Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. Guest conducted by music director candidate Kevin Rhodes.
Masterworks
Scheherazade!
Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, Ravel’s Shéhérazade, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade
Tchaikovsky’s Passionate Piano Concerto
Barber’s Selection from Medea, Ballet Suite, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Bartók’s Divertimento for Strings, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, and Haydn’s Symphony No. 94, “Surprise”
Valentine’s Romance!
Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Elgar’s Cello Concerto, and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1
Music Director Inaugural
Works to be selected by the Music Director-Designate
Beethoven & Brahms
Hindemith’s Konzertmusik for Strings and Brass, Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, and Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky’s Fourth
Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Gryc’s Harmonia Mundi: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (World Premiere) and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.
Edward Cumming’s Finale
Montague’s Requiem (U.S. Premiere) and Berlioz’s Te Deum