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Welcome to the 2011-2012 Season of the Central Iowa Symphony!




Free Pops Concert
Thursday, Aug 4, 2011 (8-9:15pm) - Ames Bandshell Park

Showboat selections Jerome Kern
Horse and Buggy Leroy Anderson
Carousel Waltz Richard Rodgers
Concerto for Piccolo in C, RV443 Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
      Heather Imhoff, piccolo
Country Gardens Percy Grainger
Eternal Father, strong to save (Melita) John Dykes
"On the Trail" from Grand Canyon Suite Ferde Grofé
Over the Rainbow Harold Arlen
Music from UP! Michael Giacchino


Season Opener
Saturday, Oct 15, 2011 (7:30pm) - Ames City Auditorium           Concert Conversation 6:45pm

Symphonic Poem No. 8: Héroïde funèbre, S.102 Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, S.244/2 Franz Liszt
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
      Caleb Polashek, violin



Sounds of the Season
Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 (7:30pm) - Ames City Auditorium           Concert Conversation 6:45pm

Christmas Overture on "Von Himmel hoch" Otto Nicolai (1810-1849)
from The Four Seasons
Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "Winter" Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
      Kevin Amidon, violin
Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite) Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Champagne Galop, op. 14 Hans Christian Lumbye (1810-1874)
Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Christmas Symphony in D Jirí Ignác Linek (1725-1791)
A Christmas Festival Original 1950 version Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)



Young Artists' Concert
Sunday, Mar 4, 2012 (3:00pm) - Ames City Auditorium           Concert Conversation 2:15pm

Overture to Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
"Martern aller Arten" from Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756-1791)
      Abigail Rethwisch, soprano
Concerto in A Minor - I. Allegro affetuoso Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
      Vera Zhao, piano
Channel One Suite                                          Bill Reddie
      Mark Lukasiewicz, tenor saxophone
      William Lohrey, alto saxophone
      Jack Kohn, trumpet
      ISU Jazz Ensemble
Up South                                          Robert Nelson (b. 1941)
      Damani Phillips, saxophone
      James Bovinette, trumpet
      ISU Jazz Ensemble



Season Finale
Sunday, May 6, 2012 (3:00pm) - Ames City Auditorium           Concert Conversation 2:15pm

Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity from The Planets Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 Max Bruch (1838-1920)
      Alan Henson, cello
Air from Holberg Suite, op. 40 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Rendering for orchestra (1989) Franz Schubert - Luciano Berio
(1797-1828)        (1925-2003)





    Eric L McIntyre, CIS Conductor & Music Director

                     

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