Illinois Symphony Orchestra
2011-2012 Season
8:00 pm Friday in Bloomington at the BCPA
8:00 pm Saturday in Springfield at Sangamon Auditorium
Zone 1/2/3 Tickets - $45/35/20 | Student (Age 6+) - $6 | Senior / Rush (6-7pm) - $43/33/19
| Titanic & Terrific |
May 4/5, 2012 |
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Guest Conductor: Kenneth Raskin
Guest Artist: Adam Neiman, Piano
A terrific and titanic ending to this exciting season begins with Mozart’s energetic Symphony No. 32, a short, theatrical- inspired overture which leads to the terrific and whimsical jazz-inspired Piano Concerto of Maurice Ravel featuring the stellar pianist Adam Neiman. The bold and titanic score of Mahler’s First Symphony is an experience that no one will want to miss!
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Mozart: Symphony No.32
Ravel: Piano Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No.1, “Titan”
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PAST CONCERTS
| Tragedy & Triumph |
October 14/15, 2011 |
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Guest Conductor: Donato Cabrera
Guest Artist: Awadagin Pratt, Piano
The triumphant sounds of Grieg’s Piano Concerto with world-renowned and hometown-favorite pianist Awadagin Pratt along with the quirky Chairman Dances of John Adams herald in the start of a new era for the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. The masterfully dramatic and tragic depiction of Roméo and Juliette set to music by Hector Berlioz round out this triumphant occasion.
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Adams: Chairman Dances
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Berlioz: Selections from Romeo and Juliette
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| Fast & Furious |
November 18/19, 2011 |
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Guest Conductor: Alastair Willis
Guest Artist: Nicolas Kendall, Violin
Hold on to your seats as this evening of great music will pass you by in a furious flash. John Adam’s popular Short Ride in a Fast Machine kicks off this musical journey that will hit warp speed with the dynamic and fiery playing of violinist Nicolas Kendall in Chris Brubeck’s Spontaneous Combustion. This fast ride comes to a close with classical music’s most popular symphony, Beethoven’s Fifth!
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Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Brubeck: Spontaneous Combustion
Beethoven: Symphony No.5
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Families & Favorites — Holiday Pops
December 16/17, 2011
Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler
Join the Illinois Symphony Orchestra family for a concert filled with holiday favorites!
| Ecstatic & Exotic |
February 24/25, 2012 |
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Guest Conductor: Rei Hotoda
Guest Artist: Bridget Kibbey, Harp
An evening to be dazzled, opening with the ecstatic Rapture of Christopher Rouse which transports us to a world devoid of darkness. Upon arrival, critically-acclaimed harpist Bridget Kibbey joins the orchestra for a journey on rented angel wings in Rodrigo’s seraphicConcierto Serenata. Based on The Arabian Nights, the exotic and colorful Scheherazade of Rimsky-Korsakov is a perfect ending to bring us back to Earth.
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Rouse: Rapture
Rodrigo: Concierto Serenata
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
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| Brilliant & Beautiful |
March 30/31, 2012 |
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Guest Conductor: Andrew Sewell
Guest Artist: Vadim Gluzman, Violin
Brilliant and beautiful sounds fill the air with Berlioz’s swashbuckling Le Corsaire Overture, the radiant beauty and intimacy of Brahms Violin Concerto featuring violin virtuoso Vadim Gluzman, and the brilliant masterpiece of the young Dmitri Shostakovich, his First Symphony.
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Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No.1
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