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