Houston Symphony's 2006-07 season
Classical concerts:
From September 2006
Sept.
9: Opening
Night. Hans Graf, conductor; Gil Shaham, violin. Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody
No. 2. Sarasate, Ziguenerweisen (Gypsy Airs), Carmen Fantasy.
Bizet, Suite from L'Arlésienne.
Sept.
14, 16-17: Hans
Graf, conductor; Houston Symphony Chorus; soloists TBA. Adams, On
the Transmigration of Souls. Beethoven, Symphony No. 9.
Sept.
22-24: Hans
Graf, conductor; James Ehnes, violin. Mendelssohn, The
Hebrides. Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 2. Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3, Scottish.
Sept.
28, 30, Oct. 1: Hans
Graf, conductor; Louis Lortie, piano. Shostakovich, Festive Overture. Tchaikovsky,
Piano Concerto No. 3. Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1. Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade.
Oct.
19, 21-22: Jeffrey
Kahane, conductor; Joyce Yang, piano. Stucky, Son
et lumière. Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3. Schumann, Symphony
No. 1, Spring.
Nov.
9, 11-12: Hans
Graf, conductor. Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture.
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7, Leningrad.
Nov.
17-19: Hans
Graf, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano. Tchaikovsky, The
Voyevoda. Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3. Tchaikovsky, Symphony
No. 6, Pathétique.
Nov.
24-26: Arild
Remmereit, conductor; Hilary Hahn, violin. Grieg, Selections from Peer
Gynt. Korngold, Violin Concerto. Borodin, Polovtsian
Dances from Prince Igor.
Dec.
15-17: Jane
Glover, conductor; Houston Symphony Chorus; soloists TBA. Handel, Messiah.
Jan.
12-14, 2007: Hans
Graf, conductor. Bruckner, Symphony No. 8.
Jan.
18, 20-21: Hans
Graf, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello. Dukas, Fanfare from La
Peri. Debussy, Jeux. Dukas, The
Sorcerer's Apprentice. Dvorak, Cello Concerto,
Feb.
9-11: Thomas
Dausgaard, conductor; Sarah Chang, violin. Dvorak, Scherzo Capriccioso. Sibelius,
Violin Concerto. Dvorak, Symphony No. 6.
Feb.
23-25: Hans
Graf, conductor; Wayne Brooks, viola; Houston Symphony Chorus; vocal soloists
TBA. Gabriela Frank, Viola Concerto (commission, world premiere). Brahms, Requiem.
March
1, 3-4: Hans
Graf, conductor; Mikhail Svetlov, bass. Shostakovich, Suite
on Sonnets of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, Eroica.
March
16-18: Robert
Spano, conductor; Yuja Wang, piano. Bernstein. Overture to Candide.
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2. Gandolfi, Impressions
from 'The Garden of Cosmic Speculation'. Bernstein, West
Side Story Symphonic Dances.
March
22, 24-25: Carlos
Kalmar, conductor; Caitlin Tully, violin. Messiaen, Un
sourire (A Smile). Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 3. Berlioz, Symphonie
fantastique.
March
29, 30, April 1: Peter
Oundjian, conductor; Jeremy Denk, piano. Brahms, Variations on a Theme of
Haydn. Bach, Piano Concerto No. 1. Sibelius, Symphony No. 2.
April
28-29: Special
Concerts. Itzhak Perlman, conductor and violin. Beethoven, Two Romances for
violin. Brahms, Academic Festival Overture.
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5.
May
3, 5-6: Claus
Peter Flor; Houston Symphony Chorus. All Wagner program with selections from Die
Meistersinger, Tannhäuser, Der Ring des Nibelungen.
May
11-13: Hans
Graf, conductor; Joshua Bell, violin. Brahms, Violin Concerto, Symphony No.
2.
May
16: Special
Concert. Hans Graf, conductor; Lang Lang, piano. Liszt, Les
Préludes. Chopin, Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise for piano.
Franck, The Accursed Huntsman. Liszt, Piano
Concerto No. 1.
May
17, 19-20: Hans
Graf, conductor; Jon Kimura Parker, piano. All-Gershwin program: Cuban Overture.
Piano Concerto, Suite from Porgy and Bess, An
American in Paris.
Pops
concerts:
From September 2006
Sept.
1-3: For
Ella with Patti Austin; Michael Krajewski, conductor. Ella Fitzgerald
standards.
Oct.
6-8: Burt
Bacharach.
Oct. 20: Pops special.
Linda Ronstadt .
Nov. 3-5: Pops
Knockouts.
Michael Krajewski, conductor; Houston Symphony Chorus. Favorite light classics.
Dec.
8-10: A
Very Merry Pops. Michael Krajewski, conductor; Houston Symphony Chorus,
Jan.
5-7, 2007: The
Chieftains. Traditional Irish folk band.
Jan.
26-28: Hayley
Westenra, vocalist. Michael Krajewski, conductor. 18-year old New Zealand
phenomenon.
March
9-11: Neil
Sedaka.
April
13-15: Club
Swing! with Five By Design.
May 25-27: Hooray
for Hollywood. Michael Krajewski, conductor
Credits: Info thanks to "LoveDaisy21" &
Houston Chronical 20060113
