premiere - Iris commission) Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Op. 125 “Choral”
01/22/05	Eric Ruske, horn	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 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	Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72b Marshall Fine: The Infinite Garden (world premiere - Iris commission) Saint-Saëns: The Muse and the Poet, Op. 132, for violin, cello and orchestra Dvořák: Serenade for Winds, Op. 44 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 Strauss: Overture to Die Fledermaus
04/07/05	Measha Brueggergosman, soprano	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	Elgar: Sospiri, Op. 60 Sibelius: Violin concerto in d minor, Op. 47 Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, “The Great”

Season 4

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

Season 3

Season 3
10/05/02	Itzhak Perlman, violin	Richard Danielpour: First Light Stravinsky: Suite from Pulcinella Beethoven: Violin concerto in D Major, Op. 61
11/16/02	Michelle deYoung, mezzo-soprano	von Weber: Oberon overture Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, Cantata Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, Prague
12/14/02	Wu Man, pipa	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) Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Op. 25, “Classical”
01/25/03	Boris Belkin, violin	Marshall Fine: Tango in Time of War Prokofiev: Violin concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 63 Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G Major, Hob. I:100, “Military”
02/22/03	Barnabás Kelemen, violin	Janácek: The Fiddler’s Child Mozart: Violin concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
03/29/03	Evelyn Glennie, marimba/percussion	Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 (Fingal’s Cave) Vivaldi: Marimba concerto (adapted from Piccolo concerto) James MacMillan: Veni, veni, Emanuel 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) Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastorale”
05/03/03	Yefim Bronfman, piano	Schumann: Overture to Manfred, Op. 115 Barber: Souvenirs, op. 28 Brahms: Piano concerto

Season 2

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

Season 1

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