Saturday, April 29, 2000, 8:00 p.m.
“Russian Excursions” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Opus 10 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Opus 23 Jerry Wong, piano Program notes
Sunday, March 5, 2000, 3:00 p.m.
“Spirit Worlds” Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 p.m. with Jonathan Palevsky Engelbert Humperdinck: Overture to Hansel & Gretel Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Opus 47 Qing Li, violin Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite (Ma Mère l’Oye) Program notes
Saturday, December 4, 1999, 8:00 p.m.
“Landscapes” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with composer Mark Lanz Weiser Mark Lanz Weiser: Into the Dark and Darker Cold (libretto by Lia Purpura) Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Opus 70 Program notes
Saturday, December 5, 1998, 8:00 p.m.
“Opus Opera!” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Jonathan Palevsky Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi: Act I from La Traviata Carla DelVillaggio, soprano Richard Crawley, tenor Giuseppe Verdi: Act II from La Traviata Margot Bos Stambler, soprano Fenlon Lamb, mezzo-soprano Program Notes
Saturday, October 24, 1998, 8:00 p.m.
“Art Creates Artists” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson Samuel Adler: Art Creates Artists Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Opus 35 Xiao-po Fei, violin Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Opus 90 Program Notes
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
Saturday, April 26, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano in C Major (“Triple”), Opus 56 Amadeus Trio Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Opus 35 Xiao-po Fei, violin Program Notes
Saturday, December 7, 1996, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 7, 1996, 8:00 p.m. In memory of the life of Rex T. Chao (1976-1996) Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Jonathan Palevsky Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, Opus 11 Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Opus 45 Allison Charney, soprano David Neal, bass-baritone Johns Hopkins Choral