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CCM Philharmonia '08-'09 season (M.Gibson, music director)



Fall Quarter: 
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008                     Tchaikovsky Festival Opening Concert (M. Gibson, cond.)
                                                          ^Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23
                                                          Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy (1880)
                                                          Overture 1812

Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008                 Tchaikovsky Festival Closing Concert (Gibson, cond.)
                                                           ^Variations on a Rococo Theme
                                                           Final duet from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
                                                               ^Kimberly Buczek Ð Tatyana
                                                               ^Jonathan Lasch Ð Onegin
                                                           Symphony no. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, ÒPathŽtiqueÓ

Wed., Nov. 19, 2008 @ Cohen          CAFƒ MoMus (Tomaro, cond.)
                                                           Music of CCM Composers

Fri, Nov. 21, 2008, 8:00 p.m.             CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (w. Chamber Choir) (Rivers, cond)
Sun., Nov. 23, 2008, 3:00 p.m.           ^Bach: Mass in B Minor           
@ Knox Presbyterian Church                                                                       
                                                                                                                                   
Thurs.-Sun., Nov. 19-22, 2008           MAINSTAGE MUSICAL (D. Gardos, cond.)
                                                            Loesser: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
                                                                       

Winter Quarter:                       
Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009                      CHINESE NEW YEAR'S CONCERT
                                                            Repertoire and time TBA

Friday, Jan. 30, 2009                           RICHARD STRAUSS (Gibson, cond.)
                                                            ^Horn Concerto 1 or 2
                                                            ^Oboe Concerto
                                                            Also sprach Zarathustra

Friday, Feb. 20, 2009                          BRITISH CHORAL MUSIC (Gibson, cond.)
                                                                CCM Chorale and Xavier University Chorus
                                                            Britten:  Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes (Heuser, cond)
                                                            Elgar: Sea Pictures
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                                                            Elgar: The Music Makers, Op. 69
ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ  Allison Cook, soloist                                               
                                                           
Friday, Feb. 27 @ Cohen                    CAFƒ MoMus (Tomaro, cond.)

Thursday, March 12, 2009                  "DANCE FEVER!" (w. Concert Orchestra)
                                                            (Concert Orchestra: Polovstian Dances and Appalachian Spring)
                                                            Dvorak: Slavonic Dances
                                                            Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from ÒWest Side StoryÓ

Spring Quarter
Thurs. April 30, 2009                          (A. Tomaro, cond.)
                                                            Bartok: Dance Suite
                                                            ^Contemporary Piano Concerto, TBA
                                                            Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C Major, K. 551 ÒJupiterÓ

Thurs.-Sun., May 14-17, 2009            MAINSTAGE OPERA (Gibson, cond.)
                                                            Verdi: Falstaff

Fri-Sat., May 23-24, 2009                   STUDIO OPERA
                                                            Argento: Postcard from Morocco
                                                            (performed by CAFƒ MoMus, Shymanovitz, cond.)

Saturday, June 6, 2008                        FINAL CONCERT:  WAGNER IN CINEMA
                                                            Excerpts from Der Fliegende HollŠnder, Lohengrin, TannhŠuser,
                                                            Siegfried, Tristan und Isolde                                               
                                                                Barbara Honn, soprano
                                                                Thomas Baresel, tenor
                                                                William McGraw, baritone
                                                                Ken Shaw, bass-baritone

^ - indicates CCM Concerto Competition winner

Note:  All repertoire and dates subject to change