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Festival of American Orchestras

FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS
Thursday 11/28/13

06:00 – 8:00 AM
The Cleveland Orchestra/Giancarlo Guerrero; Béla Fleck, banjo
John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986)
Béla Fleck: Banjo Concerto (2011)
Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid: Suite (1938)
George Gershwin: An American in Paris (1928)

8:00 – 10:00 AM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Miguel Carlos Prieto; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Alberto Ginastera: Panambí: Suite Op 1 (1940)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Op 103 "Egyptian" (1899)
Silvestre Revueltas: La Noche de los Mayas: Suite (1939)
Ferde Grofé: Mississippi Suite: Mardi Gras (1926)
Florence Price: Mississippi River (1934)--Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
A World of Music with Anne-Sophie Mutter
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e Op 64 (1844)
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite (1875)
Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy Op 25 (1883)
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Op 90 "Italian" (1833)
Maurice Ravel: Boléro (1928)

12:00 – 2:00 PM
The Cleveland Orchestra/Lorin Maazel - Bi-Centennial Concert from January 11, 1976
Leonard Bernstein: Candide: Overture (1956)
William Schuman: New England Triptych: Chester (1957)
Aaron Copland: Simple Gifts from "Appalachian Spring" (1944)
William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" (1931)
Morton Gould: American Salute (1947)
Scott Joplin: The Entertainer (1903)
Duke Ellington (arr Morton Gould): Solitude (1935)
Donald Erb: Music for a Festive Occasion (1975)
Antonín Dvorák: Largo from Symphony No. 9 Op 95 "New World" (1893)
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty of Nothing (1935)
George Gershwin: Porgy & Bess: Suite (1935)

2:00 – 4:00 PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic/David Robertson; Orli Shaham, piano
Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes Op 33 a (1944)
Steven Mackey: Stumble to Grace (2011) [LA Philharmonic Co-Commission]
Modest Mussorgsky (arr Maurice Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition (1922)

4:00 – 6:00 PM
The Cleveland Orchestra
/Franz Welser-Möst; Uri Caine, piano; Joshua Smith, flute
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr Uri Caine): Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli Op 120 (1823)
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances (1957)
Walter Piston: The Incredible Flutist: Suite (1940)

6:00 – 8:00 PM
San Francisco Symphony
/Michael Tilson Thomas; Yuja Wang, piano
Gabriel Fauré: Pavane Op 50 (1887)
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C Op 52 (1907)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in d Op 30 (1909)
Encore: Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in a Op 63 (1911)

8:00 – 10:00 PM
The Cleveland Orchestra
/Marin Alsop; Joela Jones organ; Peter Otto violin
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1 Op 9 (1936)
Leonard Bernstein: Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" (1954)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in c Op 78 "Organ" (1886)

10:00 PM – 12:00 AM
SymphonyCast: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
/Jeffery Kahane
Henry Purcell: Chacony in g Z 807 (c.1680)
Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in c RV 401 (c.1728)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 3 Violins & Strings in D BWV 1064 a (1730)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Oboe d'amore Concerto in A BWV 1055 (1734
Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat (1821)


FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS
Friday 11/29/13

06:00 – 8:00 AM
New York Philharmonic

/Alan Gilbert; Emanuel Ax, piano; Liang Wang, oboe; Mark Nuccio, clarinet; Philip Myers, horn; Judith LeClair, bassoon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute: Overture (1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat K 482 (1785)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g K 183 "Little G Minor" (1773)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Winds in E-Flat K 297b (1778)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C K 425 "Linz" (1783)

8:00 – 10:00 AM
The Cleveland Orchestra
/James Feddeck; Franklin Cohen, clarinet; Laiquita Mitchel, soprano; Richard Dixon, tenor; Eric Greene, baritone; Blossom Festival Chorus – 2013 Blossom Festival
John Williams: Liberty Fanfare (1986)
John Williams: Lincoln: Suite (2012)
Oscar Navarro: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 (2012)
Moses Hogan: Three Spirituals (My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord, This Little Light of Mine and I Can Tell the World)
George Gershwin: Excerpts from "Porgy & Bess" (1935)

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
/Leonard Slatkin; Olga Kern, piano; David Pittsinger, bass-baritone; Richard Pittsinger, boy soprano
Scott Eyerley: Arlington Sons (2012)
William Schuman: Symphony No. 3 (1941)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in d Op 30 (1909)

12:00 – 3:00 PM
San Francisco Symphony
/Michael Tilson Thomas; Jeremy Denk, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 Op 72 a (1806)
Steven Mackey: Eating Greens (1993)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C K 503 (1786)
Aaron Copland: Symphonic Ode (1929)

3:00 – 5:00 PM
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
/Bernard Haitink; Renaud Capuçon, violin; Gautier Capuçon, cello
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No.101 in D "Clock" (1794)
Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin & Cello in a Op 102 "Double" (1887)
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in c Op 68 (1876)

5:00 –8:00 PM
The Cleveland Orchestra
/Stefan Sanderling
2013 CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION: Final Round Concert No. 1 recorded Friday 8/9/13 in Severance Hall
Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-Flat Op 23 (1875) -- François Dumont, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in c Op 18 (1901) -- Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev, piano

The Cleveland Orchestra/Stefan Sanderling
2013 CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION: Final Round Concert No. 2 recorded Saturday 8/10/13 in Severance Hall
Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-Flat Op 23 (1875) -- Jiayan Sun, piano
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in d Op 15 (1859) -- Stanislav Khristenko, piano

8:00 – 10:00 PM
New York Philharmonic
/Charles Dutoit; Carter Brey, cello; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Daniel Müller-Schott, cello
Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole (1907)
Krzysztof Penderecki: Concerto Grosso (2000)
Modest Mussorgsky (arr Maurice Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition (1922)