The 2008-2009 Season
Concert I [free]
September 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m., Wright Auditorium
ECU Symphony Orchestra
- Giuseppe Verdi – La Forza del Destino Overture
- Béla Bartók – Viola Concerto, Opus posth., with guest soloist Melissa Reardon
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67
Concert II [free]
November 1st, 2008, 8:00 p.m., St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
401 East Fourth Street, Greenville, North Carolina
ECU Symphony and Chamber Singers
- Heitor Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 for String Orchestra
- Marlos Nobre – Desafio I for viola and string orchestra, Opus 31/1 1968, with guest soloist Melissa Reardon
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem K. 626, with guest soloists t.b.a.
Concert III [free]
November 9, 2008, 3:00 p.m., A. J. Fletcher Recital Hall
ECU Chamber Orchestra
- Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 49 in F minor, “La Passione”, Hob.I:49
- Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Flute in D major, “Il Cardellino”, Opus 10, No. 3, with guest soloist Christine Gustafson
- Benjamin Britten – Simple Symphony for string orchestra
Concert IV [free]
November 10, 2008, 8:15 p.m., 2008 NCMEA Conference
Stevens Center, 405 W. Fourth Street, Winston-Salem, NC
ECU Symphony and Chamber Singers
- Heitor Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 for String Orchestra
- Marlos Nobre – Desafio I for viola and string orchestra, Opus 31/1 1968, with guest soloist Melissa Reardon
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem K. 626, with guest soloists t.b.a.
Concert V [free]
February 10, 2009, 8:00 p.m.,Wright Auditorium
ECU Symphony Orchestra
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Russian Easter Festival Overture, Opus 36
- Antonín Dvořák – Slavonic Dances No. 4 in F major & No. 8 in G minor, Opus 46
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Concerto for Violin in D major, Opus 61, with guest soloist Ara Gregorian
Concert VI [free]
March 1st, 2009, 3:00 p.m., Wright Auditorium
ECU Symphony Orchestra
- Mark Faris – Exorcisms (world premiere)
- David Dahlgren – Folksongs of the Vikings for Tuba and String Orchestra, with guest soloist Tom McCaslin
- Yao Chen – Two Poems for Chamber Orchestra, winner composition of the 2008-2009 Orchestral Composition Competition
Concert VII, VIII, IX & X
March 4 & 5, 2009, 7:00 p.m., A. J. Fletcher Recital Hall
March 6, 2008, 2:00 p.m. and again at 7:00 p.m., A. J. Fletcher Recital Hall
ECU Symphony Orchestra
Concert XI [free]
April 26, 2009, 3:00 p.m., Wright Auditorium
ECU Symphony Orchestra
- Alexander Borodin – Prince Igor Overture
- t.b.a – Winner of the 2008-2009 ECU Concerto Competition
- Igor Stravinsky- Symphony in Three Movements