The EPO season!

This orchestra season is going to be BIG! And I mean BIG! I am so excited, that I am going to just give everyone who reads this the dates of the big performances. Next season will host Beethoven 5 AND 9!!!!!!! This season starts off a Beethoven Symphony Cycle where all 9 symphonies will be performed.

September 13, 2008 8 PM
Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 (featuring Alexander Toradze, piano)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

October 25, 2008 8 PM
Ginastera - Variaciones Concertantes (first time performed by EPO)
Rodrigo - Concierto para una Fiesta (first time) (featuring Carlos Perez, guitar)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 8

November 15, 2008 8 PM
Wagner - Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Rozsa - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Cello (first time) (featuring Jaime Laredo, Violin and Sharon Robinson, Cello)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 2

January 17, 2009 8 PM
Beethoven - Symphony No. 1
Berlioz - Love Scene from Romeo & Juliet (first time)
Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 (featuring Bryan Wallick, piano)


THIS NEXT ONE IS BIG FOLKS!!!
February 21, 2009 8 PM
W.A. Mozart - Overture to Cosi fan tutte (first time)
W.A. Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 4 in D (featuring Jennifer Koh, violin)
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique (SWEEEEEEEET!!!)

Yes folks, on this date, the legendary Symphonie Fantastique will be performed. Mark your calendars!

March 14, 2009 8 PM
Rossini - William Tell Overture
Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis
Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky (featuring EPC and Susan Platts, Mezzo Soprano)

THIS NEXT ONE, the last one of this season, IS HUGE!!
April 25, 2009 8 PM
Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!)

Both Symphonie Fantastique AND The Rite of Spring in one season!! A dream come true, and just before I graduate from college! An AWESOME event to be sure!