Isaiah Jackson, Conductor
SEASON OPENER
December 12, 1970, 3:00 pm
Purcell
Fanfare
Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor (“Unfinished”)
Allegro moderato
Andante con moto
Neikrug
Fantasy for Large Orchestra
Andante
Poco piu mosso
Allegro
Adagio
World Premiere
Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
Allegro
Turandot, Scherzo
Andantino
Marsch
WINTER CONCERT
February 13, 1971, 3:00 pm
Ives
from Washington’s Birthday
Beethoven
Fantasy in C Minor for Arlene Portney, piano, Chorus nad Orchestra, Op. 80
(“Choral Fantasy”)
Soloist: Arlene Portney
Prokofiev
“Alexander Nevsky” Cantata
Russia Under the Mongolian Yoke
Song about Alexander Nexsky
The Crusaders in Pskov
Arise, Ye Russian People
The Battle on Ice
Field of the Dead
Alexansder’s entry into Pskov
Solosit: Claudia Polley
SPRING CONCERT
April 24, 1971, 3:00 pm
Dukas
Fanfare for “La Peri””
Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D Major (“London”)
Adagio
Andante
Menuetto
Allegro Spiritoso
Birdsong
Three Songs for Voice, Piano and Orchestra
When a New Born Baby is Born, The World Gets One More Chance
It Ain’t no Fun Being a Welfare Recipient
My Father
Edwin Birdsong, Soloist
bwap
“Eclipse,” Suite for Rock Band and Orchestra
Gymnopedie
Dr. Funk and His Friends
Bill’s Song
Tristan
bwap, Rock Band
Bill Ervin
Douglas Johnson
James Jolis
Bruce Merrill
World Premiere
Conly and Razdow
Opus 31, Miniatures for Synthesizers, Computers, and Diverse Instruments
Paul Conly and Allen Razdow, Soloists
(for G.L. Oliver)
World Premiere
Strauss
“TIll Eulenspiegal’s Merry Pranks”