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SYMPHONY & CHORUS and CHAMBER CONCERT Season Schedules for 2011-2012

The Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra is the longest running symphony orchestra in Tennessee.

ORSO and Chorus concerts are usually performed at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Oak Ridge High School (ORHS) Performing Arts Center, except where noted.

The theme of this season is East-West Connections.

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SYMPHONY & CHORUS Season Schedule for 2011-2012

Sat., Sept. 17, 8 p.m.	The Journey Begins
	Symphony No. 6 in D Minor by Dvorak "Intermezzo" from Hary Janos by Kodaly In a Persian Market by Ketelbey The breakthrough work by Czechoslovakian composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) features a fiery and brilliant Bohemian dance and relates Eastern European folk idioms to the symphony world. "Intermezzo" from Hary Janos by Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967) will also be performed. The Oak Ridge Chorus will sing a portion of In a Persian Market by Albert Ketelbey (1875-1959), an English composer.

Sat., Nov. 19, 8 p.m.	From Across the World
	American Violin Soloist William Harvey, who teaches violin to children in Afghanistan, will speak about his experiences Friday evening, Nov. 18, at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church. Violin Concerto by Ranjbaran (with violin soloist William Harvey) In Paradisum by Dan Forrest (sung by Oak Ridge Chorus) Violinist William Harvey comes home to America from Afghanistan to perform a concerto by Iranian Composer Behzad Ranjbaran (born in 1955) with the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra. The Oak Ridge Chorus will sing the Tennessee premier of Dan Forrest's new composition In Paradisum. Note: The concert will be held at Grove Theater Performing Arts Center, High Places Church, 123 Randolph Rd.

Sat., Feb. 11, 8 p.m.	Brundibar by Hans Krasa (1899-1904)
	Brundibar by Hans Krasa (1899-1904) The Sound Company children’s choir of Oak Ridge will present this children’s opera originally performed by the children of Theresienstadt concentration camp in occupied Czechoslovakia in 1943. The thinly veiled plot concerns a bully eventually overthrown through song. Works by other composers will also be performed.

Sat., Mar. 10, 8 p.m.	An Evening of Intimate Works
	Beatus Vir by Monteverdi (Oak Ridge Chorus with soloist Diane Pulte) Mass in G by Schubert Ladder to the Moon by Ruehr "Dido's Lament" (from chamber opera Dido and Aeneus) by Purcell "Furibondo" (from opera Partenope) by Handel "Lascia ch'io pianga" (from opera Rinaldo) by Handel Mezzo-soprano soloist Diane Pulte and the Oak Ridge Chorus will sing Beatus Vir by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) and Mass in G by Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828), and the symphony orchestra will perform Ladder to the Moon by contemporary American composer Elena Ruehr (whose music is lauded by Gramophone magazine as "unspeakably gorgeous"), "Dido's Lament" from the chamber opera Dido and Aeneus by Henry Purcell (1659-1695), and two arias: "Furibondo" from the opera Partenope and "Lascia ch'io pianga" from Rinaldo, both by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Note: The concert will be held at First United Methodist Church, North Tulane Avenue at Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Sat., Apr. 14, 8 p.m.	Beethoven Looks East
	"Overture" and "Turkish March" (from the opera Abduction from the Seraglio) by Mozart Domes by Ince Triple Concerto by Beethoven W. A. Mozart's opera Abduction from the Seraglio reflected the Viennese fascination with, and shallow caricature of, Turkish culture and music of the military bands in service of the Ottoman empire. Balancing the music of this opera's "Overture" and "Turkish March" is a more contemporary synthesis of the East-West connection through a strings work called Domes by Tennessee resident and Turkish-American composer Kamran Ince. Formally called the Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56, Ludwig van Beethoven's Triple Concerto reflects a Polish influence in its third movement as Beethoven (1770-1827) looks east. The ORSO performance will feature the Felici Piano Trio (piano, violin, cello). The trio members are natives of Belgium, Germany, and the United States. They will perform a chamber concert on Sunday, Apr. 15, at 3 p.m. at Pollard Auditorium.

Sat., May 6, 8 p.m.	Oak Ridge Chorus and Cookeville MasterSingers
	Requiem by Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) and other works Oak Ridge Chorus and Cookeville MasterSingers, accompanied by organ and string quartet

NON-ORCMA CHORUS EVENTS

Sat. & Sun., Oct. 1 & 2	Take It Home, Tennessee
	This reprisal of a popular concert directed in the 1980s by former Oak Ridge Chorus Director Rosemary Ahmad will be performed by Oak Ridge Chorus members and others as a fundraiser for the Emory Valley Center. The Saturday evening concert will begin at 7:30 and the Sunday matinee will begin at 2:30 p.m.

Sun., Jan. 22, 3 p.m.	5th Annual Knoxville Opera Oak Ridge Community Concert (free non-ORCMA performance)
	The Oak Ridge Chorus and Knoxville Opera performers sing excerpts from upcoming operas at the Tennessee Theater in Knoxville.

CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES for 2011-2012

Sun., Oct. 2, 4 p.m.	Tiberius String Quartet
	The quartet from Transylvania, Romania, is best known for its performances of classical works by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms, and Schubert. The distinguished quartet has received several international prizes, including 2nd place in the Mozart International Contest (Clui, Romania) and 1st and 2nd prizes at Klassik Wiener Preis. Mozart, Quartet No. 22 in B-flat Major, K 589 (Prussian) Beethoven, Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4 Brahms, Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2

Sat., Nov. 5, 8 p.m.	Lydian String Quartet
	Mozart, String Quartet in D Major, K 499 Harbison, String Quartet No. 2 Ravel, String Quartet in F Based at Brandeis University in Boston, the quartet has integrated the rich European and American quartet tradition with early, contemporary, and world music. The quartet's special flair and interpretive mastery of standard and contemporary repertoire has won the ensemble prizes at international competitions in Canada, France, England, and New York.

Sat., Jan. 28, 8 p.m.	Oak Ridge Chamber Players
	Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra violinists Karen Kartal and Sue Eddlemon, violist Jennifer Bloch, and cellists Ihsan Kartal and Dan Allcott (ORSO conductor) will perform Schubert's Quintet in C Major, the composer’s final instrumental work composed two months before his death in 1828.

Sun., Apr. 1, 3 p.m.	*Bonus Concert: Isotone Concert (where physics and music* collide)
	A tribute to Belgian Physicist Georges-Henri Lemaitre, the concert will include a new work by composer Don Bowyer, chair of the Department of Music at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Bowyer will play trombone along with Susan Eddlemon, violin, and Scott Eddlemon, percussion. Lemaitre was the father of the Big Bang theory and revealed that the universe is expanding! Note: The concert will be performed in the auditorium of the American Museum of Science & Energy in Oak Ridge.

Sun., Apr. 15, 3 p.m.	Felici Piano Trio
	A Belgian pianist, German violinist, and American cellist regularly perform works by female and contemporary, as well as classical, composers. They are known for their elegant skills, bravura, deft musicality, and perfection without aloofness. Chamber music lovers will rejoice at the first-class artistic experience the trio will provide.

Sat., May 5, 8 p.m.	Cumberland Wind Quintet
	Established in 1972 as a resident faculty ensemble at Tennessee Tech, the quintet has built a solid reputation for unique programming, fine musicianship, and an enjoyable style marked by humor. The repertoire of the group combining flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn includes classics, exciting modern works, and lighter popular choices.

** Subscribers to the Chamber Music Series can attend the Isotone Concert free of charge.