Classical Saturday A Series

14 concerts available

Joshua Bell

Sat., Sep. 29 8:00 PM

Leonard Slatkin, conductor  
Joshua Bell, violin   
Sasha Cooke, mezzo soprano   

BERNSTEIN Divertimento for Orchestra
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, "Jeremiah"
BERNSTEIN Serenade

Slatkin Conducts Bolero

Sat., Oct. 13 8:00 PM

Leonard Slatkin, conductor  
Gabriela Montero, piano   

COPLAND Dance Panels, A Ballet in Seven Sections
RAVEL Concerto in G major for Piano and Orchestra
COPLAND El Salón México
COPLAND Danzon Cubano
RAVEL Boléro

The Romance of Rachmaninoff

Sat., Oct. 20 8:00 PM

Leonard Slatkin, conductor  
Olga Kern, piano   

RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead
RACHMANINOFF Caprice bohémien

Rodeo!

Sat., Nov. 10 8:00 PM

Leonard Slatkin, conductor  
Robert Williams, bassoon   

COPLAND Rodeo
WILLIAMS The Five Sacred Trees: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 1

Romeo & Juliet

Sat., Dec. 8 8:00 PM

Susanna Mälkki, conductor  
Leila Josefowicz, violin   

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
ADÈS Violin Concerto (Concentric Paths)
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet

Elgar's "Enigma"

Sat., Jan. 19 8:00 PM

Mark Wigglesworth, conductor  
Robert deMaine, cello   

BRITTEN Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
ELGAR Enigma Variations

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

Sat., Feb. 2 8:00 PM

James Gaffigan, conductor  
Ray Chen, violin   

ROSSINI Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri
HAYDN Symphony No. 104, "London"
MENDELSSOHN Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

The Beethoven Symphonies: 3 & 8

Sat., Feb. 9 8:00 PM

Leonard Slatkin, conductor  

Beethoven's Ninth

Sat., Feb. 23 8:00 PM

Leonard Slatkin, conductor  
UMS Choral Union, chorus   
Joni Henson, soprano   
Kelley O'Connor, mezzo soprano   
Jason Grant, bass-baritone   
Vale Rideout, tenor   

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
BEETHOVEN Selections from The Creatures of Prometheus
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, "Choral"

Classical Roots

Sat., Mar. 9 8:00 PM

Leonard Slatkin, conductor  
Brazeal Dennard Chorale, chorus   
Eric Owens, bass-baritone   
Vanguard Voices, chorus   

JOHNSON "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"
WAGNER "Wotan's Farewell" from Die Walkure
LEE, III Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula
WAGNER "Die Frist ist um" from The Flying Dutchman
HAILSTORK Earthrise

"Rite of Spring" Centennial

Sat., Mar. 16 8:00 PM

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor  

STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

Karen Gomyo Plays Britten

Sat., Apr. 6 8:00 PM

Andrew Grams, conductor  
Karen Gomyo, violin   

BACH Ricercare No. 2 from Musical Offering
BRITTEN Violin Concerto No. 1
MOZART Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"

The Planets

Sat., May 4 8:00 PM

John Storgårds, conductor  
Rafal Blechacz, piano   
Women of the Michigan State University Chorale and State Singers, women's chorus   

LIGETI Lontano for Orchestra
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2
HOLST The Planets

Andre Watts

Sat., June 1 8:00 PM

Leonard Slatkin, conductor  
André Watts, piano   

MISSY MAZZOLI River Rouge Transfiguration (World Premiere & Lebenbom Award Winner)
MACDOWELL Piano Concerto No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

14 concerts available
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