Masterworks I
Triumphant Beginnings

Gleb Ivanov, piano

The 2009-2010 season opens with the celebration of new beginnings- Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Eastern Overture followed by the popular Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story where love triumphs over all.  Emerging Russian start, pianist Gleb Ivanov, whose talent has been called “larger than life,” concludes the evening with the powerful Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
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Masterworks II
Signature Strings

Euclid Quartet

Strings dictate the evening’s musical selections starting with the beautiful Vaughn William’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.  Continuing the string theme is Martinu’s Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra, performed with the “electric” personality of South Bend’s own Euclid Quartet at Indiana University South Bend.  Ending the concert is the romantic Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 2.
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Masterworks III
Scottish Fantasy

Kyoko Takezawa, violin

An evening with a distinctly Scottish flair, complete with bagpiper Sean Meehan, opens with Maxwell Davies’ An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise.  Kyoko Takezawa, one of the most sought after violin soloists, brings her amazing interpretive insight and indisputable talent to Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy- playing with a richness of virtuosic feeling combined with fiery intensity.  The concert concludes with a perennial favorite, Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony No. 3.
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Special Pre-Concert Dinner
6:00 Pm
Fiddler’s Hearth
127 N. Main Street

$25.00 per person for 4 course dinner
$50.00 per person with a ticket to Scottish Fantasy Concert

Masterworks IV
Brahms Requiem

Sara Hibbard, soprano
Philip Kraus, baritone

An evening filled with peace and hope is the theme of this celebration of holiday music featuring Brahms A German Requiem.  Over two hundred combined voices of the Notre Dame Glee Club, the Notre Dame Chorale, The Notre Dame Liturgical Chorale, The Notre Dame Women’s Liturgical Chorale and St. Mary’s Women’s Choir join in Brahms greatest choral composition.
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Masterworks V
Grande Finale

James Tocco, piano

Ending the season in grand style is our salute to the season with Morton Gould’s Cheers!  A Celebration March, and the magnificent favorite, “Emperor” Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5.  Renowned pianist, orchestra soloist and chamber music performer, James Tocco, joins the orchestra for this memorable performance.  The evening finishes with Stravinsky’s beloved Petrouchka..
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