A FULL RANGE OF MUSIC.
As an Imperial subscriber, you can look forward to ten Saturday evenings filled with the elegance of the piano, as well as symphonic music and the sparkle of pops.
IMPERIAL SERIES SCHEDULE
10 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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OCT. 31, 2009 - 8:00 PM
ANGELINA GADELIYA, PIANO
Stage Fright: A Scary Music Night
Sponsored by SDN Communications
Children and adults of all ages are invited to arrive in costume for this trick-or-treat suite. The orchestra will feature music from the Harry Potter films, along with Sioux Falls native and former South Dakota Symphony member Angelina Gadeliya playing Liszt's spooky composition, Totentanz. Repertoire:
Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice
Dance Macabre, played by Doosook Kim
Liszt - Totentanz
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NOV. 21, 2009 - 8:00 PM MAGDALENA MODZELEWSKA, VIOLIN ZARINA STEPANOVA, PIANO Sponsored by Raven Industries
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 Eastmas 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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DEC. 12, 2009 - 8:00 PM A Nutcracker Collage
The Symphony returns for an annual favorite, a holiday pops concert featuring selections from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, along with everyone's season favorites.
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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 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. 6, 2010 - 8:00 PM
DAVID BIXLER, SAXOPHONE HEATHER BIXLER, IRISH FIDDLE
Sponsored by Sanford Health
Jazz saxophonist David Bixler joins the Symphony to perform his own concerto for saxophone and orchestra. His wife, former SDSO concertmaster Heather Bixler, will also play a concert for Irish fiddle and orchestra composed especially for her. Repertoire:
Leonard Bernstein - Three Dance Episodes from On The Town Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for String Orchestra David Bixler - Concerto for Saxophone Louis Bonfa/arr Bixler - Black Orpheus Henry Mancini/arr Bixler - Days of Wine and Roses Traditional/arr Bixler - She Moves Through The Fair Traditional/arr Bixler - Irish Concerto Jimmy VanHeusen/arr Bixler - But Beautiful Jule Styne/arr Bixler - I Fall in Love too Easily |
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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 - 8:00 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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