Classical Saturday B Series

8 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

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

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

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
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
HAILSTORK Earthrise

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

8 concerts available
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