Classical Series
Copland
LINCOLN PORTRAIT
Saturday, October
10, 2009
8PM,
Anderson Center Concert Theater
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Tim Gleason,
narrator
Haydn Symphony No. 45 Farewell
Copland Lincoln Portrait
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Composer Aaron Copland used the words of Lincoln
to sketch an inspiring portrait of courage and
steadfastness for America as it endured World War
II. His Lincoln Portrait is here paired
with two symphonic masterpieces which were also
composed to make a political statement: Haydn’s
Farewell Symphony and Shostakovich’s
Symphony No. 5.
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Beethoven
9TH
Sunday November 15, 2009
3PM, Anderson Center
Concert Theater
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Binghamton University Chorus
Bruce Borton, director
Esther Heideman, soprano
Jenni Bank, mezzo-soprano
Mark Thomsen, tenor
Jake Gardner, baritone
Brahms Schicksalslied
Beethoven Symphony No. 9,
Choral
Twenty years ago, shortly after the Berlin Wall
fell in November 1989, Beethoven’s Ninth
Symphony was performed in Berlin to celebrate
the peaceful victory of freedom over tyranny. We
mark this important anniversary with Beethoven’s
hymn to universal joy and brotherhood and Brahms’
powerful Song of Destiny.
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Barber
VIOLIN CONCERTO
Saturday, January 23, 2010
8PM, Anderson Center Concert Theater
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Jennifer Koh, violin
Arriaga - Los Esclavos Felices Overture
Barber - Violin Concerto
Mozart - Ascanio in Alba Overture
Schubert - Symphony No. 2
This concert celebrates the youthful creativity
of four musical prodigies. All of the works on the
program were written before their composers turned
30. Samuel Barber’s hauntingly lyrical Violin
Concerto will be performed by the dynamic Jennifer
Koh (winner of the 1994 International Tchaikovsky
Competition).
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Rachmaninoff
THIRD
Saturday, March 20, 2010
8PM, Anderson Center Concert Theater
José-Luis Novo, conductor
John Nakamatsu, piano
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto Op. 30
Sibelius - Symphony No. 2
Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Jon Nakamatsu makes his
first appearance with the Binghamton Philharmonic
performing Rachmaninoff’s epic Third Piano Concerto.
The concert concludes with Sibelius’ exquisitely
Romantic Symphony No. 2.
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