
Past Seasons
Season 18
Season 18 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | |||
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![]() | 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 | |||
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![]() | 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 | |||
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![]() | 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 | |||
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![]() | 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 | |||
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![]() | 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 | |||
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![]() | 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 | |||
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![]() | 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 | |||
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![]() | 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 6
Season 6 | |||
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![]() | 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 5
Season 5 | |||
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![]() | 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 4
Season 4 | |||
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![]() | 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 | |||
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![]() | 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 | |||
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![]() | 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 | |||
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![]() | 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 |