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Local Performances on 88.5 WFDD
2011-2012 Season
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
8:00 pm


(War Memorial Auditorium, January, 2012)
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
Sergey Antonov, cello

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

Tchaikovsky: Pezzo Capriccioso for cello

Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello

Rachmaninov: Vocalise

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)
Sunday, March 18, 2012
8:00 pm


(Stevens Center, January, 2012)
Winston-Salem Symphony
Robert Moody, Conductor
Elizabeth Pacheco Rose, soprano
Brooks Whitehouse, cello


Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

Ernest Bloch: Schelomo

Rossini: Overture to "William Tell"

Shostakovich: Symphony #1
Sunday, April 22, 2012
8:00 pm
Bel Canto Company
Sunday, April 29, 2012
8:00 pm


(War Memorial Auditorium, February, 2012)
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin & conductor

Bach: Orchestral Suite in b minor

Handel: Water music

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Sunday, May 6, 2012
8:00 pm


(Stevens Center, March, 2012)
Winston-Salem Symphony
Philip Mann, guest conductor
Jeff Nelsen, horn

Kevin Puts: Inspiring Beethoven

Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto #2

Beethoven: Symphony #5
Past broadcasts: 2011-2012 season
Sunday, August 7, 2011
8:00 pm


(Recorded July 2, 2011 in Dana Auditorium, Guilford College)
Eastern Festival Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

Pierre Jalbert: Elegy

W.A. Mozart: Parto, ma tu bene mio

G.F. Handel: Ombra mai fu

Georges Bizet: Carmen suite #1

Georges Bizet: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Georges Bizet: Pres des remparts de Sevilla

Franz Lehar: Vilja Lied

Johannes Brahms: Symphony #2 in D Major
Sunday, August 14, 2011
8:00 pm


(Recorded July 9th, 2011 in Dana Auditorium, Guilford College)
Eastern Festival Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

Richard Strauss: Don Juan

Peter Boyer: Festivities

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto #1 in g minor

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony #5 in d minor
Sunday, August 21, 2011
8:00 pm


(Recorded July 16th, 2011 in Dana Auditorium, Guilford College)
Eastern Festival Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Andre Watts, piano

Michael Hersch: a sheltered corner

Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in g minor, op.25

Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 "Emperor"
Sunday, September 4, 2011
8:00 pm


(Recorded July 23rd, 2011 in Dana Auditorium, Guilford College)
Eastern Festival Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin

Philip Rothman: Starsplitter

Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in d minor

Schumann: Symphony #4 in d minor
Sunday, September 11, 2011
8:00 pm


(Recorded at the Stevens Center, May, 2011 by Media Production Associates)
Winston-Salem Symphony
Robert Moody, conductor

Beethoven: Symphony #6 in F

Verdi: Overture to "The Force of Destiny"

Paul Hindemith: Symphony Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

Rossini: Overture to "The Barber of Seville"
Sunday, September 18, 2011
8:00 pm


(Recorded at War Memorial Auditorium in May, 2011 by Media Production Associates)
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
Choral Society of Greensboro
Carla LeFevre, soprano
Clara O'Brien, mezzo soprano
Robert Bracey, tenor
Donald Hartmann, bass


Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5

Mozart: Requiem in d minor
Sunday, September 25, 2011
8:00 pm


(Thanks to Media Production Associates for providing the recordings for this broadcast.)
Bel Canto Company

Donald McCullough: "Is Not a Flower a Mystery?"
Dr. Welborn Young, conductor

Frank Ticheli: "There Will Be Rest"
Dr. Welborn Young, conductor

Gabriel Faure: Requiem
John Rutter, conductor
Sunday, October 9, 2011
8:00 pm


(Stevens Center, September, 2011)
Winston-Salem Symphony
Robert Moody, conductor
Orion Weiss, piano

Paul Dukas: Fanfare from "La Peri"

Grieg: Piano Concerto in a minor

Brahms: Symphony no.4
Sunday, November 6, 2011
8:00 pm


(War Memorial Auditorium, September, 2011)
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
Lukas Geniusas, piano

Felix Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in e minor

Mark O'Connor: Overture: Queen Anne's Revenge (World Premiere)

Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Sunday, November 13, 2011
8:00 pm


(Stevens Center, October, 2011)
Winston-Salem Symphony
Robert Moody, conductor
Steven Moeckel, violin

Vaughan Williams: Overture to The Wasps

Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee

He / Chen: The Butterfly Lovers Concerto

Dvorak: Symphony no.7
Sunday, January 8, 2012
8:00 pm


(Stevens Center, November, 2011)
Winston-Salem Symphony
Robert Moody, conductor
Winston-Salem Symphony Chorale John McVeigh, Evangelist Laurence Albert, Jesus Kathryn Mueller, soprano Mary Gayle Greene, mezzo-soprano Daniel Stein, tenor Sidney Outlaw, baritone

J.S. Bach: St. John Passion
Sunday, January 15, 2012
8:00 pm


(War Memorial Auditorium, November, 2011)
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
Ray Chen, violin

Bedrich Smetana: The Moldau

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in g minor

Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No.8 in G Major

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