String Area

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Orchestras
2007-2008 Concert Season Repertoire

Sunday, November 4, 2007 - Irvin L. Young Auditorium: Flotte Bursche Overture (Jolly Students) by Franz von Suppé (1819-1895); Elegy and Dance by Donald Jenni (1937-2006); Prayer for St. Gregory for String and Solo Trumpet by Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Professor Frank Hanson, Trumpet; Symphony No. 1 in B flat Major, Op. 38 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856); Marche Slave, op. 31 by Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - Light Recital Hall: Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976); Chacony in G minor by Henry Purcell (1659-1695); Serenade for String Orchestra by Edward Elgar (1857-1934); Chamber Symphony Op. 110a by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Tour - March 12-14, 2008 - Northern Illinois: Tour selections to be drawn from March 15th repertoire.

Saturday, March 15, 2008 - Irvin L. Young Auditorium

Songs the Plants Taught Us by Joshua Penmann (b.1979)

Saxophone Concerto in E flat by Alexander Glazounov (1865-1936)

Nick Zoulek, Alto Saxophone (Concerto Competition Winner)

Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Michael Roemer, Piano (Concerto Competition Winner)

Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Saturday April 5, 2008 - Light Recital Hall

Armenian Rhapsody No. 3 by Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

Concerto for Violoncello and Strings by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Professor Benjamin Whitcomb, Violoncello

Rest of program TBA

Sunday, May 4, 2008 - Irvin L. Young Auditorium

Egmont Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

O Zittre Nicht from The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Janalyn Bump, Soprano (Concerto Competition Winner)

Symphony No. 4 "Tragic" by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)