Recent Repertoires

2007-2008 Season

Scholarship Gala

18 & 19 April 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
La Crosse Center

Performing:

  • Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 4 – Antonín Dvorak (1841-1904)
  • Slavonic Dance Op. 72 No. 8 – Antonín Dvorak (1841-1904)

Masterworks Concert Series III

Featuring Alex Klein as soloist
Oberlin Conservatory and former first oboe of the Chicago Symphony

Enaldo Oliveira - Conductor
Alex Vaver – Guest Conductor

30 March 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Valhalla, Cartwright Center
UW-La Crosse

Performing:

  • Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 4 – Antonín Dvorak (1841-1904)
  • Slavonic Dance Op. 72 No. 8 – Antonín Dvorak (1841-1904)
  • Pavana – Benjamin Gutiérrez
  • Prelude – Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
  • Introduction, Theme and Variations – Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
    Alex Klein, soloist
  • Concertino in G minor – Bernhard Molique
    Alex Klein, soloist

Masterworks Concert Series II

Enaldo A. Oliveira, David Phipps, Crystal Staker and Nicholas Bailey, violin soloists
Alex Vaver – Guest conductor

8 December 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

Valhalla, Cartwright Center
UW-La Crosse

Performing:

  • Der Freschütz Overture – Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
  • Holiday Concertino for Orchestra - David J. Phipps
  • Concerto for Four Violins Op. 3, No, 10 in B minor - Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
  • Scherzo alla marcia from the Symphony No. 8 in D Major - Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958)
  • Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Masterworks Concert Series I

Greg Balfany – Saxophone
With Logan, Central and Onalaska High School Orchestras

16 October 2007 at 7:00 p.m.

Central High School Auditorium
1801 Losey Blvd S
La Crosse, WI

Performing:

  • Rosamunde Overture – Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
  • Concerto for Soprano Saxophone "The Celtic" – Dave Heath (1956)
  • Postlude in F – Charles Ives (1895-1954)
  • Rhythmical Variation on Two Ancient Themes – Howard Hanson (1896-1981)
  • Symphony no. 8 "Unfinished" – Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

2006-2007 Season

Masterworks Concert Series III - “Opera Scenes”

Dana McConnell – Director
Terry Kelly – Vocal Preparation

4 May 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

Fine Arts Center
La Crescent-Hokah Public Schools
1301 Lancer Blvd.
La Crescent, MN

Performing:

  • The Magic Flute Overture K. 620 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
  • From the Magic Flute Overture K. 620 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
    O help me, protect me!
    Hm! hm! hm!
    The man who feels sweet love’s emotion
  • From Fidelio – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
    Now, sweet-heart, at last we’re alone
    How strange a mood is mine 
  • From The Mikado – Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
    Comes a Train of Little Ladies
    Three Little Maids
    So Please You, Sir
  • Symphony no. 101 – Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

WXOW Presents UW-L's Music Gala

Soojin Ritterling & Terry Kelly, soloists

23 & 24 March 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

La Crosse Center
300 South 2nd St.
La Crosse,WI 54601

Performing:

  • West Side Story Selections for Orchestra – Leonard Bernstein - Arr. by Jack Mason
  • Santa Lucia – Teodoro Cottrau (1827-1879)
  • O Sole Mio – Eduardo di Capua (1864-1917) )
  • A Marechiare – Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) )
  • Torna a Surriento – Ernesto de Curtis (1875-1927) )
  • Arrangements by Giancarlo Chiaramello for performances of Pavarotti and Carreras

Masterworks Concert Series II - “Brasilian Celebration”

Benjamin Coelho, soloist

7 March 2007 at 7:30 p.m.

Fine Arts Center, Viterbo University
900 Viterbo Drive
La Crosse, WI 54601

Performing:

  • Dansa Brasileira (1941) – Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907-1993) 
  • Ponteio – Claudo Santoro (1919-1989)
  • Concertino for Bassoon – Francisco Mignone (1957-1986)
  • Symphony no. 5 Op. 107 D major “Reformation” – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Festival of Carols

A celebration of seasonal music performed by the UW-L Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir and Women’s Chorus

2 & 3 Dec.2006 at 7:30 p.m.

Toland Theatre, Center for the Arts

Performing:

  • Christmas Festival Overture – Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
  • Overture on Jewish Themes – Livingston Gearhart (1916-1996)
  • Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
  • Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
  • Baritone solo – SATB

Masterworks Concert Series I - “To Dance Two The Finnish”

11 Nov. 2006 at 7:30 p.m.

Marie W. Heider Center for the Arts
405 East Hamlin Street
West Salem, WI

Performing:

  • Batuque –– Oscar Lorenço Fernandez (1897-1948)
  • Danza di Negri from the Suite Reisado do Pastoreio
  • Antiche danze ed Arie: Suite I – Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936). Based on lute music of the 16th Century
    1. Simone Molinaro (1599): Balletto detto “Il Conte Orlando”
    2. Vincenzo Galilei (155..): Gagliarda
    3. Anon. (late 16th century): Villanella
    4. Anon. (late 16th century): Passo mezzo e Mascherada
  • Finlandia – Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
  • Sinfonia Piccola – Heikki Suolahti (1920-1936)

Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble - Homecoming Concert

22 Oct.2006 at 1:30 p.m.

Annett Recital Hall, Center for the Arts
UW-La Crosse

Performing:

  • Bachianas Brasileiras no. 4 – Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959). Edited and arranged for String Orchestra by Enaldo A. Oliveira
  • I – Preludio (Introdução)
    II – Coral (Canto do Sertão)
    III – Aria (Cantiga)
  • Three Nigerian Dances – Samuel Akpabot (1932-2000)For Strings and Timpani
  • Allegro moderato
    Andante cantabile
    Allegretto
  • La Clemenza di Tito Overture – W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) - Celebrating Mozart’s 250th Anniversary