1999/2000 Season Listing

I. Evening At Symphony

    A Shropshire Lad - Butterworth
    Violin Concerto No. 1 - Prokofiev
        Marylou Speaker Churchill, violin
    Symphony No. 2 - Brahms

    Saturday, Oct 23, Hudson HS, 7:30 
    Sunday, Oct 24, Gibbons Middle School, Westborough, 4:00

    program notes
 
II. Family Holiday Special

    Gloria - Vivaldi
        with Hudson High School Select Chorus, Paul Johnson,
        Director and Westborough High School Concert Choir,
        William Pappazisis, Director 
            guest conductor William Pappazisis
    Amahl and the Night Visitors - Menotti
        A fully staged and costumed production sung in English
        with the Salisbury Lyric Opera Company and the SPM
        Youth Chorus, Jan Patterson, Director 

    Saturday, Dec 18, Hudson HS, 7:30 
    Sunday, Dec 19, Gibbons Middle School, Westborough, 4:00

    program notes

III. Shakespeare in Music

    "Hamlet", Symphonic Poem No. 10 - Lizst
    Incidental music to "Midsummer Night's Dream" - Mendelssohn 
        with the Symphony Pro Musica Youth Chorus
    Incidental Music to "The Merchant of Venice" - Harbison
    Selections from "Romeo and Juliet" - Prokofiev

    Saturday, Feb 12, Hudson HS, 7:30 
    Sunday, Feb 13, Gibbons Middle School, Westborough, 4:00

    program notes

IV. Symphonic Dance

    Ritual Fire Dance - De Falla
    Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 - Rachmaninoff
    Sacred and Profane Dances for Harp and Strings - Debussy 
        Annabelle Taubl, Harp
    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story - Bernstein

    Saturday, Apr 29, Hudson HS, 7:30 
    Sunday, Apr 30, Gibbons Middle School, Westborough, 7:30

    program notes