TIMELESS MUSIC FOR OUR TIME.
As a Classical subscriber, treat yourself to seven Saturday evenings of the symphonic music you love, including five outstanding piano concerti and Metropolitan Opera star Samuel Ramey.
CLASSICAL SERIES SCHEDULE
7 Saturday Evening Concerts
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OCT. 3, 2009 - 8:00 PM
ADAM GOLKA, PIANO Sponsored by SD Symphony League
Adam Golka, 2009 Max I. Allen Classical Fellow, is one of today's most promising young pianists. Watch him light up the Symphony stage with Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3. .
Repertoire:
Brahms - Symphony No. 3
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3
Reich - Clapping Music
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NOV. 21, 2009 - 8:00 PM MAGDALENA MODZELEWSKA, VIOLIN ZARINA STEPANOVA, PIANO Magdalena Modzelewska, second principal violinist, performs with the percussion section in Lou Harrison's Suite for Violin and American Gamelan, while Zarina Stepanova, a Sioux Falls native and graduate of the Eastman School of Music, showcases the music of Mozart.
Repertoire:
Harrison - Suite for Violin and American Gamelan
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 15
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JAN. 16, 2010 - 8:00 PM A Date with the Devil Sponsored by RBC Wealth Management
Samuel Ramey, the foremost interpreter of bass-baritone operatic repertoire in the world, joins the Symphony to perform his sell-out concert, A Date with the Devil. .
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FEB. 6, 2010 - 8:00 PM ANNUAL MAHLER CELEBRATION Continuing its annual Mahler festival, the South Dakota Symphony presents Symphony No. 5, one of Gustav Mahler's best-known and most loved works. .
Repertoire:
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
Sakiko Ohashi, pianist
Mahler - Symphony No. 5
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FEB. 27, 2010 - 8:00 PM
EMANUELE ARCIULI, PIANO Sponsored by Sioux Falls Surgical Hospital, LLP
Innovative performer and recording artist Emanuele Arciuli joins the SDSO to perform works by American composer Michael Daugherty and Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. .
Repertoire:
Daugherty - Deus ex Machina
Daugherty - Le Tombeau de Liberace
Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Overture
Stravinsky - Suite from "The Firebird" 1919
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MAR. 20, 2010 - 8:00 PM
ALESSIO BAX, PIANO Sponsored by Avera McKennan
Following his wildly successful SDSO debut last season, renowned pianist Alessio Bax returns to the Symphony to perform Beethoven's Emperor concerto. Mr. Bax and his wife, Lucille Chung, will also perform a work for two pianos and orchestra by American composer John Adams. .
Repertoire:
Adams - Grand Pianola Music
Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
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MAY 1, 2010 - 7:30 PM
PAUL SANCHEZ, PIANO After performing throughout the U.S., Germany and Spain, Sioux Falls native Paul Sanchez returns to play a concerto for piano and orchestra by Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo. Orff's dramatic Carmina Burana, featured in films such as Excaliber and The Hunt for Red October, concludes our symphonic season. . .
Repertoire:
Orff - Carmina Burana
Rodrigo - Piano Concerto
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