2016-17 Season: Fantastic at 50!

LOVE AND THE SEA
Sunday, September 18, 2016, 4:00pm • Mt. Nittany Middle School Auditorium
Richard Kennedy, Tenor
Expressions of lost love and the mysterious power of the sea
MENDELSSOHN:  Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave), Op. 26
CHAUSSON:  Poème de l’amour et de la mer [Poem of Love and the Sea] for Tenor and Orchestra, Op. 19
TCHAIKOVSKY:  Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique

BEST OF BROADWAY
Symphonic Pops Concert
Sunday, October 16, 2016, 4:00pm • Mt. Nittany Middle School Auditorium
Favorite musicals from Broadway’s Golden Age and beyond

DYNAMIC DUO
Sunday, January 29, 2017, 4:00pm • Bellefonte Area High School Theatre
James Lyon, Violin
Timothy Deighton, Viola
Shakespeare’s pair of young lovers and two dynamic soloists
BERLIOZ:  Scène d’amour [Love Scene] from Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
MOZART:  Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major for
Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K.364/320d
BEETHOVEN:  Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

MR. SMITH’S BOWL OF NOTES
Family Concert
Sunday, February 26, 2017, 4:00pm • Bellefonte Area High School Theatre
Mark Ballora, Actor
Ann Keller Young Soloist Competition Winner
A program for the entire family featuring a piece for actor and orchestra,
plus the winner of our annual young soloist competition
SMITH:  Mr. Smith’s Bowl of Notes

GOLDEN JUBILEE
Sunday, March 26, 2017, 4:00pm • Eisenhower Auditorium
Steven Herbert Smith, Piano
Gala 50th anniversary concert
SHOSTAKOVICH:  Festive Overture, Op. 96
BRAHMS:  Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
RACHMANINOFF:  Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

SLAVIC CELEBRATION
Sunday, April 23, 2017, 4:00pm • Mt. Nittany Middle School Auditorium
Lisa O. Bontrager, Horn
Music from Russia and Bohemia
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV:  Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36
GLIÈRE:  Horn Concerto in B-flat major, Op. 91
DVORAK:  Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60