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I. 17/18 November 2007 Dukas. Fanfare from “La Peri” 3’ 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 1 Saint-Saens. Piano Concerto No. 2 24’ 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 T Berlioz. Symphonie Fantastique 49’ 2* 2* 2* 4* 4 4 3 2 4T+2, 2 hp. (piccolo, English horn, Eb clarinet) II. 19/20/27 January 2008 Puccini. Selected Arias and orchestral works 50’ (estimated instrumentation) 3* 3* 3* 2 4 4 3 1 T+2, hp. strings (piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet) Respighi. Pines of Rome 23’ 3* 3* 3* 3* 6 4 3 1 T+5, hp., cel., pf., or. (piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet, contrabassoon) (Note that brass numbers are for the version in which the 6 buccine parts that are used just at the end are played by the normal brass section. If we are able to find brass players to cover these parts, then the brass numbers for the full work are 4 3 3 1.) III. 15/16 March 2008 Anderson, Leroy. Selected Works including “Irish Suite” 45’ (estimated instrumentation) 3* 2 2 2 4 3 3 1 T+3, hp. (piccolo) Mozart. Magic Flute (abridged) 60’ 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 0 T strings IV. 10/11 May 2008 Schachter, Michael. Commissioned Work 10-15’ (orchestration not final) 3* 2 2 3* 4 2 3 0 T+3, hp.? (piccolo, contrabassoon) Beethoven. Symphony No. 9 65’ 3* 2 2 3* 4 2 3 0 T+3 strings (piccolo, contrabassoon)