Valero Classics Concerts
VALERO CLASSICS SERIES HIGHLIGHTS:
The Valero Classics Series will feature fabulous works by some of the most renowned composers of all time! Opening night features Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 along with the Mastersingers and terrific soloists. Our winter festival, Las Américas, features music of composers from North and South America, including Gershwin, Bernstein and many others. Other season highlights include Brahms’s monumental Piano Concerto No. 1 performed by Peter Serkin and Rachmaninoff’s captivating Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini performed by Olga Kern. Violin sensation Sarah Chang will perform Bruch’s romantic Violin Concerto No. 1. The season concludes with Mahler’s compelling Symphony No. 1, “Titan.” This season spotlights superb artists: marvelous pianists, amazing singers, a remarkable cellist, three dynamic violin soloists, including our own extraordinary concertmaster, Eric Gratz, performing Barber’s Violin Concerto.
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* denotes Sunday Sampler performances below.
OVATION 7-CONCERT SERIES
BEETHOVEN’S NINTH - Sponsored by The Nordan Trust
Sept. 18 & 19, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
* Sept. 20, 2015, 2:00 p.m.
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Schoenberg A Survivor from Warsaw
Beethoven Symphony No. 9, “Choral”
BEETHOVEN’S EMPEROR - Sponsored by the SA Symphony League
Nov. 20 & 21, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
* Nov. 22, 2015, 2:00 p.m.
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Sibelius Symphony No. 1
AMERICAN CELLO
January 22 & 23, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
John Axelrod, conductor
Christine Lamprea, cello
Piazzolla Tangazo
Jeffrey Mumford of fields unfolding . . . echoing
depths of resonant light (World Premiere)
John Adams El Dorado
Bernstein Divertimento
The appearance of Ms. Lamprea is co-sponsored by TMI - The Episcopal School of Texas.
FROM BERNSTEIN TO PIAZZOLLA
February 5 & 6, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Juan Pablo Jofre, bandoneón
Billings……………..Chester
Schuman…………..From New England Triptych
………………………………III. Chester
Bernstein………….Chichester Psalms
Piazzolla …………..Aconcagua, Concerto for Bandoneón
Bernstein…………..On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite
Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2
RACHMANINOFF - Sponsored by Fidelity
March 25 & 26, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
Berlioz Le Corsaire Overture
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony
The appearance of Ms. Olga Kern is sponsored by Carol Lee Klose and Carolyn A. Seale, in memory of Ruth Jean Gurwitz.
MOZART FOR FLUTE AND HARP
April 29 & 30, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Martha Conwell Long, flute | Rachel Ferris, harp
Smetana Šárka
Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp
Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen Suite
Dvořák Scherzo Capriccioso
SARAH CHANG—BRUCH VIOLIN CONCERTO
May 20 & 21, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Gabriel Feltz, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
Tchaikovsky The Tempest
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1
The appearance of Ms. Sarah Chang is sponsored by the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts
APPLAUSE 7-CONCERT SERIES
DAPHNIS AND CHLOE
November 13 & 14, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
D’Drum, percussion ensemble
Stewart Copeland Gamelan D’Drum
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
Sponsored by the Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation in memory of Col. Joe B. Tye, Jr.
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
Jan. 15 & 16, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
* Jan. 17, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Vincent Balse, piano
Gershwin Cuban Overture
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Ellington The Essential Ellington: Music of Ellington and Strayhorn
Gershwin Variations on I Got Rhythm
Ellington Harlem
Gershwin Catfish Row Symphonic Suite
BARBER VIOLIN CONCERT
January 29 & 30, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Eric Gratz, violin
Copland El salón México
Barber Violin Concerto
Catán Florencia en el Amazonas Orchestra Suite
Barber Medea’s Dance of Vengeance
BRAHMS 1ST PIANO CONCERTO
March 4 & 5, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Peter Serkin, piano
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
Detlev Glanert Three American Preludes
Schumann Symphony No. 4
IL TROVATORE
***Thu., March 31 / Sat., April 2, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Symphony Mastersingers — John Silantien, director
Julianna Di Giacomo, soprano
Kara Smoot, soprano
Dolora Zajick, mezzo-soprano
Issachah Savage, tenor
Thomas Soto, tenor
Lester Lynch, baritone
Peixin Chen, bass
Verdi Il trovatore (concert version)
SAINT-SAËNS PIANO CONCERTO
May 6 & 7, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Akiko Fujimoto, conductor
Martina Filjak, piano
Delius, arr. Beecham…..A Walk to the Paradise Garden
Bizet…………………………..Symphony in C
Saint-Saëns…………………Piano Concerto No. 2
Franck………………………..Le Chasseur maudit
Sponsored by the Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation
MAHLER’S TITAN
June 3 & 4, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
* June 5, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Mahler Symphony No. 1, “Titan”
Concert musicians sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Butler
