Program Archive

2021-2022

CLASSICS I:

Adagio for Strings — Samuel Barber

Symphony No. 103, Drum Roll — Joseph Haydn

Schindler’s List — John Williams

Tango — John Williams

Ladies in Lavender — Nigel Hess

Carmen Fantasy — Pablo de Sarasate



CLASSICS II: (cancelled due to COVID-19)

Serenade — William Grant Still

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 — Prokofiev
Tatiana Dimitriades, violin

Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 – Felix Mendelssohn

CLASSICS III: (cancelled due to COVID-19)

Sinfonia Concertante, K. 279b — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Amanda Hardy, oboe
Michael Wayne, clarinet
Richard Ranti, bassoon
Jason Snider, horn

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 — Johannes Brahms

Classics IV: (cancelled due to COVID-19)

La Alborada de la Esperanza — Jose Elizondo
Danza Latinoamericanas
Estampas Mexicanas

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2020-2021

(Reduced programming due to COVID-19)

CLASSICS I: New Phil Reawakened

CLASSICS II: (cancelled due to COVID-19)

CLASSICS III: Sights, Sounds, & Ukrainian Reflection

Ukrainian National Anthem

Nocturne Yakymenko

Olga Lisovskaya, soprano

2019-2020

While our 2019-2020 season was unfortunately cut short due to COVID-19, the following represents the 25th Anniversary season that we had planned and rehearsed. We are disappointed that we weren’t able to perform our Classics II & III programs, but we are grateful for the wonderful Classics I concerts we performed, and looking forward to future seasons of music making.

CLASSICS I: From Gustav, With Love

Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Bruce Falby, Flute

Symphony No. 5 Suite Gustav Mahler

CLASSICS II: St. Petersburg Virtuosos (cancelled due to COVID-19)

Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto No. 1 Sergei Prokofiev

Tatiana Dimitriades, violin

Symphony No. 4 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

CLASSICS III: Music For All (cancelled due to COVID-19)

World premiere, a New Phil anniversary commission Tom Vignieri

Symphony No. 9 Ludwig van Beethoven

Rachele Schmiege, soprano

Britt Brown, mezzo soprano

Omar Najmi, tenor

Ryne Cherry, baritone

Metropolitan Chorale, Lisa Graham, Music Director

2018-2019

CLASSICS I: Masters and their Masterpieces

Leonore Overture No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven

Cello Concerto No. 1 Dimitri Shostakovich

Lev Mayuma, Cello

Der Rosenkavalier Suite Richard Strauss

CLASSICS II: An Evening of Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 1 Johannes Brahms

Michael Lewin, Piano

Symphony No. 4 Johannes Brahms

CLASSICS III: American Fête

Divertimento for Orchestra Leonard Bernstein

Sonnets: I, IV George Tsontakis

Robert Sheena, English Horn

Spaghetti Western Michael Daugherty

Robert Sheena, English Horn

Symphony No. 9: “From the New World” Antonin Dvorak

2017-2018

CLASSICS I: Soul and Redemption

Rainbow Body Christopher Theofanidis

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 37 Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Owen Young, Cello

Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 Dimitri Shostakovich

CLASSICS II: The French Russian Connection

Mother Goose Suite Claude Debussy

Snow Maiden Aria

Marfa’s Aria from the Tsar’s Bride Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Chanson Georgienne Sergei Rachmaninoff

Yelena Dudochkin, soprano

L’apres midi d’un Faun Maurice Ravel

Firebird Igor Stravinsky

CLASSICS III: All Beethoven

Consecration of the House Ludwig van Beethoven

Concerto for violin and orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven

Irina Muresanu, violin

Symphony No. 7 Ludwig van Beethoven

Jorge Soto, guest conductor

2016-2017

CLASSICS I: Gustav Mahler, Song and Symphony

Songs of a Wayfarer Gustav Mahler

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Gustav Mahler

Joanna Porackova, Soprano

Symphony No. 1 Gustav Mahler

CLASSICS II: Tubin and Tchaikovsky

An American Hymn Tom Vignieri

Double Bass Concerto Eduard Tubin

Edwin Barker, Double Bass

Symphony No. 6 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

CLASSICS III: Brahms and Elgar

Pavane for a Dead Princess Maurice Ravel

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 Johannes Brahms

Alexander Velinzon, Violin

Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 Edward Elgar

2015-2016

CLASSICS I: 21st Season Spectacular!

Cantus (in Memory of Benjamin Britten) Arvo Pärt

Concerto for Violin, Op. 53 Antonin Dvorák

Haldan Martinson, violin

Symphony No. 2 Jean Sibelius

CLASSICS II: Inspired by Shakespeare

Overture to “The Merry Wives of Windsor” Otto Nicolai

Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 17 Hector Berlioz

Hamlet: Film Suite, Op. 116 Dimitri Shostakovich

Tina Packer, Gertrude

Jason Asprey, Hamlet

Nigel Gore, Claudius

Sarah Bowles, Ophelia

CLASSICS III: Blockbuster Beethoven

Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 in F Major “Pastoral” Ludwig van Beethoven

Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 112 Ludwig van Beethoven

Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 Ludwig van Beethoven

Jonathan Bass, piano

New World Chorale

2014-2015

CLASSICS I: Festive & Fantastique

Festive Overture Dimitri Shostakovich

Shiloh – A Requiem (world premiere) John Tarrh

Symphonie Fantastique Hector Berlioz

CLASSICS II: Local & Imported: Lenny & Johannes

Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety” Leonard Bernstein

Randall Hodgkinson, piano

Symphony No. 2 Johannes Brahms

CLASSICS III: Let’s Pull Out all the Stops!

Variations on “America” Charles Ives

Cello Concerto No. 1 Kabalevsky

Sophie Applbaum, cello

Organ Symphony Camille Saint-Saëns

John Finney, organ

2013-2014

CLASSICS I: Budapest to Vienna

Dances of Galanta Zoltán Kodaly

Piano Concerto No. 3 Béla Bartok

Jonathan Bass, piano

Serenade No. 1 Johannes Brahms

CLASSICS II: Tragedy & Triumph

Romeo & Juliet Overture Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Francesca di Rimini Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Adrian Anantawan, violin

CLASSICS III: Now & Then

Concerto Competition Winners

Symphony No. 8 Antonin Dvorak

2012-2013

CLASSICS I: Duo of Threes

Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish” Robert Schumann

Piano Concerto No. 3 Sergei Rachmaninoff

Abel Sanchez Aguilera, piano, 1st prize winner, 2011 Boston International Piano Competition

CLASSICS II: Memories of Italy

The Birds Ottorino Respighi

Concerto Gregoriano Ottorino Respighi

James Buswell, violin

Pines of Rome Ottorino Respighi

CLASSICS III: Now and Then

Quintessence (world premiere) Erika Foin

Symphony No. 5 Gustav Mahler

2011-2012

CLASSICS I: Land of the Free, Music of America

Divertimento for Full Orchestra Leonard Bernstein

Piano Concerto No. 2 Edward MacDowell

Frederick Moyer, piano

Symphony No. 9 Antonin Dvorak

CLASSICS II: Of Youth and Music

Symphony No. 1 (world premiere) Anna Larsen

Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 Robert Schumann

Aaron Wolff, cello

Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams” Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

CLASSICS III: The Beauty of Brahms

Nanie, Op 82

Setting of Friedrich von Schiller’s “Nanie” (“Dirge”)

Song of Destiny, Op. 54

Setting of Friedrich Holderlin’s “Schicksalslied”

Johannes Brahms

In collaboration with the New World Chorale

Holly MacEwen Krafka, Artistic Director

Symphony No. 1 Johannes Brahms

2010-2011

CLASSICS I: Poland, Paris, and Russia

Excerpts from Les Sylphides Fredrick Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 1 Fredrick Chopin

Vincent Schmithorst, piano

Symphony No. 9 Dimitri Shostakovich

CLASSICS II: Three B’s

Symphony No. 1 in B flat Major Boyce

Symphony No. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven

Double Concerto for

Violin and Cello

Johannes Brahms

Haldan Martinson, violin;

Sato Knudsen, cello

CLASSICS III: Reflect and Rejoice

Symphony No. 5

IV. Adagietto

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 4 Gustav Mahler

Sara Heaton, soprano

2009-2010

CLASSICS I: Russian/American Connection

Blue Cathedral Jennifer Higdon

Variations on a Theme of Paganini Sergei Rachmaninoff

Ben Pasternack, piano

Scheherazade Rimsky-Korsakov

CLASSICS II: Brahms/Vienna Connection

Concerto for Violin No. 2 in D minor, Movement I Wieniawski

Francesca Bass, violin

Concerto for Cello in B minor, Movement I Antonin Dvorák

Lev Mamuya, cello

Symphony No. 4 Johannes Brahms

CLASSICS III: Spanish/French Connection

Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra Joaquin Rodrigo

Eliot Fisk, guitar

Danzas Fantásticas, Op.22 Joaquin Turina

Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 Maurice Ravel

2008-2009

CLASSICS I: Scotch Plaid

Scottish Fantasy Max Bruch

Peter Zazofsky, violin

Symphony No. 3, “Scottish” Felix Mendelssohn

CLASSICS II: Tragedy and Triumph

Ford’s Theater:

A Few Glimpses of Easter Week 1865

Ernst Bacon

Piano Concerto No. 1 Sergei Prokofiev

Jonathan Bass, piano

Symphony No. 5 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

CLASSICS III: Austrian Artisans

Symphony No. 94, “Surprise” Joseph Haydn

Symphony No. 1 Gustav Mahler

2007-2008

CLASSICS I: Solo Brilliance

St. Paul’s Suite for String Orchestra Gustav Holst

Oboe Concerto in c minor Alessandro Marcello

Keisuke Wakao, oboe

Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra Eduard Tubin

Edwin Barker, double bass

Symphony No.6 in D Major, Op. 60 Antonin Dvorak

CLASSICS II: For Love of Mankind

Suite from “Lt. Kije” Sergei Prokofiev

Songs of a Wayfarer Gustav Mahler

Gale Fuller, mezzo-soprano

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 Johannes Brahms

2006-2007

CLASSICS I: Fact and Fantasy

Tragic Overture Johannes Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467

“Elvira Madigan”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mia Chung, piano

Symphony Fantastique, Op. 14 Hector Berlioz

CLASSICS II: Nordic Sketches

Suite from “Peer Gynt” Edvard Grieg

Jay O’Callahan, narrator

Violin concerto, Op. 47

Jean Sibelius

Haldan Martinson, violin

CLASSICS III: From the Country to the Sea Community Convergence Concert

Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72c Ludwig van Beethoven

Al Leisinger, guest conductor

Symphony No. 6, Op. 68, “Pastorale” Ludwig van Beethoven

Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a Benjamin Britten

April 28 featuring the Medfield High School Orchestra

April 29 featuring the Newton All-City Treble Chorus, Charlotte Brumit, Director

2005-2006

CLASSICS I:

Selections from Old American Songs Aaron Copland

Newton All-City Chorus

Charlotte Brumit, Director

Made in America Joan Tower

Symphony No. 4 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

CLASSICS II:

Overture to The Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Images, Interactions, Incantations Kechley

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Ludwig van Beethoven

CLASSICS III:

Everything Changes Foin

Symphony No. 2 Gustav Mahler

Jayne West, soprano

Marion Dry, mezzo-soprano Newton Choral Society,

David Carrier, conductor Heritage Chorale, John Finney, conductor

2004-2005

CLASSICS I: Dvorak Meets America

Carnival Overture Antonin Dvorak

Cello Concerto Antonin Dvorak

Cello Concerto Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Carmen Fantasy Franz Waxman

Music From the Golden Age of Cinema

Matt Haimovitz, Cello

CLASSICS II: Celebrate the Stage

Fingal’s Cave Overture Felix Mendelssohn

Symphony No. 3 Johannes Brahms

Hamlet: Film Suite (1964) Dimitri Shostakovich

Dramatic Readings by Annette Miller, Daniel Gidron and Barry Abramowitz

CLASSICS III: Celebrate Creativity

Overture to the Bartered Bride Bedrich Smetana

Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin

Adam Birnbaum, Piano

Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky/Ravel

2003-2004

Classics I: JFK Memorial Concert

Variations on a Theme by Haydn Johannes Brahms

A German Requiem Johannes Brahms

Jane Shivick, soprano; Donald Wilkinson, baritone; Heritage Chorale, John Finney, Director

Classics II

Variations on a Nursery School Song Dohnanyi

Jonathan Bass, piano

Symphony No. 5 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Classics III

Enigma Variations Edward Elgar

Symphony No. 5 Dimitri Shostakovich

2002-2003

Classics I

Knoxville, Summer of 1915 Samuel Barber

Sharon Baker, soprano

Symphony No. 6 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Classics II

Dream Journeys DiDomenica

Serenade Leonard Bernstein

Emmanuel Borok, violin

Classics III

Symphony No. 5 Gustav Mahler

2001-2002

Classics I: A Russian Tapestry

“Autumn” from The Seasons Alexander Glazunov

Concerto for Double Bass Serge Koussevitsky

Edwin Barker, double bass

Symphony No. 2 Sergei Rachmaninoff

Classics II: Brass & Beethoven

Fanfares for Brass & Percussion Paul Dukas

Joan Tower

Aaron Copland

Symphony No. 9 Ludwig van Beethoven

Boston College Chorale, John Finney, Director

Classics III: Flute Francais

Jeux d’Enfants Georges Bizet

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Jacques Ibert

Eugenia Zukerman, flute

Symphony No. 6 Antonin Dvorak

2000-2001

Classics I: The French—Russian Connection

Ma Mere L’Oye (Mother Goose Suite) Maurice Ravel

Piano Concerto in G Major Maurice Ravel

Lori Sims, piano

The Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky/Rudolf

Classics II: Beethoven in Threes

Overture to “Creatures of Prometheus” Ludwig van Beethoven

Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello Ludwig van Beethoven

Jonathan Bass, piano; Tatiana Dimitriades, violin;

Sato Knudsen, cello

Symphony No. 3, “The Eroica” Ludwig van Beethoven

Classics III: Season Finale!

Alla Marcia from Karelia Suite Jean Sibelius

Piano Concerto No. 2 Johannes Brahms

David Deveau, piano

1999-2000

Classics I: New and Not So

Symphony No. 2 S. Albert

Piano Concerto No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven

David Deveau, piano

An American in Paris George Gershwin

Classics II: Khach as Khach Khan

Flute Concerto Aram Khachaturian

Jacques Zoon, flute

Symphony No. 3 Robert Schumann

Classics III: Van Ness & Verdi

Work for Chorus & Brass (World Premiere!) P. Van Ness

Requiem Verdi

Ellen Chickering, soprano; Gale Fuller, mezzo-soprano

Ray Bauwens, tenor; Robert Honeysucker, baritone

1998-1999

Classics I: Horns-a-Plenty

Sorcerer’s Apprentice Paul Dukas

Horn Concerto No. 1 Richard Strauss

Daniel Katzen, french horn

Symphony No. 8 Antonin Dvorak

Classics II: Presenting Si-Jing!

Le Corsair Overture, Op. 21 Hector Berlioz

Violin Concerto, Op. 82 Glazunov

Si-Jing Huang, violin

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 Johannes Brahms

Classics III: From Russia with Love

Russian Easter Overture Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Piano Concerto No. 3 Sergei Prokoviev

Randall Hodgkinson, piano

Pictures at an Exhibition Mussorgsky

1997-1998

Classics I: Things that go Bump in the Night

Burleske for Piano and Orchestra Richard Strauss

Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra Franz Liszt

Jonathan Bass, piano

Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 Hector Berlioz

Classics II: Vive la France

“Phedre” Overture Massenet

Le Tombeau de Couperin Maurice Ravel

Symphony No. 3 in c minor, Op. 78 Camile Saints-Saens

James David Christie, organ

Classics III: Younger than Springtime

Symphony No. 6 in F, K. 43 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Appalacian Spring Suite Aaron Copland

Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 26 Bruch

Stefan Jackiw, violin

1996-1997

Classics I: Music for the Imagination

Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Felix Mendelssohn

Violin Concerto Philip Glass

Emanuel Borok, violin

Prelude a l’apres midi d’un faune Claude Debussy

Firebird Suite (1919) Igor Stravinksy

Classics II: Out of Darkness

Tragic Overture Johannes Brahms

Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra Schulhoff

Hawthorne String Quartet

Ronan Lefkowitz, violin; Si-Jung Huang,

violin; Mark Ludwig, viola; Sato Knudsen, cello

Classics III: Music From the Master

Coriolanus Overture Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58 Ludwig van Beethoven

Janice Weber, piano

Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 Luwig van Beethoven

1995-1996 – Inaugural Season

Classics I

Ruy Blas Overture Felix Mendelssohn

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Sergei Rachmaninoff

Benjamin Pasternak, piano

Symphony No. 6 Antonin Dvorak

Classics II

Concerto for Flute and Harp Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Doriot Anthony Dwyer, flute; Ann Hobson Pilot, harp

Symphony No. 1 Johannes Brahms

Classics III

Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Tamara Smirnova, violin

Symphony No. 4 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky