CONCERTS

2011-2012 Season: BRIDGES

Symphony Under the Stars

This event will not be held in 2011-12.

 

September 30 & October 2, 2011
Bridges Across Traditions

ANTONIN DVORÁK - Carneval Overture, Opus 92
JOHANNES BRAHMS - Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor - David Colwell, Violin and Adam Carter, Cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Opus 55, Eroica

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This concert is sponsored by Bank of America.

 

October 20, 2011
Youth Concerts

Close Encounters of the Orchestral Kind

Our popular annual event is especially designed for 4th and 5th grade students. This year’s program, Close Encounters of the Orchestral Kind, tells the story of Alvin the Alien who falls out of the Big Dipper and lands in Old Cabell Hall, encountering an orchestra for the first time.  For more information, call 434-924-6505.

This concert is sponsored by The Bama Works Fund in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF), the Mr. and Mrs. James L. Brown Fund for Youth Concerts and Bailey Printing, Inc.

 

November 19 & 20, 2011
Bridges Across Time

LEONARD BERNSTEIN - Chichester Psalms - The University Singers with Ben Elliott, treble
IGOR STRAVINSKY- Symphony of Psalms - The University Singers
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY- Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Opus 17, Little Russian

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December 3 & 4, 2011
Family Holiday Concerts

Featuring the highly praised University Singers, this festive celebration has become a holiday tradition in Charlottesville. Michael Slon, Conductor.
(Both concerts at Old Cabell Hall)

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February 11 & 12, 2012
Bridges Across Generations

GIOACHINO ROSSINI - Overture to William Tell
JOHANN STRAUSS - Overture to Die Fledermaus
Plus, timeless solos and duets from Carmen, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly and more with soprano Jennifer Lynn Waters and tenor Gerard Powers.

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March 24 & 25, 2012
Bridges Across Genres

LEONARD BERNSTEIN - 3 Dance Episodes from On the Town
AARON COPLAND - The Red Pony Suite
GEORGE GERSHWIN - Rhapsody in Blue - Michael Mizrahi, Piano
GEORGE GERSHWIN - An American in Paris

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This concert is sponsored by Sage Physics & Engineering.

 

 

April 21 & 22, 2012
Bridges Across Hemispheres

JEAN SIBELIUS - Swan of Tuonela
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Tuba Concerto in F minor - Seth Cook, Tuba
JEAN SIBELIUS - Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 43

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This concert is sponsored by McGuireWoods LLP