David E. Becker, Music Director/Conductor
Email: david.e.becker@lawrence.edu

2009-2010 Season

Saturday, October 10, 2009, 8:00 p.m. – Chapel
      Sibelius, Finlandia, op. 26
      Nielsen, Concerto for Flute
         Sheri Muneno, 2008-09 LSO Concerto Competition Finalist
      Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4, F Major. op. 36

Friday, November 13, 2009, 8:00 p.m. - Chapel
“Anniversary Celebrations: Mendelssohn and Haydn”
Featuring the LSO, Concert Choir, Cantala and Viking Chorale
      Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 5, D Major, op. 107 (Reformation)
      Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass, D Minor
         Professor Paul Nesheim, conductor

Saturday, January 30, 2010, 8 p.m. - Chapel
 “100th Anniversary Celebration of Diaghiliev and the Russian Ballet”
A Collaboration with Lawrence University Freshman Studies Program.
Presenters: President Jill Beck and Professor Julie McQuinn
      Stravinsky, Petrouchka (1947 Version)
         Part I: The Shrove –Tide Fair (Opening Scene)
      Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite (1919 Version)
         Berceuse and Finale
      Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring (revised version by Robert Rudolf)
LSO 2009-2010 Student Concerto Competition Finalist: Mariah Schultz
      performing Barber, Violin Concerto, op. 14  

Friday, February 19, 2010, 8:00 p.m. – Chapel: Jazz Series Concert -- Bobby McFerrin
Studio Orchestra --- LSO Collaboration with LUJE Professor Sturm, conductor / composer
      Migrations

Saturday, February 27, 2010, 8:00 p.m., - Chapel
   Seung-Kyung, LSO guest conductor
      Prokofiev, Classical Symphony
      Asha Srinivasan, Doubt for Narrator and Orchestra (World Premiere)
      Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, Eb Major, op.55, (Eroica)

March 4, 5, 6, 7, 2010: Opera Production: Bernstein, Candide
Thursday-Saturday- 8:00 p.m.; Sunday (3:00 p.m.) – Stansbury
   Visiting Professor Ben Krywosz, director
   Professor Bonnie Koestner, music director and vocal coach
   Professor David Becker, conductor

Friday, April 23, 2010, 8:00 p.m. – Chapel
LSO, Concert Choir, Cantala, Viking Chorale
      Respighi, Fountains of Rome
      Choral / Orchestral Works by Arvo Pärt and Morton Lauridsen—TBA
         Professor Phillip Swan, conductor

Saturday, May 29, 2010, 8:00 p.m. – Chapel
      John Stevens, Jubilare!
2009-10 LSO Student Concerto Competition Finalist: Laura Hauer
      performing Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No. 1, op. 77
      Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, op. 35

 

Reading / study sessions of standard orchestral repertoire:
(as time allows--LSO rehearsal dates and times TBA). Repertoire will be selected from the following list:
Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Overture (23’)
Brahms, Symphony No. 2, op. 73, D Major (40’)
Schubert, Symphony No. 8, B Minor, D.759 (Unfinished) (25’)
Strauss, Don Juan, op. 20 (17’)
Hanson, Symphony No. II, op.30 (Romantic) (28’)
Mozart, Symphony No. 40, G Minor, K.550 (35’)

Repertoire to be read and recorded (LSO rehearsal dates and times TBA):
Robert Levy, Hymn Song for the Earth - late Oct. or early Nov.
Andre Juan, New Student Composition – Composition Dept.

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