Past URSO and URCO Seasons   

Symphony Orchestra 2005-2006 Season

Concert I

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005: Symphony Orchestra
8:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, director
- Saint-Saens's "Bacchanale" from Samson et Dalila
- de Falla's The Three Cornered Hat, Suite no. 2
- Liptak's Three Dances for Orchestra (world premier, commissioned by URSO with funds from the Hanson Institute)
- Borodin's Polovtsian Dances

Concert II

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005: Symphony Orchestra
8:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, director
Steven Doane, cellist
- Schumann's Concerto for 'Cello
- Wagner's Overture to Rienzi
- Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis

Concert III

Saturday, March 4th, 2006: Symphony Orchestra
8:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, director
- Stravinsky's Firebird Suite
- Brahms' Piano Concerto no. 2 (featuring UR Artist-In-Residence Zora Mihailovich)

Concert IV

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006: Symphony Orchestra with Choirs
8:00 p.m., Palestra
David Harman and L. Brett Scott, directors
featuring Brahms' Requiem

Symphony Orchestra 2004-2005 Season

Concert I

Saturday, October 9th, 2004: Symphony Orchestra and University Choir
8:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, conductor
Zora Mihailovich, piano soloist
Bernstein Overture to West Side Story
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb Major
Verdi Opera Choruses

Concert II

Saturday, December 4th, 2004: Symphony Orchestra
8:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, conductor
J. Williams Selections from E.T., Jurassic Park, and Hook
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2 (London)

Concert III

Thursday, February 24th, 2004: Symphony Orchestra 50th Anniversary Celebration
8:00 p.m., Eastman Theater
David Harman, conductor
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Choral)

Concert IV

Saturday, April 23rd, 2004: Symphony Orchestra
8:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, conductor
Aedan Coffey, piano
Saint-Saens Concerto No. 2 for Piano, mvmt. 1
Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28
Dvorak Symphony No. 8

Symphony Orchestra 2003-2004 Season

Concert I

Meliora Concert.
Saturday, October 11, 2003 Concert 8:00 PM in Strong Auditorium
Zora Mihailovich, piano soloist, U of R Choir, Brett Scott, conductor

• Overture to "Candide" Leonard Bernstein

• Concerto for Piano No. 5, opus 73 Ludwig van Beethoven
  Zora Mihailovich, pianist
  Ms. Mihailovich is Artist in Residence with the U of R Department of Music.

• Gloria Francis Poulenc

Concert II

Saturday, December 6, 2003 Concert 8:00 PM in Strong Auditorium

• La Valse Maurice Ravel

• The Planets Gustav Holst

Concert III

Saturday, March 20, 2004 Concert 8:00 PM in Strong Auditorium

• Roman Carnival Overture Hector BerliozConcerto winner(s) 15-20’

• Symphony No. 2, opus 73 Johannes Brahms

Concert IV

Tuesday, March 23, 2004 Concert 8:00PM at St. Andrew's Church, 923 Portland Ave.

• Berlioz Roman Carnival OvertureHolst "Jupiter" from The Planets

• Brahms Symphony no. 2, opus 73

Concert V
Tuesday, April 27, 2004 Concert 8:00 PM in Strong Auditorium

• Cockaigne Edward ElgarConcerto Winner(s) 10-15’

• Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World") Antonin Dvorak

Symphony Orchestra 2002-2003 Season

Concert I
Meliora Concert. In Memory of and in Tribute to Ward Woodbury.
Saturday, October 12, 2002 7:30 PM in Strong Auditorium
Zora Mihailovich, piano soloist, U of R Chorus, Brett Scott, conductor

• Toccata & fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 J. S. Bach, arr. Stokowski Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C Minor, opus 18 Serge Rachmaninoff
  Zora Mihailovich, pianist
  Ms. Mihailovich is Artist in Residence with the U of R Department of Music.

• Carmina burana Carl Orff

Concert II
Saturday, December 7, 2002 8:00 PM Concert in Strong Auditorium

• Helios Overture, opus 17 Carl Nielsen Peer Gynt: Suite No. 1 Edvard Grieg

• Scheherazade, opus 35 Nicolai Rimisky-Korsakov

Concert III
Saturday, March 1, 2003 Concert 8:00 PM in Strong Auditorium
(Women’s Studies Month)

• Symphonie Fantasie Helen Gunderson
  World Première* Concerto winner(s) 15-20’

• Pictures at an Exhibition Mussorgsky arr. Ravel

Concert IV
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 Tuesday Concert 8 PM in Strong Auditorium

• Cuban Overture George Gershwin Concerto Winner(s) 10-15’

• Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Titan) Gustav Mahler

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Chamber Orchestra 2005-2006 Season

Concert I

Friday, October 21st, 2005: Chamber Orchestra
4:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, director
Kenneth Grant, clarinet solo
- Mozart's Overture to 'The Marriage of Figaro'
- Weber's Concertino for Clarinet, op. 26
- Beethoven's Symphony no. 7

Saturday, November 12th, 2005: Viennese Ball
9:00 p.m., Wilson Commons
David Harman and L. Brett Scott, conductors
Admission $10 in advance/$13 at the door
Tickets available at the Common Market

Concert II

Saturday, December 10th, 2005: Chamber Orchestra
8:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, director
- Ravel's Ma Mere L'Oye
- Mendelssohn's Symphony no. 4 in A (Italian)

Concert III

Friday, February 24th, 2006: Chamber Orchestra with Glee Clubs and Chamber Singers
8:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman and L. Brett Scott, directors
- Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto no. 2 (featuring Andrew Niles)
- Mozart's Symphony no. 40
- Randall Thompson's Frostiana

Concert IV

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006: Chamber Orchestra
8:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, director
- Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf
- Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Dvorak's Three Slavonic Dances

Chamber Orchestra 2004-2005 Season

Concert I

Friday, October 8th, 2004: Music Department Open House featuring the UR Chamber Orchestra
3:30 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, conductor
Douglas Prosser, trumpet soloist

Saturday, October 30th, 2004: Viennese Ball
9:00 p.m., Wilson Commons
David Harman and L. Brett Scott, conductors
Admission $10 in advance/$13 at the door
Tickets available at the Common Market

Concert II

Tuesday, December 7th, 2004: Chamber Orchestra
8:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, conductor

Concert III

Saturday, February 19th, 2004: Chamber Orchestra
8:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, conductor

Concert IV

Saturday, April 9th, 2004: Chamber Orchestra
8:00 p.m., Strong Auditorium
David Harman, conductor

Chamber Orchestra 2003-2004 Season

Concert I
Meliora Weekend.
Friday, October 10, 2003 Concert 3:00 PM in Strong Auditorium

• Overture to "The Barber of Seville" Gioachino RossiniThe Civilian Barber Overture Peter SchickeleThe Unanswered Question Charles Ives

• A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture Felix Mendelssohn

Viennese Ball
Saturday, November 8, 2003 9:00-midnight in Wilson Commons
Admission Price $10 in advance/$13 at the door
A grand formal ball in the Viennese tradition. Dance to the waltzes and polkas of the Strauss family and enjoy the singing of the University Choir. Phone (585) 275-2828 for more information.

Concert II
Tuesday, December 9, 2003 Concert 8:00 PM in Strong Auditorium

• Le Coin des Enfants Claude DebussyJeux des Enfants Georges Bizet

• Symphonic Variations Cesar Franck
  Zora Mihailovich, pianist
  Ms. Mihailovich is Artist-In-Residence with the U of R Department of Music.

Concert III
Saturday, February 21, 2004 Concert 8:00 PM in Strong Auditorium

• Petit Suite Charles GounodVocalise Serge Rachmaninoff

• Symphony No. 103 Franz Josef Haydn

Concert IV
With University Choir
Saturday April 3, 2004 Concert 8:00 PM in Strong Auditorium

• Symphony No. 31 ("Paris") Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Requiem Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Chamber Orchestra 2002-2003 Season

Concert I

Meliora Weekend. Friday, October, 2002 Concert 3 PM

• Piano Concerto no. 20 in D Minor, KV 466 Mozart
  Zora Mihailovich, piano solo

• Appalachian Spring (full orchestra version) Copland

Viennese Ball

Saturday, November 9, 2002 9-midnight
Wilson Commons 9 PM to Midnight Admission Price $12.
A grand formal ball in the Viennese tradition. Dance to the waltzes and polkas of the Strauss family and enjoy the singing of the University choir. Phone (585) 275-2828 for more information.

Concert II

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 8 PM

• The Hebrides, op. 26 (Fingal’s Cave) Mendelssohn Czech suite, op. 39 Dvorak

• Symphony No. 104 (London) Haydn

Concert III

Saturday, February 22, 2003 Concert 8 PM

• Gli uccelli (The Birds) Respighi Masques et Bergamasques, op. 112 Fauré

• Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter), KV 551 Mozart

Concert IV

With University Chorus Saturday April 12, 2003 concert 8 PM

• Leonora Overture No. 1 Beethoven

• Mass in C Major, op. 86 Beethoven