Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
2006-2007 Season
Calendar Listing of Concerts

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SUMMER PARK CONCERTS
Barry Ross , Conductor
Roland Sunkins, Piano, Violin & Vocal

Wed July 12, 8:15 pm Sherman Lake YMCA

Fri July 14, 8 pm Portage

Sun July 16, 8 pm Kalamazoo

Mon July 17, 8 pm Parchment

Wed July 19, 8 pm Plainwell

Thu July 20, 8 pm Three Rivers

 

Opening Night
Symphonic Series
Friday, September 15, 2006 , 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Featured Artists - Grammy Award – Best Classical Crossover Album (2005)
Raymond Harvey, Conductor

Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances

Rodrigo Concierto Andaluz

Beethoven Symphony No. 5

 

PASSPORT
Garrison Keillor
Monday, September 18, 2006 , 7:30 p.m.
Philip Brunelle, Conductor

 

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Family Discovery
Sunday, October 1, 2006 , 3 p.m.
Tim Marrone, Actor
Barry Ross , Conductor

 

Mole Music
Musical Storybooks
Saturday, October 7, 2006 , 10 a.m.

 

Fall Evening
Epic Evenings
Friday, October 13, 2006 , 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 14, 2006 , 8 p.m.

Haydn String Quartet Op. 76, No. 3

Ewazen Colchester Fantasy

Mozart Clarinet Quintet, K. 581

 

Cello Soul
Symphonic Series
Friday, October 20, 2006 , 8 p.m.
Alisa Weilerstein, Cello - Avery Fisher Career Grant (2000)
Klauspeter Seibel, Conductor

Rossini Overture to “Italiana in Algieri”

Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1

Brahms Symphony No. 2

 

The World of…Scott Joplin
The World of…
Sunday, October 29, 2006 , 3 p.m.
Raymond Harvey , Conductor

Maple Leaf Rag

The Entertainer

Ragtime Dance (guest dancers?)

Easy Winners (ar. for String Quartet by Maxine Roach)

Bethena (for piano solo)

A Treemonisha Sampler (ar. Paget)

 

Recalling Spring
Symphonic Series
Friday, November 17, 2006 , 8 p.m.
Aviram Reichert, Piano - Van Cliburn Bronze Medalist (1997)
Raymond Harvey, Conductor  

Copland Appalachian Spring

Mozart Piano Concerto, K. 466

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

 

KSO POPS @ MILLER presents
Sandi Patty Yuletide Celebration
Saturday, December 9, 2006 , 8 p.m.
Raymond Harvey , Conductor

 

Classical Jazz
Symphonic Series
Saturday, January 20, 2007 , 8 p.m.
Tim Froncek, Drums
Raymond Harvey, Conductor

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

Kurka Suite from “The Good Soldier Schweik”

Farberman Concerto for Jazz Drummer

Gershwin An American in Paris

 

Winter Evening
Epic Evenings
Friday, January 26, 2007 , 8 p.m.
Saturday, January 27, 2007 , 8 p.m.

WW Quintet TBA

Percussion duo TBA

Borodin String Quartet No. 2

 

Perfect Purple Feather
Musical Storybooks
Saturday, February 3, 2007 , 10 a.m.

 

The World of…Sibelius
The World of…
Sunday, February 11, 2007 , 3 p.m.
Raymond Harvey , Conductor

Valse Triste

The Swan of Tuonela

Rakastava

Romance for Strings

Pelleas and Melisande (excerpts)

 

Romeo & Juliet
Symphonic Series
Friday, February 23, 2007 , 8 p.m.
Glenn Dicterow, Violin - NY Philharmonic Concertmaster since 1980
Raymond Harvey, Conductor

Flügelman Dialogues for Orchestra

Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1

Prokofiev Excerpts from “Romeo and Juliet”

 

Shadowcatcher
Symphonic Series
Friday, March 23, 2007 , 8 p.m.
American Brass Quintet, Featured Artists
Eric Ewazen, Composer in Residence - Music Alive Residency Info
Raymond Harvey, Conductor

Grieg Excerpts from “Peer Gynt”

Kodaly Hary Janos Suite

Ewazen Shadowcatcher

 

Spring Evening
Epic Evenings
Friday, April 13, 2007 , 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 14, 2007 , 8 p.m.

Mendelssohn String Quartet, Op. 44, No. 2

Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

 

Cirque de Symphonyfor Kids
Family Discovery
Sunday, April 22, 2007 , 3 p.m.
Aerial Angels, Allison Williams , Director
Barry Ross , Conductor

 

Faust
Symphonic Series
Saturday, May 5, 2007 , 8 p.m.
Kalamazoo Singers, Thomas Kasdorf , Director
Raymond Harvey, Conductor

Gounod Faust

 

Side by Side with Stulberg
Sunday, May 20, 2007 , 7 p.m.