The Consort goes to the Symphony

Monday ~ September 11, 2000     8:00 PM

• Overture to The Barber of Seville ~ Giaochino Rossini (1792-1868)

                Debra Cross, flute; Sherie Aguirre, oboe; F. Gerard Errante, clarinet

                Steven Wilson, bassoon; David Wick, horn

• Symphony No. 94 in G Major "Surprise" (arr. Johann Peter Salomon) ~ Franz Joseph Hayden
  (1732-1809)

  • Adagio cantabile - Vivace assai

  • Andante

  • Menuetto. Allegro molto

  • Finale. Allegro molto

Vahn Armstrong, and Amanda Gates, violin; Leonardo Piemartiri, viola

Janet Kriner, cello; Debra Cross, flute; Allen Shaffer, piano

Intermission

• Till Eulenspiegel - einmal anders! ~ Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Vahn Armstrong, violin; Christopher White, bass; F. Gerard Errante, clarinet

Steven Wilson, bassoon; David Wick, horn

• Symphony (1888) ~ Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Thomas Marshall and Allen Shaffer, piano duet

• The Emperor’s Waltz (arr. Arnold Schoenberg) ~ Johann Strauss (1825-1899)

Vahn Armstrong and Amanda Gates, violin; Leonardo Piemartiri, viola; Janet Kriner, cello; Debra Cross, flute; F. Gerard Errante, clarinet; Allen Shaffer, piano

The Music of Poland

Monday ~ November 20, 2000     8:00PM

• Preludia taneczne (Dance Preludes, 1954)  ~  Witold Lutoslawski (b. 1913)

  • Allegro molto

  • Andantino

  • Allegro giocoso

  • Andante

  • Allegro molto

F. Gerard Errante, clarinet; Charles Woodward, piano

• Selected Songs  ~  Fryderyc Chopin (1810-1849)

Agnes Mobley-Wynne, soprano; Charles Woodward, piano

• La Fontaine d’Arethuse, Opus 30, No. 1 (1915)  ~  Karol Szymanowsky (1882-1937)

Vahn Armstrong, violin; Charles Woodward, piano

Intermission

• Trio in G minor for violin, cello and piano, Opus 8 (1828-29)  ~  Fryderyc Chopin

  • Allegro con fuoco

  • Scherzo: con moto ma non troppo

  • Adagio sostenuto

  • Finale: Allegretto

Vahn Armstrong, violin; Janet Kriner, cello; Christopher Kypros, piano

Felix Mendellshon

Monday ~ February 5, 2001     8:00PM

• Allegro brillant in A Major for piano four hands, Opus 92 (1841)

Thomas Marshall and Allen Shaffer, duo-pianists

• Selected Songs (TBA)

Billye Brown Youmans, soprano; Charles Woodward, piano

• Concert Piece in D minor for clarinet, basset horn and piano, Opus 114 (1833)

  • Presto

  • Andante

  • Aflerteeo grazioso

F. Gerard Errante, clarinet; Dennis Zeisler, basset horn; Charles Woodward, piano
 

Intermission

• Octet in E-flat Major, Opus 20 (1825)

  • Allegro moderato ma con fuoco

  • Andante

  • Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo

  • Presto

Vahn Armstrong, Amanda Gates Armstrong, Ming Hsiu You and Jessica Wakefield, violin; Beverly Baker and Amadi Hummings, viola; Janet Kriner and Leslie Frittelli, cello

The Civil War
This program is sponsored in part by a grant from the
Norfolk Commission for the Arts and Humanities

Monday ~ April 9, 2001     8:00PM

• Old Folks Quadrilles (The Social Orchestra, 1856)  ~  Stephen Foster (1826-1864)

  • Old Folks at Home

  • Oh, boys, carry me ‘long

  • Nelly Bly

  • Farewell my Lilly dear

Amanda Gates Armstrong and Ming Hsiu You, violin; Debra Cross, flute; Janet Kriner, cello

• String Quartet No. 1, "A Revival Service" (1896)  ~  Charles lves (1874-1954)

  • Andante con moto

  • Allegro - Allegro con spirito

  • Adagio cantabile

  • Allegro marziale

Amanda Gates Armstrong and Ming Hsiu You, violin; Amadi Hummings, viola; Janet Kriner, cello

Intermission

• Ces yeux, Célebre Polka de Concert, Opus 66 (1865)  ~  Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)

Thomas Marshall and Allen Shaffer, duo-pianists

• Three Songs from the Civil War

  • Glory! Hallelujah! (1861)  ~  William Steffe

  • All Quiet along the Potomac To-night (1861)  ~  John Hill Hewitt (1801-1890)

  • Tenting on the Old Camp Ground (1864)  ~  Walter Kittredge

Soloist TBA; Allen Shaffer, piano

• A Letter from Nathaniel Giles (1991)  ~  Brian Bevelander

Debra Cross, flute; F. Gerard Errante, clarinet; Amanda Gates Armstrong, violin; Janet Kriner, cello; Oksana Lutsyshyn, piano; Tim Bishop and David Walker, percussion; Dennis Zeisler, conductor