Bianca Ancheta

October 3, 2025

2025-26 Season

Digital Program: Williams & Rachmaninoff

Bianca Ancheta

October 3, 2025

2025-26 Season

Digital Program: Williams & Rachmaninoff

October 10 & 11, 2025 at 7:30 pm

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Elizabeth Schwartz

October 3, 2025

Program Notes, 2025-26 Season

Program Notes: Williams & Rachmaninoff

Elizabeth Schwartz

October 3, 2025

Program Notes, 2025-26 Season

Notes about:
Williams: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor

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Past Program Books

Digital Program: Williams & Rachmaninoff

Picnic at the Pops! The Music of Queen

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark in Concert

Verdi's Requiem

Carnival of the Animals

Aretha: A Tribute

Disney's Fantasia in Concert Live to Film

Holiday Candlelight Concert

Holiday Pops!

The Four Seasons Mixtape

Past Program Notes

Program Notes: Williams & Rachmaninoff

Notes about:
Williams: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor

Program Notes: Verdi's Requiem

Notes about:
Guiseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass (In Memory of Alessandro Manzoni)

Program Notes: Carnival of the Animals

Notes about:
Gershwin (arr. Hersh): Three Preludes
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
Norman: Drip Blip Sparkle Spin Glint Glide Glow Float Flop Chop Pop Shatter Splash
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

Program Notes: The Four Seasons Mixtape

Notes about:
Mendelssohn’s Overture from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Ortiz’s La Calaca for String Orchestra
The Four Seasons Mixtape:
Vivaldi’s L’estate (Summer)
Richter’s Autumn from The Four Seasons Recomposed
Ysaÿe’s Chant d’hiver (Wintersong)
Piazzolla’s Primavera portena (Beunos Aires Spring)

Program Notes: Branford Marsalis with the Modesto Symphony Orchestra

Notes about:
Borodin's “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor
Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Op. 165
Williams' “Escapades” from Catch Me If You Can
Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances for Large Orchestra, Op. 45

Program Notes: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Notes about:
Pärt’s Fratres
Beach’s Peace I Leave With You
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”

Program Notes: Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

Notes about:
Piazzolla’s Tangazo (Variations on Buenos Aires)
Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Bach’s Fugue in G minor BWV 578 “Little Fugue”
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Program Notes: Symphonic Soundtrack

Notes about:
Rossini’s Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Gabrieli’s Sonata pian’e forte
Montgomery’s Starburst
Copland’s Clarinet Concerto
Faure’s Sicilienne from Pelleas and Melisande Suite
Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird
William’s Princess Leia’s Theme from Star Wars

Program Notes: Gershwin's An American in Paris

Notes about:
Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony
Boulanger’s D’un Matin de Printemps
Gershwin’s An American in Paris

Program Notes: Tchaikovsky & Copland

Notes about:
Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro KV492
Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Copland’s Symphony No. 3

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Digital Program: Williams & Rachmaninoff

Program Notes: Williams & Rachmaninoff

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