Saturday, May 2, 1998, 8:00 p.m.

“The Big Questions” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson W. A. Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni Richard Strauss: Tod and Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Opus 24 Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suites 1 and 2 Suite No. 1: Scenes and Dances Suite No. 2: Three Dances Program

Sunday, March 8, 1998, 2:00 p.m.

“Expatriates” Pre-concert lecture at 1:00 p.m. with Jonathan Palevsky Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Opus 11 (Br. 53) Brian Ganz, piano Andrzej Panufnik: Harmony George Gershwin: An American in Paris Program Notes

Saturday, December 6, 1997, 8:00 p.m.

“Celebrating 200!” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with composer Jim Grant John S. Smith/arr. Luck: Star-Spangled Banner Franz Joseph Haydn: Overture to The Creation Jim Grant: Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra Eve Abraham, viola Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Opus 39 Program Notes

Saturday, October 18, 1997, 8:00 p.m.

“Over the River and Through the Woods” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Ken Meltzer Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Opus 97 (“Rhenish”) Edvard Grieg: Concerto in A Minor, Opus 16 Eric Conway, piano Program Notes