NITTANY VALLEY SYMPHONY 2017-2018 SEASON
MUSIC: THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
THE END OF ROMANTICISM
Sunday, April 29, 2018, 4:00pm • Mt. Nittany Middle School Auditorium
Ted Christopher, baritone
Love, death and transcendence at the end of the Romantic era
WAGNER: Prelude and Liebestod [Love-Death] from Tristan und Isolde
MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder [Songs on the Death of Children]
WAGNER: Siegfried's Funeral March from Götterdämmerung
R. STRAUSS: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 [Death and Transfiguration]
MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS
Sunday, March 25, 2018, 4:00pm • Eisenhower Auditorium
Christopher Guzman, piano
A diverse world, united by the power of music
COPLAND: El Salón México
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
THE STORY OF BABAR: FAMILY CONCERT
Sunday January 28, 2018, 4:00pm • Bellefonte Area High School Theatre
Helen Manfull, Narrator
Ann Keller Young Soloist Competition Winner, Ben Deighton, cello
A program for the entire family featuring a piece for narrator and orchestra, plus the winner of our annual young soloist competition.
FUČÍK: Entrance of the Gladiators, Op. 68
STRAVINSKY: Circus Polka
POULENC: The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
VIRTUOSO/VARIATION
Sunday, November 5, 2017, 4:00pm • Eisenhower Auditorium
Max Zorin, violin
Violin virtuosity and orchestral variations
BLACHER: Orchestra Variations on a Theme of Paganini
PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6
TCHAIKOVSKY: Theme and Variations from Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55
GALLIC GRANDEUR
Sunday, September 24, 2017, 4:00pm • Bellefonte Area High School Theatre
Kim Cook, violoncello French masterworks from the late 19th century
FAURÉ: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
LALO: Cello Concerto in D minor
FRANCK: Symphony in D minor