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CCM Concert Orchestra '08-'09 Season (A. Tomaro, music director)

Fall Quarter:
Thursday, October 16                        TCHAIKOVSKY FESTIVAL CONCERT # 2
                                                           ^Violin Concerto, op. 35, D major
                                                           Symphony No. 5, op. 64, E minor

Tuesday, November 25                      Barber: Essay no. 2, op. 17
                                                           ^R—zsa: Viola Concerto, op. 37
                                                           Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, op. 67, C minor

Sat., Sun., December 6 & 7                FEAST OF CAROLS

Winter Quarter:
Tuesday, January 27, 2009                 FRENCH EVENING (M. Gibson, conductor)
                                                           ^Ravel: ShŽhŽrezade
                                                                Soprano solo, TBA
                                                           ^Debussy: Danses sacrŽe et profane
                                                           Saint-Sa‘ns: Symphony no. 3. Op. 78, C minor ("Organ" symphony)

Thurs-Sun, Feb 12-15                        WINTER MAINSTAGE OPERA in PCT
                                                           Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Tomaro, cond.)

Wednesday, Feb 25                            STUDENT CONDUCTORS
                                                           ^Vanhal: Double Bass Concerto, E-flat major
                                                                Student soloist, TBA
                                                           Hsin-Lei Chen: Deep (winner, 2008 CCM Composition Competition)
                                                                Kuan-Chang Tu, soloist
                                                           Haydn: Symphony No. 94, G major, "Surprise"

Thursday, March 12                           "DANCE FEVER!" (w. Philharmonia)
                                                           (Philharmonia: Dvorak, Slavonic Dances;
                                                                 Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story")
                                                           Copland: Appalachian Spring
                                                           Borodin: Polovstian Dances, from Prince Igor

Spring Quarter:
Saturday, April 25                              CHORAL EVENING
                                                           Saariaho: Oltra mar (Tomaro, cond.)
                                                           Mozart: Mass, K. 427, C minor (Scott, cond.)

Friday, May 22                                  THE YOUNG MAHLER
                                                           ^Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
                                                                 Student soloist, TBA
                                                           Mahler: Symphony no. 1, D major

Friday, June 5                                    AMERICAN VOICES XI "Celebrating Joseph Schwantner"
                                                           (w. Wind Symphony) (Tomaro, Winther, conds.)
                                                           "From Afar"
                                                           Aftertones of Infinity
                                                           (Wind Symphony: Mountains Slowly Rising, Percussion Concerto)