Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra

Woomyung Choe, Music Director
Regular Concert Season
Past performances archive

 

September 30, 2006

VANHAL:  Concerto for Two Bassoons in F Major
Chris Eberle and Glen West, bassoons

BRAHMS:Tragic Overture in D minor, Op. 81
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

 

January 20, 2007         Claudia Cummings, commentator

BIZET:  Petite Suite d’Orchestre Jeux d’Entfants, Op. 22
TCHAIKOVSKY: Music from The Ballet, “Nutcracker”, Op. 71
SAINT-SAËNS:“La muse et le Poète”, Op. 132
 Madalyn Parnas, violin and Cicely Parnas, cello

 

April 14, 2007Newburgh Free Academy, Newburgh
April 15, 2007Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts, Sugar Loaf

BEETHOVEN:    Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
BEETHOVEN:    Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”
         Julia Rolwing, soprano    Diane Fox, mezzo soprano
         Anthony Daino, tenor     Eric Tusch, bass-baritone
         Newburgh Symphonic Chorale - Claudia Cummings, director
         Cadet Glee Club of USMA West Point - Constance Chase, director
        Middletown City Chorale - Snezana Lazich, director
        Warwick Valley Chorale – Stanley Curtis, director

 May 19, 2007

NIELSEN:  Helios Overture, Op. 17
ELGAR:     Concerto for Violoncello in E minor, Op. 85
Raman  Ramakrishnan, violoncello
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

 

2005-2006
10^th Anniversary Gala Celebration Concerts
        with the Newburgh Symphonic Chorale

Sept. 24, 2005   Newburgh Free Academy
Sept. 25, 2005   Lycian Theatre, Sugar Loaf, NY

LEHAR:Selections of Act II & Act III from Merry Widow
Claudia Cummings, soprano
         James Rensink, baritone (9/24)
        Patrick Carfizzi, baritone (9/25)
VERDI:     Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco
MOZART: “Madamina!” from Don Giovanni
         James Rensink, baritone and  Patrick Carfizzi, baritone
VERDI:      Triumphal Scene from Aida

STRAUSS, J. Jr: Roses from the South Waltzes, Op. 338
ELGAR:     Selections from “Enigma” Variations, Op. 36
STRAUSS, R.;    Der Rosenkavalier Suite, Op. 59

Novermber 5, 2005

BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini Overture, Op. 23
PROKOFIEV:     Concerto for Violin No. 1 in D major, Op. 19
Ming Feng Hsin, violin
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

January 14, 2006

TCHAIKOVSKY: L’Orage Overture to Ostrovsky’s Play, Op. 76
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
         Claudia Cummings, narrator
VIOTTI:     Sinfonia Concertante for two Violins No. 1 in F
         Hanna Na and Madalyn Parnas, violins

ENESCO:Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Op. 11

 

April 1, 2006

FELDSHER:       Suite for Orchestra (World Premier)
BRAHMS:Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Daniel Epstein, piano
SCHUMANN:     Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

May 13, 2006

BUSSIGEL:      Along the River (World Premier)
RACHMANINOFF:    Rhapsodie sur un Theme de Pagannini, Op. 43
Ruthanne Schempf, piano
RACHMANINOFF:     Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

 

2004-2005

October 23, 2004

BERLIOZ: King Lear Overture, Op. 4
LALO:       Concerto for Violoncello in D minor
Kyung Suk Park, violoncello
BRAHMS:  Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

 

November 20, 2005

The Newburgh Symphonic Chorale
Claudia Cummings, chorus master
Gordon Shacklett, accompanist

THOMPSON:     Five Pieces from Frostiana
BIZET:Choruses from Carmen
D. WAGNER:Hymn of Thanksgiving

January 22, 2005

TCHAIKOVSKY:        L’Orage Overture to Ostrovsky’s Play, Op. 76
PROKOFIEV:Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
Claudia Cummings, narrator
VIOTTI:Sinfonia Concertante for Two Violins No. 1
Rebecca Gragg, Madalyn Parnas, violins
ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 11

 

March 5, 2005

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra and Chorale
Claudia Cummings, chorus master
Gordon Shacklett, organist

MOZART: Organ Sonata No. 17 in C major, K.336
MOZART: Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618
MOZART: Requiem in D minor, K. 626
 Eun Kyung Kim, soprano
Lucille Beer, mezzo soprano
Charles Sokolowski, tenor
Elex Vann, baritone

April 2, 2005

BUSONI:Lustspiel Overture, Op. 38
SAINT-SAËNS:   Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op.61
Jennifer Choi, violin
BEETHOVEN:    Symphony No. 6 in F Major “Pastoral”, Op. 68

May 14, 2005

COPLAND:Quiet City for Trumpet, English horn and Strings
Stephen Luck, trumpet
Joel Evans, English horn
STRAUSS:Der Rosenkavalier Suite, Op. 59
PROKOFIEV:Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op.100

 

2003-2004

October 25, 2003

ELGAR:Froissart Concert Overture, Op. 19
BEETHOVEN:Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
Audrey Andrist, piano
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

January 24, 2004

SUPPE:   Poet and Peasant Overture
BRITTEN:Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
BEETHOVEN: Concerto in C Major, Op. 56 (Allegro)
Madalyn Parnas, violin
Gwendolyn Krosnick, violoncello
Franz Vezuli, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY:     Capriccio Italien, Op. 45

 

March 6, 2004 

Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra and Chorale
Rachel Merrill, chorus master
Gordon Shacklett, organist

BACH:  Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1048
HAYDN:    Lord Nelson Mass
Eun Kyung Kim, soprano
Kristine MacMillin, contralto
Charles Sokolowski, tenor
Erich Tusch, baritone

March 27, 2004

MOZART:  Overture to The Magic Flute
BRUCH:    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Stephanie Song, violin
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"

 

May 22, 2004

MENDELSSOHN:       Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Vladimir Pleshakov, piano
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 74 "Titan"

 

 

2002-2003

October 12, 2002

DEBUSSY:  Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
(in place of Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini)
KALINNIKOV:Symphony No. 1 in G minor

 

January 18, 2003

SAINT-SAËNS:   The Carnival of the Animals
Claudia Cummings and Jack Aranson, narrators
(Verses of Ogden Nash)
Elena Winther and Vladimir Pleshakov, pianos
BIZET:    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
MOZART:   Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat, K. 417
    Harry Ditzel, French horn
LISZT:    Les Preludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3
 

March 22, 2003

WAGNER:   Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg
LANDERS:  Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra
     Richard Killmer, oboe
ROUSSEL:  Tone Poem "Pour une fete de printemps", Op. 22
HANSON:   Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 "Romantic"

 

 May 20, 2003

TCHAIKOVSKY:   Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 44
Vladimir Pleshakov, piano
    Betty Jean Hagen, violin
Elana Myers, violoncello
TCHAIKOVSKY:   Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op.74 "Pathetique"

 

 

2001-2002

October 13, 2001

BRAHMS:Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a
RACHMANINOFF:  Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18
Daniel Epstein, piano
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op.67
 

January 26, 2002

BRITTEN:  Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
MOZART:   Concerto for Flute and Harp in C minor, K. 299
Julie Ditzel, flute
Joy Plaisted, harp
GRIEG:    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55
SIBELIUS: Finlandia, Tone Poem, Op. 26 No. 7

 

 

March 16, 2002

MEHUL:    Le jeune Henri, Overture, La Chasse
DVORAK:  Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
     Betty-Jean Hagen, violin
BIZET:   Symphony in C major

 

 May 18, 2002

SATIE-DEBUSSY: Gymnopedies No. 1 & No. 3
BLOCH:    Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Violoncello and Orchestra
     Douglas Moore, violoncello
SHOSTAKOVICH:  Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
 

 

2000-2001

October 21, 2000

WEBER:    Overture to Oberon
BEETHOVEN: Romance for Violin in F, Op. 50
    Arturo Delmoni, violin
SPOHR:  Violin Concerto No. 8 in A minor, Op. 47
Arturo Delmoni, violin
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
 

January 27, 2001

MOZART:   Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527
SHOSTAKOVICH:  Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 35
     Maxim Anikushin, piano
     John Sartoris, trumpet
SCHUBERT: Ballet music from Rosamunde, D. 797
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"

 

April 6, 2001

LANDERS:  Perayaan (World Premier)
BRAHMS:   Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Helen Sim, piano
MENDELSSOHN:   Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"
 

May 19, 2001

BORODIN:In The Steppes Of Central Asia
GRIEG:Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
    Doris Stevenson, piano
DVORAK:   Symphony No. 8, G major, Op. 88

 

 

1999-2000
October 16, 1999

GLINKA:   Russlan and Ludmilla Overture
WIENIAWSKI:    Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
Tamara Smirnova, violin
BRAHMS:   Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

January 22, 2000     Newburgh Free Academy
January 23, 2000     Central Valley Elementary School

 

MENDELSSOHN:   The Hebrides "Fingal's Cave" Overture, Op. 26
MENDELSSOHN:   Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64
Catherine Sim, violin
MENDELSSOHN:   Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"
 

 March 18, 2000

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Doris Stevenson, piano
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op.55 "Eroica"
 

May 20, 2000

DVORAK:   Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, No. 7 and 8
DVORAK:   Concerto for Violoncello in B minor, Op. 104
   Douglas Moore, violoncello
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2, C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"
 

1998-1999

October 17, 1998

BIZET:    Berceuse from Jeux D'Enfants, Op. 22
     Tribute to the memory of Arlington "Al" Visscher
     violinist and violist with GNSO (1916-1997)
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano No.4 in G major, Op. 58
     Juana Zayas, piano
BRAHMS:Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op.73

Jan. 23, 1999     Newburgh Free Academy
Jan. 24, 1999     Monroe-Woodbury Middle School

HANDEL:   Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No. 2 in E minor
    Tamaki Higashi and Donna Kushner, violin
   Elana Myers, violoncello
   Mary Jane Cory, harpsichord
TELEMANN:Concerto for Oboe & String Orchestra in A minor
Joel Evans, oboe

BACH:     Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F major BWV 1047
     Tamaki Higashi, violin
     Julie Hill, flute
   Joel Evans, oboe
     Brian Uhl, trumpet
     Mary Jane Cory, harpsichord
HAYDN:    Symphony No. 104 in D major, H-104 "London"

 

March 20, 1999