2007 - 2008 Season

 

November 18th, 7:30pm - Paine Hall

Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Jean Sibelius died two months apart, in the fall of 1957. Fifty years later, the Dudley Orchestra will celebrate both composers. We'll play excerpts from one of Korngold's groundbreaking film scores, as well as a stunningly gorgeous aria from the opera that cemented his reputation as Europe's greatest wunderkind since Mozart. The Seventh Symphony, written in a single, continuous movement, was one of Sibelius's final works, and is arguably his masterpiece. Rounding out the program will be November Woods, an eerie tone poem by the underrated English composer Arnold Bax, a contemporary of Korngold and Sibelius.

Korngold Bax Korngold Sibelius

Selections from The Sea Hawk November Woods "Pierrots Tanzlied" from Die tote Stadt Sidney Outlaw, baritone Symphony No. 7

Tickets $7 (general public), $5 (students, seniors, Harvard ID holders)
available at the Harvard Box Office or at the door (space permitting).

December 8th, 9:00pm - Dudley House Dining Hall

The Orchestra plays a selection of waltzes for Dudley House's annual Winter Waltz.

Tickets will be available in December at the Dudley House Office.

January 17th - Dudley House Dining Hall

Last year's evening of chamber music was so popular, we're doing it again. Grab a cup of coffee and a cookie and listen to chamber music performed by members of the Orchestra. The evening will close with a performance of Schubert's Symphony No. 3, a concise, sparkling work of classical proportions.

Poulenc, Vivaldi, Borodin, and others Schubert

assorted chamber works Symphony No. 3 in D Major

Free admission - no tickets required. Coffee and refreshments will be available.

 

April 19th, 12:30pm - Dudley House Dining Hall

World-renowned cellist Alan Stepansky (Harvard class of '82) will give a public masterclass, featuring student musicians from several Harvard schools. Join us for a rare behind-the-scenes look at the artistic process -- it should be a unique experience for musicians and non-musicians alike!

Free admission - no tickets required.

May 4th, 4:00pm - Sanders Theatre (Arts First Weekend)

The Orchestra welcomes Alan Stepansky, Harvard alum and former associate principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic, for a performance of Saint-Saëns' popular Cello Concerto No. 1. Also on the program will be Dvoràk's final symphonic work, A Hero's Song; and the rousing First Symphony of Vasily Kalinnikov, a favorite of Tchaikovsky's and Rachmaninoff's.

Dvoràk Saint-Saëns Kalinnikov

A Hero's Song Concerto for Cello No. 1 in A minor Alan Stepansky , cello Symphony No. 1 in G minor

Tickets $12 (general public), $9 (students, seniors, Harvard ID holders)
available now through the Harvard Box Office, in person at the Holyoke Center or online.

Recent Concerts

Beethoven and Strauss April 22nd, 2007 - Paine Hall Strauss - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Mozart - Clarinet Concerto featuring Laura Biron, concerto competition winner Strauss - Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare with members of the Bay Colony Brass Beethoven - Symphony No. 8	20th Century American Composers January 14th, 2007 - Sanders Theatre Antheil - McKonkey's Ferry Overture Copland - Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo Still - In Memoriam: the Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy Barber - Symphony No. 1 in One Movement
Chamber Music - November 9th, 2006 - Dudley House Haydn - Symphony No. 22, "Der Philosoph" and chamber music by Mozart, Persichetti, Villa Lobos, Boccherini, and Hazlett, featuring members of the Dudley Orchestra
May 7th, 2006 - Sanders Theatre Dvorák - Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 1 Berlioz - Les nuits d'été with Susanna Phillips, soprano Shostakovich - Symphony No. 12, "The Year 1917"	Music and the World Wars November 18th, 2005 - Paine Hall Respighi - Fountains of Rome Korngold - Suite from Much Ado About Nothing Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5
April 29th, 2005 - Paine Hall Dvorák - Symphony No. 8 Elgar-Payne - Symphony No. 3 (Boston premiere)	November 21st, 2004 - Paine Hall Rossini - Overture to La scala di seta Finzi - Romance for Strings Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4