University City Symphony Orchestra – Programs by Season

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The University City Symphony Orchestra is a non-profit community orchestra located in the St. Louis area. This is a partial listing of its programs during its 40+ year existence:

2007-2008 season

The 2007–2008 season has been announced and will consist of the following dates and repertoire:

March 30, 2008

  • Two Latino Sketches 2004 - Benjamin
  • Mid America Overture - Chamberlin
  • Winners of the William Schatzkamer Young Artists Competition

March 7–9, 2008

  • Peter and the Wolf - Prokofiev

February 3, 2008

  • Das Lied von der Erde - Mahler

November 11, 2007

  • Prometheus Overture - Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 26 "Lamentation" - Haydn
  • Sinfonia Concertante - Mozart

October 7, 2007

  • Concerto No. 1 - Rachmaninoff
  • Háry Yános Suite - Kodály

2006-2007 season

February 4 & 11, 2007

  • Prelude to Die Meistersinger - Wagner
  • Suite - "English Folk Songs" - Vaughan Williams
  • Concerto for Oboe in C Major - Mozart
    • Dr. John L. Walker-oboe
  • Fantasia in C minor - Beethoven
    • Rekha Dravina-piano
    • St. Charles Community College Choir-Jan Parker, director
    • East Central College Choir-Arturo Gonzalez, director

October 8, 2006

  • Variations on "America" - Ives-Schuman
  • Hungarian Rhapsody - Popper
    • Monica Godbee-cello
  • Knoxville: Summer of 1915 - Barber
    • Gretchen Hewitt-soprano
  • Symphony No. 2 in E minor - Rachmaninov
    • III Adagio
    • IV Allegro Vivace

2002-2003 season

March 23, 2003

  • Concerto in D Major for Guitar and Strings - Vivaldi/Pujol
    • Kirk Hanser-guitar
  • Variations on Vivaldi's Guitar Concerto - Reuter
    • Kirk Hanser-guitar
  • Concierto de Aranjuez - Rodrigo
    • John McClellan-guitar
  • 1492 Overture - Reuter
    • Kirk Hanser-guitar
  • Capriccio espagnol - Rimsky-Korsakov

2001-2002 season

April 28, 2002

  • Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - Mendelssohn
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, No. 2 - Shostakovitch
    • Sarah Stoltzfus-piano
  • Overture to William Tell - Rossini
  • Shéhérazade, Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra - Ravel
    • Kellie Gregg-soprano
  • Othello Overture - Dvořák

1998-1999 season

April 25, 1999

  • Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Tunes - Liszt
    • Queena Chi-piano
  • Zigeunerweisen - Sarasate
    • Tessa Ruth Gotman-violin
  • Hungarian Rhapsody - Popper
    • Ryan Murphy-cello
  • An American in Paris - Gershwin
  • Lincoln Portrait - Copland
    • Rev. William Gillespie-narrator

1993-1994 season

December 5, 1993

  • Overture to Candide - Bernstein
  • Suite in A for Orchestra, Op. 98b - Dvořák
  • Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 11 - Enescu
  • Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64 - Mendelssohn
    • Takaoki Sugitani-violin

1992-1993 season

February 7, 1993

  • Overture to Martha - von Flotow
  • Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 - Shostakovich
  • Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra - Brahms
    • Adrian Walker-violin
    • Dianne Wachsman-cello

November 22, 1992

  • Overture to The Merry Wives of WindsorNicolai
  • Melodies from the opera La bohèmePuccini
  • Two Slavonic Dances, Op. 46. Nos. 3 and 8Dvořák
  • Concertino in E-flat for Clarinet and OrchestraWeber (Paul Garritson, clarinet)
  • Highlights from Bye Bye BirdieStrouse
  • South Pacific: Symphonic ScenarioRodgers

1991-1992 season

February 9, 1992

  • Russian Easter Overture - Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra - Tchaikovsky
    • Gena Taylor-cello
  • Scheherazade - Rimsky-Korsakov

November 3, 1991

  • Procession of the Nobles (from Mlada) - Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107 "Reformation" - Mendelssohn
  • Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104 - Dvořák
    • Aleksander Ciechanski-cello