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CONCERT HISTORY 1987- PRESENT
                                                                                   

1987-1988  Eric Hanson becomes Music Director and Conductor  
 
November
Wagner - Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms - Symphony No. 2
  
February
Liszt - Les Preludes
Mahler - Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Dvorak - Symphony No. 7

April
Debussy - Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun
Stravinsky - Fairy’s Kiss
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5  

June
Copland - Appalachian Spring            
Delius - Brigg Fair             
Schumann - Symphony No. 1           


1988-1989

November
Rimsky-Korsakov - Dance of the Tumblers 
Kabalevsky - Cello Concerto       
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherezade  

February
Bizet -  Galop from Jeux d’Enfants
Ibert - Escales
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite          

April
Nelson - Jubilee             
Barber - Capricorn Concerto               
Hanson - Symphony No. 2               

June
Beethoven - Egmont Overture
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5
Strauss, R - Death and Transfiguration   


1989-1990 
 
November
Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3  
Swisher - Yuki No Niigata           
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5      


February
Grieg - Lyric Suite              
Sibelius - Finlandia           
Sibelius - Violin Concerto             
 

April
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Handel - Overture to Music for the
Royal Fireworks
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending 


June
de Falla - Ritual Fire Dance
Dukas - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Mahler - Adagio from Symphony No. 3
Saint-Saens - Violin Concerto No. 3


1990-1991


November
Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 (first movement)
Mahler - Songs of a Wayfarer
Hans Rott - Symphony in E Major (Western U.S. premiere)
 

February
Bizet - L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Debussy - La Mer
Debussy - Premiere Rhapsody

April
Wagner - Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5
Brahms Symphony No. 4

June
Not available


1991-1992 
 
November
Verdi - La Forza del Destino Overture
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 (George Fiore, solo)
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4

February
Chabrier - Espana
Lalo - Cello Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov - Rhapsody Espagnol
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (Sandra Sleutel, soprano)


April
Not available

June
Franck - Psyche et Eros
Saint-Saens - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (Angela Fuller, violin)
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique   


1992-1993 
 
November
Alfven - Midsummer Vigil
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto (Stephen Daniels, violin)
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6

February
Not available

April
Schumann - Cello Concerto (Joseph Bichsel, cello)
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3, (George Fiore, piano)

June
Not available


1993-1994 
 
November
Barber - Overture to School for Scandal
Barber - First Essay for Orchestra
Gershwin - Concerto in F   (Joel Salsman, piano)
Copland - El Salon Mexico

February
Tchaikovsky - Capriccio Italien
Puccini - Act III of Tosca (Sheila Wormer, Thomas Chambers, vocalist)
Respighi - Pines of Rome

April
Wagner - Siegfried’s Rhine Journey 
Beethoven - Violin Concerto, (Stephen Daniels, violin)
Schumann - Symphony No. 3       

June
Glinka - Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla            
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3 (Judith Cohen, piano)           
Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances 



1994-1995
 
November
Khatchaturian - Sabre Dance
Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini (Robert Swan,  piano)
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10

February
Casurella - Concert Overture
Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto No. 4 (Wayne Johnson, piano)
Mahler Symphony No. 4 

April
Vaughan Williams - Overture to The Wasps
Elgar - Cello Concerto (Francis Walton, cello) 
Holst - The Planets (1st four movements)      

June
Brahms - Tragic Overture 
Dvorak - Symphonic Variations
Grieg - Lyric Suite  

1995-1996

November
Brahms - Double Concerto (Barton Frank violin,  Sharyn Peterson cello)    
Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 (Anthony Padilla piano) 
Schumann - Piano Concerto (George Fiore piano)  

February
Mahler - Ruckert Lieder (Carmen Leon, vocalist)
Mahler - Symphony No. 5

April
Schumann - Manfred Overture
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 (Dwight Beckmeyer, piano)      
Strauss - Ein Heldenleben

June
Chausson - Poeme for Violin (Stephen Daniels, violin)
Durufle - Requiem
Saint-Saens - Symphony No. 3 “Organ” (Tamara Still, organist)  



1996-1997

November
Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1 (George Fiore,  piano)          
Dvorak - Symphony No.7           
Liszt - Les Preludes                

February
Beethoven - Symphony No. 6      
Brahms - Violin Concerto (Stephen Daniels, violin)       
Wagner - Magic Fire Music from  Die Walkure                 

April
Alfven - Legend of the Skerries             
Alfven - Symphony No. 2             
Tubin - Violin Concerto (U.S. premiere - Bryan Boughten, violin)              

June
Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 2    
Shostakovich - Festive Overture  
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 (Jeeyung Lee, piano) 


1997-1998 
 
November
Khachaturian - Sabre Dance    
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1 (George Fiore, piano)
Ravel - Daphnis  and Chloe Suite No. 2         

February
Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde (Carmen Leon & Gino Luchetti)         
J. Strauss - Overture to Die Fledermaus 

April
Dvorak - Symphony No.  8          
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 1 (Judith Cohen, piano)         
Smetana - The Moldau         

June
Mozart - Symphony No.  41         
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 (Robert Swan, piano)    


1998-1999                                                                                                           Thalia’s 50th Anniversary Season                                                               
  
November
Dvorak - Carnival Overture  
Herbert - Cello Concerto No. 2 (Terence Muir, cello)
Brahms - Symphony No. 4   

January
Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn
Weinberger - Polka & Fugue from Shvanda the Bagpiper      
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”  

April
Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Overture
Prokofiev  Excerpts from Romeo & Juliet         

May
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5  
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 27 (Wayne Johnson, piano)
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5   



1999-2000

November
Wagner - Overture to Tannhauser              
Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2 (George Fiore, piano)             
Liszt - Symphonic Poem No. 7 "Festklange"                  
 
February
Beethoven - Overture to Creatures of Prometheus        
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, “Choral” (Catherine Haight, Emily Lunde, Stuart Lutzenhiser,
Michael Drumheller, and the Northwest Community Chorale)          

April
Rachmaninoff  Piano Concerto No. 2 (Joyce Gibb, piano)     
Stravinsky    Suite from “The Firebird”        

June
Mahler - Kindertotenlieder (Joanna Wachter, Mezzo-soprano)    
Mahler - Symphony No. 1 “The Titan”          



 2000-2001

November
Schubert - Overture to Rosamunde          
Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 2 E-flat (Chris Vaughn, clarinet)
Schumann  - Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”

February - David Anderson, guest conductor
R. Strauss - Death and Transfiguration
Brahms - German Requiem (Catherine Haight, Michael  Drumheller, and the SPU Concert Choir)   

April
Alven - Mountain King Suite                
Grieg - Piano Concerto (George Fiore, piano)                
Stenhammer  - Serenade      

June
Debussy - Nocturnes (SPU Womens Choir)           
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition       



2001-2002

November
Prokofiev - March from The Love of Three Oranges   
Reznicek - Overture to Donna Diana
Rossini - Overture to William Tell            
Tchiakovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 (George Fiore, piano)

February
Wagner - Overture to The Flying Dutchman               
Haydn - Cello Concerto in C (Mary Riles, cello)     
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 

April
Ward (arr: Dragon) - America the Beautiful
John David Lamb - Delights and Fancies
Barber - Violin Concerto (Kim Zabelle, violin)   
Hovhaness - Symphony No. 2 “Mysterious Mountain”

June
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 (Leroy Johnson, piano)   
Brahms - Symphony No. 3



2002-2003

November
Ron Nelson -  Jubilee       
Copland - Appalachian Spring      
Hanson - Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”

February
Arnold - English Dances, Suite 1
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending (Jason Moody, violin)
Holst - The Planets (with the SPU Women’s Chorus)

April
Mahler - Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Mary Jo Dugaw)             
Riisager - Trumpet Concertino (Don Morosic, trumpet)     
Dvorak - Symphony No. 5

June
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 1 (Joyce Gibb, piano)      
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6        

      
2003-2004

November
Wagner - Prelude to Act 3 of Lohengrin               
Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger            
Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 (George Fiore, piano)               

February
Rimsky-Korsakov - Suite from Le Coq d’Or
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto (Jason Moody, violin)    
Dukas - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 

April
Dvorak - Symphony No. 6                
Brahms - Symphony No. 2               
      
June
Grieg/Larsson - Norwegian Dances
Pastoral Suite   
Sibelius - Symphony No. 2



2004-2005
 
November
Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man                
Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain        
Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 5 “Reformation“
 
February
Sibelius - Violin Concerto (Sharyn Peterson, violin)
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4      

April
Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 1        
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 (George Fiore,  piano)         
Copland - Lincoln Portrait (Stephen Michael Newby, narrator)             

May
Mozart - Overture to Don Giovanni                
Schumann - Konzertstuck for Four Horns and Orchestra
Mahler - Adagio (sixth movement from Symphony No. 3)

 
2005-2006

October
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade (Deb Kirkland, violin)
Hindemith Symphonic - Metamorphosis 

January
Bach/Stokowski - Toccata & Fugue in d minor
Bach - Piano Concerto in D minor (Povilas Stravinsky, piano)
Stravinsky - Petrushka
Stravinsky - The Firebird, Berceuse & Finale 
  
April
Gershwin  An American in Paris    
Mozart    Piano Concerto K 466 (George Fiore. piano)              
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story 

June
Dvorak  Symphony No. 8         
Bartok Piano Concerto No. 3 (Judith Cohen, piano)  




2006-2007

October
Humperdinck - Overture to Hansel and Gretel (Frances Walton, guest conductor)
Strauss - Suite from Der Rosenkavalier 
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10

February
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture 
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8 (Deb Kirkland, violin)
Saint-Saens - Symphony No. 3 “The Organ Symphony”
 
March
Tchaikovsky - Piano
Concerto No. 1 (George Fiore. piano)
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5

May
Mozart - Symphony No. 39               
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries             
Wagner - Wotan’s  Farewell              
Wagner - Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey              
Wagner - Immolation Scene              



2007-2008

October

Beethoven - Overture to Egmont
Borodin  - Polovetsian Dances               
Brahms - Symphony No. 1                 
 
January

Glinka - Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
Conus - Violin Concerto (Alyssa Fridenmaker, violin)
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 1 (Joyce Gibb, piano)     

March
Sibelius - March from the Karelia Suite   
Grieg - Piano Concerto (George Fiore, piano)  
Grieg - Symphony in C minor (Northwest Premiere)
 
May

Stamitz - Viola Concerto in D
(Richard Skerlong, viola)                
Mahler - Songs of a Wayfarer (Carla Hilderbrand, vocalist)     
Dvorak - Symphony No. 7



  
2008-2009

 October
John David Lamb - Our Time Is Now
Dukas - Fanfare from La Peri
Dukas - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Magnard - Symphony No. 3
 
January
Sibelius - Violin Concerto (Rose McIntosh, violin)
Hanson - Symphony No. 1, “Nordic”               

April
Mendelssohn - The Hebrides Overture (“Fingal’s Cave)
Copland - A Lincoln Portrait (Stephen Newby, narrator) 
Haydn - Symphony No. 88


May
Li Bo - The Tale of Mantou Qin (Li Bo, Morin Khuur solo)
William Grant Still - Suite for Violin and Orchestra (Quinton Morris, violin)
Kalinnikov - Symphony No. 2 


  
2009-2010

October
Wagner - Overture to Rienzi
Dvorak - In Nature’s Realm
Bizet - Symphony in C

January
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Ricky Malgren, piano)
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5

April
Berlioz - Overture to Les Franc-Juges              
Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1 (George Fiore, piano)                
Nielsen - Symphony No. 2, “The Four Temperaments”               

June
Vaughan Williams - Overture to The Wasps
Delius - Brigg Fair              
Elgar - Enigma Variations              
 


                                             
 
2010-2011                                                                    
Stephen  Rogers Radcliffe becomes Music Director  and Conductor

November
Ravel -Mother Goose Suite 
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto, E minor (Sophia Stoyanovich, violin)
Mussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition

January
Smetana - The Moldau from Ma Vlast
Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations (Walter Gray, cello) 
Sibelius - Symphony No 5

April
Mozart - Piano Concerto no 24 (George Fiore, piano)
Mahler - Symphony No 1

June
Verdi - Overture to La Forza del Destino (Anna Edwards, Guest  Conductor)                  
Strauss - Four Last Songs (Kimberly Giordano, vocalist)                 
Brahms - Serenade No 1   



2011-2012

October
Stoyanovich - "He-Dog – The Oglala"
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Suite Op 66a
Dvorak - Symphony No 9 “From the New World”

January
Copland - Suite from The Tender Land
Bruch -  Scottish Fantasy for violin (Lauren Roth, violin)
Ravel - Pavane for a Dead Princess
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919) 

April - "The Opera Gala”
Humperdinck - Prelude to Hansel and Gretel (Frances Walton, guest conductor)
Bizet - Habanera from Carmen (Sarah Mattox, soprano)
Offenbach - Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman (Kimberly Giordano, Sarah Mattox, sopranos)
Verdi - Triumphal March and Ballet from Aida
Wagner - O du mein holder abenstern, from Tannhauser (Benjamin Harris, baritone)
Bizet - Duet from The Pearl Fishers (Anthony Kalil, tenor, Benjamin Harris)
Mozart - Soave si li Vento, from Cosi Fan Tutte (K. Giordano, Sarah Mattox, Benjamin Harris)
Puccini - Excerpts from La Boheme, (Kimberly Giordano, Sarah Mattox, Anthony Kalil)
Massenet -  Meditation from Thais (Rochelle Nguyen, violin)
Wagner - Overture to Rienzi

May
Glazunov - The Seasons
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5, E-flat (Allan Dameron, piano)


 
2012-2013  
 
October
Gade - Echoes of Ossian
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante  (Ron Patterson, violin; Roxana Patterson, viola)
Dvorak - Symphony No. 8
 
January
Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnole
Schubert - Symphony No 8 “The Unfinished“
Franck - Symphony in D minor
 
April 
Tchaikovsky - Waltz and Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Sibelius - Overture and Suite from Karelia
Saint-Saens - Morceau de Concert (Ruth Mar, Harp) 
Mendelssohn - Symphony #5 “The Reformation“     
 
June - Jeremy Briggs Roberts, guest conductor 
Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
Berlioz - Nuits d’Ete, (Kimberly Giordano, soprano)
Prokofiev - Suite #2 from Romeo and Juliet 



2013-2014 -  Michael Miropolsky becomes Music Director and Conductor 
                                                                       

November
Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture
Saint-Saens -  Piano Concerto #2  (Anastasia Solomatina, piano) 
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5

February 

Rossini - Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Chausson - Poeme  (Elisa Barston, violin)
Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliette Overture Fantasy
Sibelius - Finlandia, Op. 26
Saint-Saens - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso  (Elisa Barston, violin)
Bizet - Suite #2 from Carmen


April
Chabrier - España
Elgar - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 85 (Eric Han, cello)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5


June
Verdi - Messa da Requiem (with Choir of the Sound)


2014-2015                                          
                                                                       
November
Chabrier, Fete Polonaise 
De Falla, Siete Canciones Populares  (Christina Kowalski, Soprano )
Gershwin, Excerpts from Porgy and Bess 
Gounod, Ah je ris!  (The Jewel Song) from Faust (Christina Kowalski, Soprano )
Dvorak, Song to the Moon from Rusalka (Christina Kowalski, Soprano )
Lehar, My Lips Taste Like Wine from Giuditta (Christina Kowalski, Soprano )
Respighi, The Pines of Rome 


February
Alfven, Swedish Rhapsody #1
Wieniawsky, Violin Concerto #2  (Brittany Boulding, violin)
Tchaikovsky, Symphony #4

April
Verdi, Prelude to Act III of La Traviata
Weber, Clarinet Concerto #1 (Sean Osborn, Clarinet)
Tchaikovsky, Marche Slav
Beethoven, Symphony #3

2015 - 2016

November
Weber - Overture to Euryanthe      
Hummel - Concerto for Trumpet in E Flat Major, George Steward, Trumpet   
Delibes - Excerpts from Coppelia                                                               
Tchaikovsky - Francesca da Rimini

February
Shostakovich - Festive Overture        
Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1, Yuka Sasaki, Piano
Brahms - Symphony No. 4  

April
Lehar - Overture to The Merry Widow                                                             
Bruch - Concerto for Violin in G Minor, Victoria Parker, Violin 
Beach - Symphony in E Minor "Gaelic", Movement II - AllaSiciliana
Hanson - Symphony No. 2, "Romantic"  ​

2016 - 2017

November
Wagner - Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Vaughn Williams - The Lark Ascending
McKay - Sea Horizon from Harbor Narrative
Beethoven - Pastoral Symphony (No.6)

January
Nielson - Helios Overture
Villa-Lobos - Bacianas Brasileiras No. 3
Mendelssohn - Italian Symphony

March
Harris - Symphony No. 3
Mozart - Requiem (with Choir of the Sound)

May

​Bernstein - Overture to Candide
Prokofiev - Scherzo and March from Love of Three Oranges
Saint Saens
- Symphony No. 3, 'Organ"

2017-2018

October
Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia
Honegger - Pastoral d'ete
Copland - Billy the Kid
​Schumann -
 Rhenish Symphony


January
Mozart - Overture to Marriage of Figaro
Respighi - Fountains of Rome
White - Concerto for Oboe d'amore

Sibelius - Symphony No.5


March 
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms (with Choir of the Sound)
Vaughan Williams -  Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis 


May
Beethoven - Egmont Overture
Kuss - Cello Concerto
Dvorak - Symphony No. 7
 Alphabetical listing of music performed since 1987



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