1993/1994 Season Listing

I. STAR OF THE FUTURE

    Overture to Semiramide - Gioachino Rossini
    Piano Concerto in G Major - Maurice Ravel
        Esther Budiardjo, piano
    Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 ("Rhenish") - Robert Schumann

    October 16 & 17, 1993

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II. HOLIDAY REVELS

    Magnificat - Johann Sebastian Bach
        Amanda MacPherson, soprano
        Margaret Tartaglia, mezzo soprano
        Kathleen Rooney, alto
        Richard Monroe, tenor
        Gordon T. Gurney, bass/baritone
        The Salisbury Singers
    "Troika" from Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Prokofiev
    Christmas Favorites - Bruce Chase, arr.
    Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 - Antonin Dvorák
    Seasonal Selections
        SPM Youth Chorus, Jan Patterson, director
        Winterscene (in Leominster only), Ruthe Lew, director
    White Christmas - Irving Berlin
    A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson
    Audience sing-along
        Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Mendelssohn
        Stille Nacht (Silent Night) - Franz Gruber

    December 11 & 12, 1993

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III. SYMPHONIC FAVORITES

    Festive Overture, Op. 96 - Dimitri Shostakovich
    Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 - Antonin Dvorák
        Marylou Speaker Churchill, violin
    Pines of Rome, Op. 60 - Ottorino Respighi

    February 12 & 13, 1994

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IV. CARMEN

    Carmen
        Music by Georges Bizet
        Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
        with the Salisbury Lyric Opera Company

     April 8 & 10, 1994

V. SPRING CELEBRATION

    "Voices of Spring" Waltzes - Johann Strauss, II
    Spring Concertino - William Bolcom
        Stephen Wade, oboe soloist
    The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky

    May 21 & 22, 1994

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