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      • Past Seasons

        2019-20

        Our Twenty-Second Concert

        Saturday, September 14, 2019
        Old South Church, Boston, MA

         

        Rossini: Overture to La Gazza Ladra
        Lutosławski: Little Suite (Mała Suita), 1950

         

        Rossini: “Una voce poco fa” from Il Barbiere di Siviglia
        from Semiramide:
        “Ah! Quel Giorno” and
        “Alle più care immagini” Duet
        Jenna Rae Lorusso, Soprano| Roselin Osser, Mezzo | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor
        Jun Toguchi, Soloist

      • 2018-19

        Our Twenty-First Concert

        Saturday, September 15, 2018
        Old South Church, Boston, MA

         

        Tubin: Estonian Dance Suite (1938)
        Mozart: Symphony No. 36, Linz

         

        Bernstein: “Oh Happy We” from Candide
        from West Side Story:
        “One Hand, One Heart”
        The Balcony Scene
        Donizetti: “Caro Elisir/Esulti per la Barbara” from L’elisir d’amore
        Hailey Fuqua, Soprano | Ethan Bremner, Tenor | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
        Bianca Oglice, Soloist

         

        Readings:

        Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 (Nov. 16, 2018)
        Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (Jan. 21, 2019)
        Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (May 14, 2019)

      • 2017-18

        Our Twentieth Concert

        Saturday, September 16, 2017
        Old South Church, Boston, MA

         

        Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
        Michele Caniato: Introduction and Siciliana, 2017 (world premiere, composer in attendance)
        Bach: Orchestral Suite (Ouverture) No. 3 in D, BWV 1068

         

        Spirituals:
        Deep River
        Ain’a That Good News
        Down By the Riverside
        I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
        He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
        Renese King, Mezzo-Soprano | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in Eb Major, K543

         

        Readings:

        Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (November 17, 2017)
        Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (January 19, 2018)
        Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture
        Schumann: Symphony No. 2 (May 17, 2018)

      • 2016-17

        Our Nineteenth Concert

        From the Baroque to Impressionism

        Saturday, September 24, 2016
        Old South Church, Boston, MA

         

        Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins in B Minor, op. 10 no. 3
        Galina Gershteyn, Arie Yaacobi, Akemi Leung, Hojean Yoo Soloists

         

        Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

         

        Verdi: Operatic Arias
        “Questa o quella” from Rigoletto
        “Dal labbro” from Falstaff
        “Ingemisco” from Requiem
        “La Donna e mobile” from Rigoletto
        Steven Myles, Tenor | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C, “Jupiter”

         

        Readings:

        Saint Saens: Bacchanale
        Schumann: Symphony No. 3, The Rhenish (November 4, 2016)
        Smetana: The Moldau
        Schubert: Symphony No. 9, The Great (Jan. 27, 2017)
        Brahms: Haydn Variations
        Berlioz: Scene d’amour from Romeo et Juliette (March 16, 2017)
        Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 (May 18, 2017)

      • 2015-16

        Our Eighteenth Concert

        Sunday, September 13, 2015
        Old South Church, Boston, MA

         

        Goleminov: Five Sketches for String Orchestra (1952)

         

        Bizet: “Je dis” from Carmen
        Puccini: “Mi chiamano Mimi” from La Boheme
        Mozart: “Come scoglio” from Cosi Fan Tutte
        Samina Aslam, Soprano | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Benjamin Park: “It Only Goes Forward”
        Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 in Bb, K. 456
        Constantine Finehouse, Soloist

         

        Readings:

        Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb (March 19, 2015)
        Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 (Jan. 18, 2016)

      • 2014-15

        Our Seventeenth Concert

        Sunday, September 21, 2014
        Old South Church, Boston, MA

         

        Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
        Edevaldo Mulla, Violoncello Soloist

         

        Jakov Jakoulov: The Horizon (world premiere, composer in attendance)

         

        Meyerbeer: “Nobles Seigneurs” from Les Hueguenots
        Chabrier: “Romance de l’etoile” from L’etoile “
        Saint Saens: “Mon coeur s’ouvre” from Samson et Dalila
        Grace Allendorf, Mezzo-Soprano | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550

         

        Readings:

        Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D (Nov. 20, 2014)
        Mahler: Symphony No. 4 with Heidi Freimanis, Soprano (Jan. 19, 2015)
        Elgar: Enigma Variations (May 14, 2015)

      • 2013-14

        Our Sixteenth Concert

        Sunday, September 13, 2013
        Old South Church, Boston, MA

         

        Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201
        Aaron Rosenberg: To Finish the Moment (world premiere, composer in attendance)

         

        Thomas: “O vin, dissipe la tristesse” from Hamlet
        Donizetti: “Bella siccome un angelo” from Don Pasquale
        Leoncavallo: “Si puo?” Prologue from I Pagliacci
        Philip Lima, Baritone | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Beethoven: Piano Concerto in B-flat Major, Op. 19
        Artem Belogurov, Soloist

         

        Readings:

        Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Feb. 12, 2014)
        Schumann: Manfred Overture
        Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (March 26, 2014)
        Debussy: Nocturnes
        Strauss: Don Juan
        Ravel: La Valse (May 14, 2014)

      • 2012-13

        Our Fifteenth concert

        Sunday, September 23, 2012
        Old South Church, Boston

         

        Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314
        Nathan Swain, Soloist

         

        Dan Shore: Bergen Variations (2012)
        (world premiere; composer in attendance)
        Berlioz: “O blonde Cérès” from Les Troyens
        Delibes: “Ah! Viens dans la forêt profonde” from Lakmé
        Halévy: “Loin de son ami” from La Juive

         

        Donizetti: “Ah! mes amis” from La fille du régiment
        Sean Lair, Tenor | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Haydn: Symphony No. 45, “Farewell”

         

        Readings: 

        Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 with Soloists Kay Patterson Shaw, Thea Lobo, Eric Christopher Perry, and Miles Rind (May 16, 2013)
        Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in A (April. 3, 2013)
        Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathetique
        Schoenberg Five Orchestra Pieces, Op. 16, full 1909 orchestra version (Jan. 16, 2013)
        Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Nov. 13, 2012)

      • 2011-12

        Our Fourteenth concert

        Saturday, March 17, 2012
        Old South Church, Boston

         

        J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion (sung in German)
        Featuring
        Heidi Freimanis, Anna Ward, Ellen Allen, Farah Darliette Lewis, Sopranos
        Grace Allendorf, Shannon Rolbiecki, Yuan Zhou, Altos
        Sean Lair (Evangelist), Brendan Daly, Martin Thomson, Tenors
        RaShaun Campbell, Jeremy Collier, Basses

        In this performance, the soloists formed the chorus.

        Our Thirteenth concert

        Saturday, September 24, 2011
        First Church, Boston

         

        Debussy: Danses (for harp and string orchestra)
        Amanda Romano, Harp Soloist

         

        Vasiliy Medved: A New England Autumn (2011)
        (world premiere; composer in attendance)

         

        Italian Arias:
        Mozart: “Un’aura amorosa” from Cosi fan tutte
        Donizetti: “Spirto Gentil” from La Favorita
        Leoncavallo: Harlequin’s “Serenata” from Pagliacci
        Encores: Fly me to the Moon, A Foggy Day
        Martin Bakari, Tenor | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Haydn: Symphony No. 7, Le midi

         

        Readings:

        Stravinsky: Petrushka, 1911 version
        Debussy: La mer (Nov. 14, 2011)
        Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (May 17, 2012)

      • 2010-11

        Our Twelfth concert

        Saturday, March 19, 2011
        Old South Church, Boston

         

        J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor
        Sopranos: Margaret Felice, Heidi Freimanis
        Altos: Christina Calamaio, Jacque Wilson
        Tenors: Eric Christopher Perry, Christopher Aaron Smith
        Basses: James C.S. Liu, James Dargan

        In this performance, the soloists also formed the chorus.

        Our Eleventh concert

        Saturday Nov. 20, 2010
        Old South Church, Boston

         

        Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
        Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
        Dvorak: Serenade for Strings

        Our Tenth concert

        Saturday, September 25, 2010
        First Church, Boston

         

        Haydn: Symphony No. 8, Le Soir
        Igor Tkachenko: Concerto alla Breve (world premiere; composer in attendance)

         

        Bizet: “Habanera” from Carmen
        Gounod: “Que fais tu, blanche tourterelle?” from Romeo et Juliette
        Massenet: “Va! Laisse couler mes larmes” from Werther
        Saint-Saens: “Amour! Viens aider ma faiblesse” from Samson et Dalila
        Christina Calamaio, Mezzo-Soprano | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Mozart: Piano Concerto in F, K. 459
        Natalie Erlich, Soloist

         

        Readings:

        Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (Jan. 17, 2011)
        Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (May 11, 2011)

      • 2009-10

        Our Ninth concert

        Saturday, March 20, 2010
        Old South Church, Boston

         

        J.S. Bach: St. John Passion (sung in German)
        Evangelist: Gregory Zavracky
        Soprano: Kay Patterson-Shaw
        Alto: Christina English
        Tenors: Jason Connell (incl. arias), Francisco Javier Rivera Serrat
        Bass: Jarvis Wyche

         

        In this performance, the soloists also formed the chorus.

        Our Eighth concert

        Sunday, January 31, 2010
        First Church, Boston

         

        Haydn: Symphony No. 6, Le matin
        Mila German: Four Seasons (world premiere; composer from Connecticut [via NY, and Ukraine] in attendance)

         

        Italian Arias:
        Donizetti: “Regnava nel Silenzio” from Lucia di Lammermoor
        Verdi: “Sempre Libera” from La Traviata
        Yelena Dudochkin, Soprano | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb
        Jonathan Bass, Soloist

        Our Seventh concert

        Saturday, November 21, 2009
        Old South Church, Boston

         

        Suk: Serenade for Strings
        Kam Morrill: Elegy for Strings (world premiere; composer from Seattle in attendance)

         

        Dvorak: Song to the Moon from Rusalka
        Rachmaninov: Vocalise
        Anonymous: Ukranian folk song
        Menotti: Monica’s Waltz from The Medium
        Olga Lisovskaya, Soprano | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Britten: Simple Symphony
        Wiren: Serenade for Strings

        Our Sixth concert

        Saturday, September 26, 2009
        First Church, Boston

         

        Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
        Es sungen drei Engel; Rheinlegendchen, Urlicht, Lob des hohen Verstands
        Thea Lobo, Mezzo-Soprano | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5

         

        Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
        Thea Lobo, Mezzo-Soprano

         

        Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

         

        Reading:

        Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (June 10, 2010)

      • 2008-09

        Our Fifth concert

        Saturday, March 14, 2009
        First Church, Boston

         

        Antonio Vivaldi: Spring (from the Four Seasons)
        Abigail Karr, Violin Soloist

         

        Donald Denniston: Normandie (world premiere; composer in attendance)

         

        Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag

         

        Eubie Blake: I’m Just Wild about Harry from Shuffle Along
        Abel Meeropol: Strange Fruit
        Spiritual (arr. Freisinger), Let My People Go
        George Gershwin: My Man’s Gone Now from Porgy and Bess
        Fats Waller: Aint Misbehavin’ from the musical revue
        Spiritual (arr. Freisinger) Ride on, King Jesus
        Sarita Lilly, Soprano, and Jarvis Wyche, Baritone | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Bartok: Divertimento for String Orchestra

        Our Fourth concert

        Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009
        Old South Church, Boston

         

        Matti Kovler: Nineveh (for String Orchestra)
        (world premiere; composer in attendance)
        Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G minor, La Poule

         

        Mozart arias:
        “Torna di Tito a lato” from La Clemenza di Tito
        “Deh, per questo istante solo” from La Clemenza di Tito
        “Voi che sapete” from Le Nozze di Figaro
        Thea Lobo, Mezzo-Soprano | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb, K. 450
        Eunyoung Kim, Soloist

        Our Third concert

        Saturday, November 22, 2008
        First Church, Boston

         

        Mohammed Fairouz: Memoriam (2004); composer in attendance
        Grieg: Holberg Suite

         

        Grieg: Ich Liebe Dich
        Solveig’s Song from Peer Gynt
        Brahms: Wie Melodien zieht es mir Sonntag
        Sarah Bellott, Soprano | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K. 453
        Amira Acre, Soloist

        Our Second concert

        Sunday, September 28, 2008
        First Church, Boston

         

        Arensky: Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky
        Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony, Op. 9
        Kreisler: Liebesleid
        Bloch: Simchas Torah
        from Baal Shem: Three Pictures of Chassidic Life
        Victor Romanul, Violin | Peter Freisinger, piano

         

        Tchaikovsky: Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin
        Zhanna Alkhazova, Soprano | Peter Freisinger, Piano

         

        Moshe Shulman: Vibrations (world premiere; composer in attendance)

         

        Vivaldi: Autumn (from the Four Seasons)
        Victor Romanul, Violin Soloist (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

        Our Inaugural concert

        Saturday, June 28, 2008
        First Church, Boston

         

        Barber: Adagio for Strings
        Luiz Castelões: Siren Etude for String Orchestra (world premiere; composer in attendance)

         

        Vivaldi: Summer from The Four Seasons
        Arie Yaacobi, Violin Soloist

         

        Two improvisations at the piano by Peter Freisinger
        Anthony Green: Instinct (world premiere; composer in attendance)
        Haydn: Symphony No. 85, La Reine

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