SEASON 53, JOSHUA GERSEN, MUSIC DIRECTOR
ORCHESTRA
Sunday, March 6, 2016, 2:00 pm
Tonia Ko
Strange Sounds and Explosions Worldwide (world première, First Music commission)
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Steven Lin, piano
Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances
JAZZ
SWING TO SPRING
Monday, May 16, 2016, 7:30 pm
Bill Holman
Tree Frog
Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Burke (arr. Lennie Niehaus)
Suddenly It’s Spring
Clarence Williams/Spencer Williams (arr. Billy Strayhorn)
Royal Garden Blues
Billy Strayhorn
A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers (arr. Lennie Niehaus)
Spring Is Here
Christopher Zuar
Native Tongue (world première, First Music commission)
Joe Garland/Leo Corday
Leap Frog
Burton Lane/Alan Jay Lerner (arr. Darmon Meader)
On A Clear Day
Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers (arr. Darmon Meader)
I Could Write A Book
Duke Ellington/Irving Mills/Juan Tizol (Vocal arr. Darmon Meader/Peter Eldridge, Big Band arr. D. Mensinger)
Caravan
Neal Hefti/Jon Hendricks (arr. Darmon Meader)
Lil’ Darlin’