Concert Schedule
2008–2009 Classical Concert Season
September 27 · First Universalist Church of Salem · 8:00 pm*
September 28 · The Governor’s Academy, Byfield · 3:30 pm**
”The Unbearable Lightness of Being”
Rossini: Overture to La Cambiale di Matrimonio
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Rossini: Variations for Clarinet and Small Orchestra
Charles Neidich, Clarinet
Mozart: Symphony No. 33
November 15 · First Universalist Church of Salem · 8:00 pm*
November 16 · The Governor’s Academy, Byfield · 3:30 pm**
“A Little Night Music: Serenades and Nocturnes”
Mozart: Serenata notturna, K.239
Elgar: Serenade, Op.20
Dvorak: Nocturne, Op.40
Dvorak: Serenade, Op.22
January 24 · First Universalist Church of Salem · 8:00 pm*
January 25 · The Governor’s Academy, Byfield · 3:30 pm**
“The Garden of Earthly Delights”
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Puccini: I Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)
Kodaly: Summer Evening
Sibelius: Valse triste from Kuolema
Saint-Saens: Concerto for Violoncello in A Minor
March 14 · First Universalist Church of Salem · 8:00 pm*
March 15 · The Governor’s Academy, Byfield · 3:30 pm**
“A Feast of Virtuosity”
Haydn: Symphony No. 44 (Trauer-Symphonie)
Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantella, op.43
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Opus 28
Ying Xue, Violin
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
May 2 · First Universalist Church of Salem · 8:00 pm*
May 3 · The Governor’s Academy, Byfield · 3:30 pm**
“The Prometheus Theme: The Recycling Genius of Beethoven”
Beethoven: Contradances
Beethoven: Selections from “The Creatures of Prometheus”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
*Pre-Concert Talk by Conductor Donald Palma at 7:00 pm
**Pre-Concert Talk by Conductor Donald Palma at 2:30 pm