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SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA




The Oklahoma City University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dean Mark Parker, represented the United States at the 2004 “Meet in Beijing” arts festival, and has been honored by ASCAP for a national Adventurous Programming Award. Pre-Concert Talks begin at 7:30 p.m.
and performances begin at 8 p.m. in Petree Recital Hall.


CONCERT REPERTOIRE 2008-2009

Concert No. 1 – October 9, 2008
7:30pm – Pre-Concert talk with Erik Heine in Bass Atrium
8:00pm – Concert in Petree

Overture to The School for Scandal – Samuel Barber
Benjamin Nilles, conductor
Concerto for Cello, mvmt. 1 – Edouard Lalo
Alejandro Acosta, cello
Symphony No. 1 – Gustav Mahler

Concert No. 2 – December 2, 2008
7:30pm – Pre-Concert talk with Cory Gavito in Bass Atrium
8:00pm – Concert in Petree

March and Scherzo from The Love of Three Oranges – Sergei Prokofiev
Brandon Ford, graduate conductor
Baba Yaga – Anatol Liadov
Sarah Neely, graduate conductor
Concerto for Flute, mvmt. 3 – Jacques Ibert
Hannah Miller, flute
Polovtsian Dances – Alexander Borodin
Benjamin Nilles, conductor
-Intermission-
Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) – Igor Stravinsky

Concert No. 3 – February 28, 2009
Society of Composers Inc. Conference Concert
8:00pm – Concert in Petree

Concerto for Double Bass – Katarzyna Brochocka
Karol Kowal, double bass
Repertoire TBA

Concert No. 4 – March 26, 2009
All Strings and Organ Concert featuring Louise Bass
7:30pm – Pre-Concert Talk with Erik Heine in Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel
8:00pm – Concert in Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel

Repertoire by J.S. Bach and Antonio Vivaldi
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Benjamin Nilles, conductor
Concerto for Organ – Francis Poulenc
Louise Bass, organ

Concert No. 5 – April 28, 2009
7:30pm – Pre-Concert Talk with Cory Gavito in Bass Atrium
8:00pm – Concert in Petree

Overture to Der Freischütz – Carl Maria von Weber
Benjamin Nilles, conductor
Piano Concerto No. 2 – Franz Liszt
Ewa Plonka, piano
-Intermission-
Symphony No. 5 – Ludwig van Beethoven



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