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PERFORMANCES 15/16
Aug.7.2015
Eridanos
7.30pm
Orchestra di Accademia Musicale Chigiana
Teatro Rozzi
Siena, Italy
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Xenakis - Eridanos
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Aug.30.2015
Carmen
4.00pm
Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Liége, Belgium
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Bizet - Carmen
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Sep.12.2015
Five College New Music Festival
7.30pm
Victory Players
Bezanson Recital Hall, University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center
Amherst, MA
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Soh - Incantare 2
Goh - La Perdita del Tempo e del disinganno
Koh - Frigia
Oct.15.2015
42nd UMass Multiband Pops Concert
10.00am
UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA
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Wagner - Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
Oct.3.2015
Opening Night Gala
7.30pm
Philippe Quint, violin
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Tian Hui Ng, cover conductor
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Springfield Symphony Hall
Springfield, MA
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Dvorak - Carnival Overture
Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op.47
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra
Oct.16.2015
42nd UMass Multiband Pops Concert
7.30pm
UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA
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Wagner - Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
Oct.24.2015
Family and Friends Concert
4.00pm
Mount Holyoke College Choral Ensembles
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra
Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
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Sibelius - iv. Finale from Symphony No.2 in D Major Op.43
J. Strauss Jr. - Figaro Polka
Benjamin - Hope is a Thing of Feathers
Oct.28.2016
Garland of Musical Landscapes
7.30pm
Ayano Kataoka, marimba
UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA
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Borodin - On the Steppes of Central Asia
Takemitsu - Gitimalya
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.5 in E Minor, Op.64
Oct.31.2015
Monsters Ball *Kids Edition*
3.00pm
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra
Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
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Lloyd Webber - Phantom of the Opera
J. Strauss Jr. - Blue Danube Op.314
Instrument Petting Zoo
Sibelius - iv. Finale of Symphony No.2 in D Major Op.43
J. Strauss Jr. - Figaro Polka
Gioacchino - Star Trek (2012)
Oct.31.2015
Monsters Ball *Alternate Reality*
8.00pm
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra
Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
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Lloyd Webber - Phantom of the Opera
J. Strauss Jr. - Blue Danube Op.314
Kilar - Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
J. Strauss Jr. - Figaro Polka
Gioacchino - Star Trek
Nov.7.2015
Haydn Trumpet Concerto
7.30pm
Tom Bergeron, trumpet
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Ng Tian Hui, cover conductor
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Springfield Symphony Hall
Springfield, MA
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Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks
Giazotto - Adagio in G Minor
Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in Eb
Copland - Quiet City
Mozart - Symphony No.39
Nov.18.2015
Pastoral Musings
6.30pm
UMass Amherst All-University Orchestra
Grace Episcopal Church
Amherst, MA
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Mozart - Overture to the Magic Flute
Beethoven - Symphony No.6 in F Major "Pastorale"
Arensky - Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
Dec.10.2015
Razzle Dazzle
8.00pm
Yiwen Li, flute
Whitney Gao, piano
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra
Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
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Mozart - Flute Concerto in G Major K.313
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16
Sibelius - Symphony No.2 in D Major Op.43
Dec.11.2015
Always With a Smile
7.30pm
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA
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Messiaen - Un sourire
Mozart - Piano Concerto in A Major, K.488
Shostakovich - Symphony No.5 in D Minor, Op.47
Jan.16.2016
Inaugural Mary Lyon Concert
8.00pm
Linda Laderach, violin
Philip Lima, baritone
Andrea Nwoke, soprano
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra
Church of the Epiphany
Washington, DC
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Panufnik - Abraham
Olsen - Lyonesse
Watkins - Dark River Suite
Jan.19.2016
Mary Lyon Concert
8.00pm
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra
Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
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Panufnik - Abraham
Olsen - Lyonesse
Watkins - Dark River Suite
Feb.6.2016
Grieg Piano Concerto
7.30pm
Claire Huangci, piano
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Ng Tian Hui, cover conductor
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Springfield Symphony Hall
Springfield, MA
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Sibelius - Finlandia
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16
Nielsen - Symphony No.3, Op.27 "Sinfonia espansiva"
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Feb.27.2016
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
8.00pm
Avery Brooks, narrator
Othalie Graham, soprano
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Robert Mack, tenor
Kenneth Overton, baritone
Nikki Stoia, chorusmaster
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Springfield Symphony Chorus
Springfield Symphony Hall
Springfield, MA
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Gershwin - Porgy and Bess Suite
Ellington - Excerpts from the River
Schwantner - New Morning for the World
Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
Mar.7.2016
Concerto Prizewinners Concert
7.30pm
UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra
Bill Morrison, director
in association with the Massachusetts Multi-cultural Film Festival
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA
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Bartok - Violin Concerto No.2
Schumann - Cello Concerto
Tomasi - Saxophone Concerto
Schumann - Symphony No.3 in Eb Major Op.97 "Rhenish"
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Mar.12.2016
Stravinsky: The Firebird
7.30pm
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Ng Tian Hui, cover conductor
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Springfield Symphony Hall
Springfield, MA
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Fuchs - Piano Concerto "The Spiritualist"
Copland - Appalachian Spring
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite
Mar.30.2016
Spring Concert
6.30pm
UMass Amherst All-University Orchestra
Grace Episcopal Church
Amherst, MA
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Rossini - Overture to the Barber of Seville
Watkins - Soul of Remembrance
Mozart - Symphony No.35 "Haffner"
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Apr.1.2016
Apr.2.2016
Metamorphonics
8.00pm
Rose Flachs, choreographer
Elliott Forrest, video artist
Saulius Slezas, video artist
Yiwen Gong, film director
Mount Holyoke Symphony Orchestra
Chapin Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
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Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus
Brown - GreyNoiseLitanies
Adams - Fearful Symmetries
Apr.9.2016
Beethoven and Brahms
7.30pm
John Novacek, piano
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Ng Tian Hui, cover conductor
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Springfield Symphony Hall
Springfield, MA
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Beethoven - Symphony No.8 in F Major, Op.93
Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2 in Bb Major, Op.83
Apr.23.2016
Blockbuster Film Scores
7.30pm
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Ng Tian Hui, cover conductor
Nikki Stoia, chorusmaster
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Springfield Symphony Hall
Springfield, MA
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Williams - Jaws
Williams - Star Wars
Williams - Superman
Williams - Indiana Jones
Williams - E. T.
Williams - Home Alone
Williams - Hook
Williams- Jurassic Park
Williams - Schindler's List
Williams - Saving Private Ryan
Williams - Harry Potter
Apr.25.2016
Mad Mad Odyssey
7.30pm
Gregory Spiridopoulos, trombone
University of Massachusetts Amherst Symphony Orchestra
University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Amherst, MA
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Gershwin - An American in Paris
Sandstrom - Motorbike Odyssey
Dvorak - Symphony No.8 in G Major, Op.88
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May.7.2016
Season Finale
7.30pm
Griffin McMahon, organ
Dana Varga, soprano
John Salvi, baritone,
Kevin Rhodes, conductor
Tian Hui Ng, cover conductor
Springfield Symphony Orchestra
Nikki Stoia, chorusmaster
Springfield Symphony Chorus
Jonathan Harvey
Pioneer Valley Symphony Chorus
Springfield Symphony Hall
Springfield, MA
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Faure - Requiem, Op.48
Saint-Saëns - Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Op.78 "Organ"
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