2007-2008 Season

Opening Night with Tchaikovsky

September 27, 2007 8pm

Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor

• Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
• Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 4
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

The Eugene Symphony heralds in the new season with an inspiring opening night concert featuring Tchaikovsky's passionate Fifth Symphony.

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André Watts Plays Brahms

October 25, 8pm

Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor • André Watts, Piano

• R. Strauss:Also Sprach Zarathustra
• Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

After 50 years of astounding audiences worldwide, celebrated pianist André Watts appears for the first time with the Eugene Symphony.

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Nils & Jewel Hult Endowment - Arts Foundation of Western Oregon Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation

Tots to Ten: Tubby the Tuba and Amazing Grace the Wonder Dog!

Saturday, October 27, 2007, 10 a.m. (English)
Saturday, October 27, 2007, 11:15 a.m. (Billingual, English and Spanish)

Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor • Amazing Grace, the Wonder Dog

• Bizet: Les Toreadors
• Rossini: “Gallop” from William Tell Overture
• Tripp: Tubby the Tuba

Join the Eugene Symphony for a fun-filled performance featuring Amazing Grace the Wonder Dog, popular family favorite Tubby the Tuba, and our own orchestra.

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An Evening with Joshua Bell

Thursday, November 1, 2007, 8 p.m.

Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor • Joshua Bell, Violin

• Bizet: L’ Arlesienne, Suite No. 2
• Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
• Gershwin: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess
• Sarasate: Gypsy Airs for Violin

Don't miss this Grammy-award winning violin virtuoso's debut with the Eugene Symphony. Joshua Bell makes his first appearance with the Symphony for one night only in a performance of the dramatic and lively Bruch Violin Concerto.

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Carmina Burana

Thursday, November 15, 2007, 8pm

Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor • Sharon Paul, Chorus Director • Sandra Brown Williams, Children's Chorus Director • Elizabeth Norman, Soprano • Brian Asawa, Countertenor • Robert Orth, other singer.

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
• Orff: Carmina Burana

Love, life and nature come together in Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony and the rhythmic, provactive Carmina Burana

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American Spirituals
Thursday, December 6, 2007, 8 p.m.

David Alan Miller, Guest Conductor
Nathan Myers, Baritone

• Smetana: The Moldau
• Various: American Spirituals
• Dvorák: Symphony No. 8

A poignant evening of folk traditions — from the murmuring waters of The Moldau to the cheery Bohemian melodies in Dvorák's Eighth Symphony.

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Chambers Family Foundation Yuletide Celebration
Saturday, December 15, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 16, 2007, 2:30 p.m.

Robert Hanson, Conductor
TBA, Host

Bring your friends and family to Eugene's most spectacular holiday performance. This Broadway-style show includes the orchestra, plus a cast of 50, including tap dancing Santas, Jay Leno's juggler, and the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. From Sleigh Ride to Deck the Halls, this one-of-a-kind holiday tradition is perfect for all ages!

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Gershwin's American in Paris
Thursday, January, 24, 2008, 8 p.m.

Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor
Stefan Jackiw, Violin
William Schimmel, Accordian

• Argento: Valentino Dances
• Barber: Concerto for Violin
• Copland: Applachian Spring
• Gershwin: American in Paris

The Eugene Symphony celebrates the limitless depth of the American experience — reflective melodies, bustling rhythms, romantic virtuosity and more.

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Romeo and Juliet
Thursday, February 14, 2008, 8 p.m.

Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor
Roberto Sierra, Composer-in-residence
James Carter, saxophone

• Sierra: Fandangos
• Sierra: Concerto for Saxophones
• Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

Give the ultimate Valentine. Prokofiev's powerful symphonic depiction of the world's most famous star-crossed romance. Plus, Downbeat poll winner, James Carter, performs Roberto Sierra's jazzy Concerto for Saxophones.

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Beethoven's Emperor
Thursday, March 20, 2008, 8 p.m.

Alastair Willis, Guest Conductor
Valentina Lisista, Piano

• Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite
• Schubert: Symphony No.8, Unfinished
• Beethoven: Concerto for Piano No.5, Emperor

The dazzling pianist Valentina Lisitsa joins the Eugene Symphony in a performance of the heroic and majestic Beethoven Emperor concerto.

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Nicola
Thursday, April 10, 2008, 8 p.m.

Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor
Sharon Paul, Chorus Director
Nicola Benedetti, Violin

• Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1
• Ravel: Daphnis & Chloé

The charismatic Nicola Benedetti takes center stage in a sparkling performance of Szymanowski's Violin Concerto. And with over 200 musicians onstage, Ravel pulls out all the stops in his masterpiece, the colossal Daphnis & Chloé.

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Season Finale
Thursday, May 15, 2008, 8 p.m.

Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor

• Buxtehude/arr. Chavez: Chaconne in E Minor
• J.S. Bach: Suite No. 2 in B Minor
• Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major

Two masterworks of the Baroque period and the beloved Bruckner Symphony No. 7 round out the Eugene Symphony's spectacular season. Love the music.

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