May Concert

8:00 pm

MAY 12, 2017
John McLaughlin Williams, Guest Conductor

FEATURING YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION WINNERS
Eric Chen, violin (High School Division) &
Alyssa Primeau, flute (College Division)

Program:
Symphonie Espagnole for Violin & Orchestra, Mvt. I … Edouard Lalo
Carmen Fantasy for Flute & Orchestra ….Francois Borne
Symphony No. 3, “The Irish” …. Charles V. Standford

Dondero Auditorium, Royal Oak Middle School

709 N Washington Ave, Royal Oak, MI 48067

Royal Oak Symphony Orchestra – 2016-2017 Season

Updated October 5, 2016 – programs subject to change

OCTOBER 21, 2016
John McLaughlin Williams, Guest Conductor
From a Moonlit Ceremony …… George Frederick McKay
(Suite on Songs & Dance of the Muckleshoot Tribe)
Double Concerto in E minor…… Max Bruch
Kevin Horne, violin; Kathy Almquist, viola
INTERMISSION
Symphony No. 5 in ,B-flat major, op. 55 … Alexander Glazunov

DECEMBER 16, 2016
Adam C. Riccinto, Guest Conductor
Symphony No. 9 in C major (“The Great”)……Franz Schubert
INTERMISSION
“Polonaise” from Christmas Eve Suite … Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
A Christmas Festival (abbreviated version) …… Leroy Anderson
Suite from “Polar Express” …Alan Silvestri

MARCH 24, 2017
Kevin Fitzgerald, Guest Conductor
Spring Song, Op. 16 …………… Jean Sibelius
Suite in A major, Op. 98b …… Antonin Dvorak
INTERMISSION
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61……Ludwig van Beethoven
Timothy B. Steeves, violin

MAY 12, 2017
John McLaughlin Williams, Guest Conductor

FEATURING YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION WINNERS
Eric Chen, violin (High School Division) &
Alyssa Primeau, flute (College Division)

Program:
Symphonie Espagnole for Violin & Orchestra, Mvt. I … Edouard Lalo
Carmen Fantasy for Flute & Orchestra ….Francois Borne
Symphony No. 3, “The Irish” …. Charles V. Standford

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