1997/1998 Season Listing

I. MELODIC MASTERPIECES

    "Rosamunde" Overture - Franz Schubert
    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 - Ludwig van Beethoven
        Ayano Ninomiya, violin soloist
    Sinfonietta (1926) - Leos Janácek

    Sat., Oct 25, Hudson HS, 7:30 
    Sun., Oct 26, Gibbons Middle School, Westboro, 4:00

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II. THE NUTCRACKER

    The Nutcracker - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky        

    Fri., Dec 12, Gibbons Middle School, Westboro, 7:30
    Sat., Dec 13, Hudson HS, 2:30 & 7:30

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III. SYMPHONIC SPARKLER

    A New Year's Overture 1996 - Margery Ziegler Goldstein
    Pavane Pour une Infante Défunte - Maurice Ravel
    Suite No. 2 from "Daphnis et Chloé" - Maurice Ravel
    Divertimento for Orchestra - Leonard Bernstein
    Cuban Overture - George Gershwin

    Sat., Feb 28, Hudson HS, 7:30 
    Sun., Mar 1, Gibbons Middle School, Westboro, 4:00 

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IV. REQUIEM

    Requiem - Giusseppe Verdi

    Sun., Apr 19, Gibbons Middle School, Westboro, 4:00
    Sat., May 2, Hudson HS, 7:30

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V. POPS CABARET

    Radetzky March, Op. 228 - Johann Strauss, Sr.
    Ballet Music from Faust - Charles Gounod
    Music from The Magic Flute - W.A. Mozart
        Soloists: Donna Kearney, Soprano; Paul Johnson, Baritone
    Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46 - Antonin Dvorak
    Star Wars March - John Williams, arr. by Charles Sayre
    Music from Dances With Wolves - John Barry, arr. by Steven L. Rosenhaus
    Selections from Les Miserables - arr. by Bob Lowden
        (Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer; Original Text by Alain Boublil &
         Jean-Marc Natel; Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg)
        Soloists: Donna Kearney, Soprano; Paul Johnson, Baritone
    Carousel Waltz - Richard Rodgers, arr. Custer
    The Stars & Stripes Forever - John Phillip Sousa

    Sun., Jun 7, Westborough Marriott, 4:00
    Sun., Jun 14, Royal Plaza Hotel, Marlborough, 4:00

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