Would you subscribe to this Symphony Series?

Cafe Society
1

I was interested in what others thought of our local Symphony’s programming for the upcoming year:

SHOSTAKOVICH : The Age of Gold: Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances

ROSSINI: La Cenerentola: Overture
PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No. 1
RESPIGHI: La Boutique fantasque

FORSYTH: Siyajabula! We rejoice!
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3
MARTINU˚ : Symphony No. 1

VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas brasilieras No. 4
PIAZZOLLA: Concerto for Bandoneón and Guitar
JOBIM: Brasília, sinfonia da Alvorada
GINASTERA : Estancia

BERNSTEIN: Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
ANTHEIL: A Jazz Symphony (1955 Version)
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (Original Jazz Band Version)
STRAVINSKY: Ebony Concerto
H BRUBECK: Dialogues for Jazz Combo & Orchestra

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto
JANÁCEK: Glagolitic Mass

JONGEN: Symphonie concertante
RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso
RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin
RAVEL: La valse

ROZSA: Overture to a Symphony Concert
KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring
ESTACIO: A Farmer’s Symphony

MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides: Overture
J MacMILLAN: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
MORAWETZ: Carnival Overture
ELGAR: Enigma Variations

IVES: Central Park in the Dark
ROTA: Symphony No. 2
RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
BERNSTEIN: On The Town: Three Dance Episodes

WALTON: Henry V: Orchestral Suite
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 15

MILHAUD: La création du monde
GERSHWIN: Concerto in F
BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra

2

So that’s 12 separate concerts in the series? Must you subscribe for all of them, or can you mix and match?

3

Looks pretty solid. A lot of good programs, sprinkled with truly killer stuff. I’d especially go for the first program, the “jazz” night with the Ebony Concerto, the Glagolitic Mass, the Shostakovich 15th and the Milhaud/Gershwin/Bartok night.

4

Yes, 12 concerts. They are sold as all 12, or just the first 6, or just the second 6.

5

I’d probably subscribe. Some of the music is a bit too contemporary for my taste, but most of these pieces are far from warhorses. If the orchestra is decent, I think you’d enjoy the season.

6

That’s a pretty solid series. Which orchestra is it?

I wouldn’t subscribe for all 12. But I’d probably go for 6: concerts 1, 2, 4, 6 (I love the Glagolitic Mass), 9 (I’m singing one of MacMillan’s works on Friday. He’s great) and 11.

7

I think it’s a pretty impressive mix of a greatest hits and challenging obscurities. I’d do it if I could afford it.

8

Like Lissener, I’d subscribe if I could afford it. A really nice, varied season.

What Orchestra?

9

I’d subscribe but give away the tix to #2.

10

An interesting season; I’d subscribe for sure. That is, if I, er, weren’t playing in it…
:smiley:

No, I’m not a member of the orchestra in question; I don’t even know which one it is.

11

Ha, I thought pretty much the same thing - that’s the only concert where at least one of the works wouldn’t pull me in. I think I’d go for the first six over the last six if I could only take one set, too.
:o :o :o :o

(not yawning - singing the Glagolitic Mass!)

12

Would I subscribe? In a heartbeat. I’m a big Shostakovich fan and there are some other gems in there as well.

If only we had anything remotely similar here. Sigh. :slight_smile:

13

Ehhh, a bit too much modern and piano for my tastes, but at least I didn’t identify any opera there unless some snuck in under my radar.

Then again, I don’t really like most stuff written after 1830 and prefer baroque or pre-baroque. As an aside, it’s frustrating when you only own about 10 or less classical selections and your tastes are still apparently too obscure for music retailers (is “A Treasury of Gregorian Chants” even in print anymore?) :mad:

14

It’s the Edmonton (Alberta) Symphony Orchestra.

My hidden agenda here was to find if other’s thought that there was an inbalance towards the contempory, and a few of you thought so. Is it unreasonable to have zero works of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Handel, Haydn, Vivaldi, Schubert, Chopin and only one each of Brahms, Tchaikovsky?

15

Oo, absolutely! Some of my favorite works are on there (the Milhaud and the Bartók), and the whole thing looks shiny. I’m biased towards contemporary music, so the lack of Mozart etc. is actually a plus for me.

Now I’m jealous!