Cornell Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, September 30, 2007, 3:00 PM

Bailey Hall, Cornell University

Program:

• Leoš Janáček: Suite for Strings (CCO)
• Osvaldo Golijov: Last Round (CCO)
• Christopher Rouse: Bump from Phantasmata (CSO)
• Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 (CSO)

Details:

Joint concert with the Cornell Chamber Orchestra (CCO).

Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 7:00 PM

Bailey Hall, Cornell University

Program:

• Adam Glaser: March of the Little Goblins (CSO & ISO)
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre (ISO)
• Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (CSO)
• Hector Berlioz: March to the Scaffold from Symphonie fantastique (ISO)
• John Williams: Duel of the Fates from Star Wars (CSO & ISO)

Details:

Joint concert with the Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra (ISO). Costumes highly encouraged.

Sunday, December 2, 2007, 8:00 PM

Bailey Hall, Cornell University

Program:

• J.S. Bach: Double Concerto for Two Keyboards, BWV 1060, featuring Mike Lee and Chi-Chen Wu (CCO)
• Paul Leary: Do We See the Trends of Our Time? for Beatboxer and Orchestra, featuring Adam Matta (World Premiere) (CCO)
• Chris Gendall: Holy Rollers, for Turntable and Orchestra, featuring DJ Dubble8 (World Premiere) (CSO)
• Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (CSO)

Details:

Joint concert with the Cornell Chamber Orchestra (CCO).

1:00 - 4:00 PM: Preliminary Round

8:00 PM: Final Round

Details:

Visit the competition page for details. Entrants should take note of the competition guidelines.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 8:00 PM

Bailey Hall, Cornell University

Program:

• Evan Chambers: Old Burying Ground
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Details:

The Cornell Orchestras present a guest ensemble, the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra with Director of Orchestral Studies Kenneth Kiesler.

Sunday, March 9, 2008, 3:00 PM

Bailey Hall, Cornell University

Program:

• Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 with Jian Liu, violin
• Marc Mellits: Jacob's Ladder from Brick
• George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Symphonic Picture (Robert Russell Bennett) (CUWS)

Details:

Cynthia Johnston Turner guest-conducts this joint concert with the Cornell University Wind Symphony (CUWS).

Composer Website: Marc Mellits.

Saturday, May 3, 2008, 8:00 PM

Bailey Hall, Cornell University

Program:

• Norbert Palej: Berceuse, 1940
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
• Vasily Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor

Details:

With guest conductor Cynthia Johnston Turner.