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The Columbia Orchestra's
2007-2008 Concert Season

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    Classical Concert 1
    Tchaikovsky’s Fourth
    Saturday, October 20, 2007
    7:30 PM, Jim Rouse Theatre

Our anniversary season starts with this magnificent Bach concerto, the first work ever performed by the orchestra! Tchaikovsky explores the themes of fate and destiny in one of his most enduring symphonies in a program also featuring Maryland horn virtuoso Larry Williams.


Johann Sebastian Bach ----- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Richard Strauss ----- Horn Concerto No. 1
Larry Williams, horn
Pyotr Tchaikovsky –---- Symphony No.4

Jason Love, conductor



    Chamber Concert
    Friday, November 2, 2007
    8:00 PM, Christ Episcopal Church

Hear the members of the orchestra up close playing great music in small ensembles. This FREE concert features music by Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn. Mozart, Persichetti, a new work by the orchestra's new principal bassoonist, Monica De Leon.


Ludwig van Beethoven ----- String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Trad., arr. John Reed ----- Scarborough Fair / Canticle
Robin Strempek, Marlene Browne, violins
Chris Gosper, viola · Carolyn Ginnever, cello

Franz Joseph Haydn ----- Duet for Cello and Bass
Julie Wood, cello · Jonathan Manning, bass

Vincent Persichetti ----- Pastoral
Jacques Ibert ----- Three Short Pieces
Monica De Leon ----- Wind Quintet
Patuxent Winds
Steven Haaser, flute · Deborah Layton, oboe
Ken Caputo, clarinet · Cally Messick, horn · Monica De Leon, bassoon

Johannes Brahms ----- String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Paul Li, Catherine Ann Kraft, violins
David Zajic, viola · Arthur Fleming, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ----- Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478
Elaine Newhall, flute · Karen Hopkinson, clarinet
Dave Pumplin, cello · Sue Pumplin, piano




    Classical Concert 2
    Ganz Plays Brahms
    Saturday, December 1, 2007
    7:30 PM, Jim Rouse Theatre

World-Renowned Howard County native Brian Ganz returns to the orchestra to perform one of Brahms’s most bold and emotional masterpieces. And Charles Ives explores our musical heritage through everything from sacred hymns to “Turkey in the Straw” in this most American of symphonies.

Charles Ives ----- Symphony No. 2
Johannes Brahms ----- Concerto No. 1
Brian Ganz, piano

Jason Love, conductor



    Young People's Concert
    Saturday, January 12, 2008
    12:30 PM & 3:00 PM, Jim Rouse Theatre
    With the Peabody Violin Choir – Christian Tremblay, Director

For the classical music fan in training! Featuring Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, the young musicians of the Peabody Violin Choir and your chance to play the instruments of the orchestra at our instrument petting zoo.

Don't miss the 1:30-3:00 Musical Instrument Petting Zoo for a chance to hear, touch and play musical instruments!


Jason Love, conductor



    Symphonic Pops
    Saturday, February 16, 2008
    7:30 PM, Jim Rouse Theatre
    with Theresa Bickham, Stephen Cramer, voices

A salute to Stephen Sondheim, greatest hits from Rodgers and Hammerstein, highlights from Grieg’s Peer Gynt, and great film music from Pirates of the Caribbean to Psycho. The program will also feature the local premiere of Deus Ex Machina by Maryland composer Mark Lortz.


Jason Love, conductor



    Chamber Concert
    Saturday March 8, 2008
    7:30 PM, Christ Episcopal Church

Hear the members of the orchestra up close playing great music in small ensembles. And it is FREE.





    lassical Concert 3
    Embracing the Millions: A Community Arts Project
    Saturday, April 5, 2008
    7:30 PM, Jim Rouse Theatre
            AND
    Sunday, April 6, 2008
    3:00 PM, Jim Rouse Theatre

Is Beethoven’s vision of a universal brotherhood possible in the 21st century? Regional performers, artists, and students explore the urgent questions raised by the world’s most famous symphony throughout the season culminating this concert. Visit www.embracingthemillions.org to learn more and participate in the experience.

Margaret Boudreaux ----- Come My Friends
Arr. Moses Hogan ----- The Battle of Jericho
The McDaniel College Choir

Arr. Joseph Flummerfelt ----- Danny Boy
Ysaye Barnwell ----- We Are
Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County

Scenes from William Shakepeare’s King Lear and As You Like It, plus Alexander Ostrovsky’s The Forest
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Ludwig van Beethoven ----- Symphony No. 9
Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County
The McDaniel College Choir
Peabody Children's Chorus
Lori Hultgren , soloist
Kyle Engler ,soloist
Richard Crawley, soloist
Robert Burner, soloist


Jason Love, conductor




    Chamber Concert
    Friday May 9, 2008
    8:00 PM, Christ Episcopal Church

Hear the members of the orchestra up close playing great music in small ensembles. And it is FREE.





    Classical Concert 4
    Pictures at an Exhibition
    Saturday, May 31, 2008
    7:30 PM, Jim Rouse Theatre

We commemorate our 30th anniversary season in the Jim Rouse Theatre performing music by his nephew, Christopher Rouse. Howard County’s greatest young talent is on display as we feature the winners of our Young Artist Competition and we finish the year with the masterpiece with which Maestro Love christened his tenure with the orchestra, Pictures at an Exhibition.


Christopher Rouse ----- Rapture

Modest Mussorgsky ----- Pictures at an Exhibition

Edouard Lalo ----- 1st movement of Symphonie Espagnole
Alan Zhang, violin
Winner of the 2008 Columbia Orchestra Young Artist Competition Junior Division

Camille Saint-Saens ----- Introduction and Rondo Cappriccioso
Brian Kim, violin
Winner of the 2008 Columbia Orchestra Young Artist Competition Senior Division


Jason Love, conductor




    Chamber Concert
    Sunday, June 22, 2008
    3:00 PM, Christ Episcopal Church

Violinist Brenda Anna, pianist Nancy Smith, and cellist Jason Love perform a program including Maurice Ravel's Piano Trio and the Trio No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich. And it is FREE.






Programs subject to change

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