SAN JUAN SYMPHONY 2010-2011 SEASON

ARTHUR POST, MUSIC DIRECTOR

Join us Wednesdays at 6:
Musically Speaking

Join Maestro Arthur Post for a concert preview on the Wednesday before each concert at 6 pm at the Durango Arts Center.
(October 6, November 17, February 16, April 13)

Something Old, Something New . . .

Winner of the 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant, young clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein joins us for three pieces that range from traditional to modern and ethnic. His consummate musicianship and fiery technique will be on display in classical Weber, lyrical Copland and a boisterous Klezmer dance. Schumann's popular Rhenish Symphony is one of the most joyous pieces from the Romantic era. It was inspired by the composer's journey with his wife through the Rhineland, the spiritual heart of Germany.

Sunday, October 10, 2010, 3 PM - Community Concert Hall at FLC, Durango, CO

Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Weber	Clarinet Concertino, Op. 26
Copland	Andante, from Clarinet Concerto
Ellstein	Hassidic Dance
Schumann	Symphony No. 3, Rhenish, Op. 97

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Silver Jubilee

On November 20, 1986, musicians from the Durango Civic Symphony joined Farmington’s San Juan Symphony to form an orchestra for the whole Four Corners region. We’ll recreate that concert, with two superlative soloists and two beloved concertos - Beethoven’s elegant and profound Fourth Piano Concerto, and Mendelssohn’s capricious Violin Concerto - and we’'ll celebrate how far we’ve come with a brand new work commissioned for the occasion.

Saturday, November 20, 2010, 7:30 PM - Henderson Performance Hall, Farmington, NM
Sunday, November 21, 2010, 3 PM Community Concert Hall at FLC, Durango, CO

Jennifer Koh, violin Benjamin Hochman, piano Side-by-Side with high school musicians
Berlioz	Hungarian March
Beethoven	Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58
Sam Cardon	25th Anniversary Commission
Mendelssohn	Violin Concerto, Op. 64

Arches

One of today's most adventuresome and approachable young artists, violinist Timothy Fain, returns to the SJS for an intimate program that weaves delightful Baroque classics together with later works that were inspired by them. Past and present, old and new come together, bridging hundreds of years and connecting musical styles from places as far-flung as Italy, Hollywood and Buenos Aires.

Sunday, February 20, 2011, 3 PM - Community Concert Hall at FLC, Durango, CO

Timothy Fain, violin
Bach	Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Stravinsky	Danses Concertantes
Vivaldi	Spring, from The Four Seasons
Kevin Puts	Arches
Aaron Kernis	Air
Astor Piazzolla	Spring, from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Passions and Fate

Durango's Gemma Kavanagh is the featured soloist in the exotic Songs of the Auvergne, sumptuous settings of folk songs from the French countryside. Then vocal soloists and combined choirs from Durango and Farmington join the Symphony for a festive finale. Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is a feast for the senses, a cocktail of Medieval pleasures spiked with satire, humor, and even a bit of wisdom. Popular as a sound track for film, video games and television, it impresses with its sheer power and its lively message: in life and love, we are the pawns of capricious Fate . . . live it up while you can!

Saturday, April 16, 2011, 7:30 PM - Community Concert Hall at FLC, Durango, CO
Sunday, April 17, 2011, 3 PM - Henderson Performance Hall, Farmington, NM

Gemma Kavanagh, soprano Brian Patrick Leatherman, tenor Scott Bearden, baritone Durango Choral Society, Linda Mack Berven, director Caliente, Virginia Nickels-Hircock, director
Canteloube	Songs of the Auvergne
Carl Orff	Carmina Burana

Family Concert

Kick off the 2010-2011 San Juan Symphony season with this concert designed for all ages. Enjoy classics, popular favorites and familiar movie themes performed in an interactive, educational atmosphere. The perfect first symphony experience, capping off Durango's week-long Showcase of the Arts (www.durangoshowcaseofthearts.org).

Sunday, September 19, 2010, 7 - 8 PM - Community Concert Hall at FLC, Durango, CO

Cory McBride, violin soloist
John Philip Sousa	The Thunderer
Igor Stravinsky	Berceuse and Finale, from The Firebird
Jacques Offenbach	Can-Can, from Orpheus in the Underworld
Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony Nr. 5, first movement
Franz Josef Haydn	Symphony Nr. 10, third movement
Various	Musical Anniversary Tour
Andrew Lloyd Webber, arr. Custer	Phantom of Opera Selections
Henryk Wieniawski	Violin Concerto Nr. 2, second movement
Peter Heidrich	Variations on Happy Birthday
arr. Custer	The Best of the Beatles