September 26 & 27, 2009 Ciao Bella VERDI - Overture to "Nabucco" ALBINONI - Adagio for Strings in g minor ROTA - Bassoon Concerto - Elizabeth Roberts, bassoon MENDELSSOHN - Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 "Italian"

October 8, 2009 Youth Concerts Beethoven: Back to the Future Our popular annual event is especially designed for schools and young students. This year’s program, Beethoven: Back to the Future, will present Beethoven's life, his music, his challenges and his victories. Beethoven's character will be portrayed by Professor Richard Warner of UVA's Department of Drama. For more information, call 434-924-6505. Sponsored by BAMA WORKS FUND OF DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

November 7 & 8, 2009 Vive la France DURUFLÉ - Requiem - Michael Slon, conductor, with UVA's University Singers DEBUSSY - Danses Sacred and Profane - Anastasia Jellison, harp DEBUSSY - La Mer Sponsored by McGUIREWOODS

sponsored by: December 5 & 6, 2009 Family Holiday Concerts Featuring the highly praised University Singers, this festive celebration has become a new holiday tradition in Charlottesville. Michael Slon, conducting. (Both concerts at Old Cabell Hall)

January 30, 2010 The Chamber Orchestra of Charlottesville BRITTEN - Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings - Joseph Gaines, tenor, and Ian Zook, horn ELGAR - Serenade for Strings HAYDN - Symphony No. 104, "London" Sponsored by SAGE PHYSICS & ENGINEERING (This concert at Old Cabell Hall)

February 13 & 14, 2010 Heartland of Europe KODÁLY - Galanta Dances CHOPIN - Piano Concerto No. 2 - Mimi Tung, piano PÄRT - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten PANUFNIK - Sinfonia Sacra

March 27 & 28, 2010 English Variations BRITTEN - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations on a Theme of Purcell) VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis ELGAR - Enigma Variations, Opus 36

April 24 & 25, 2010 The New World BARBER - Essay No. 2 for Orchestra, Opus 17 SHATIN - Jefferson, In His Own Words (premiere) DVORÁK - Symphony No. 9 in e minor, Opus 95, "From the New World"

Programs and artists subject to change.