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1987/1988 Season Listing

I. HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS TRIBUTE

    The Little Train of the Brazilian Countryman - Heitor Villa-Lobos
    Guitar Concerto - Heitor Villa-Lobos
        Peter Clemente, guitar soloist
    Bachianas Brazileiras No. 5 - Heitor Villa-Lobos
        Priscilla Ganley, soprano soloist
    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" - Tchaikovsky

    October 31 & November 1, 1987

II. HOLIDAY OPERA SPECTACULAR

    Hansel and Gretel - Humperdinck
        with the New England Conservatory Opera Workshop,
        Louise Costigan and David Bartholomew, Directors

    December 19 & 20, 1987

III. ORCHESTRA SHOWCASE

    Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" - Richard Wagner
    Nocturne for Flute and Strings - Theodore E. Pierce
        Carol Kramer, flute soloist
    Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73 - Carl Maria von Weber
        Richard Kessel, clarinet soloist
    "Mathis der Maler" Symphony - Paul Hindemith

    March 5 & 6, 1988

IV. CELEBRATION OF AMERICA

    1865 Overture - Gordon Munford
    Violin Concerto - Barber
        Marylou Speaker Churchill, violin soloist
    Lincoln Portrait - Copland
        Paul Johnson, narrator (Hudson)
        Barry Lew, narrator (Leominster)
    American In Paris - Gershwin

    May 21 & 22, 1988

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