2009-2010 Season

New World Symphony

Thursday, September 24, 2009, 8 p.m.

Danail Rachev, Conductor
Tracy Silverman, Electric Violin

• Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger
• Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur
• Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, From the New World

Music Director Danail Rachev launches a new era with Dvorak’s beloved New World Symphony. This opening night performance is electrified by pre-eminent American composer John Adams’s concerto, The Dharma at Big Sur.

Mozart’s Magic Flute

Thursday, October 22, 2009, 8 p.m.

Danail Rachev, Conductor
Inon Barnatan, Piano

• Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
• Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

The Eugene Symphony’s Beethoven Piano Concerto celebration opens with the poetic and passionate pianist, Inon Barnatan. Sibelius’ triumphant Second Symphony rounds out this stirring performance.

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The Mighty ‘Organ Symphony’

Thursday, November 19, 2009, 8 p.m.

David Amado, Guest Conductor

• Berlioz: Le Corsaire
• Ravel: Mother Goose
• Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Organ Symphony

Join the Eugene Symphony for an evening filled with French favorites, including Ravel’s colorful suite, Mother Goose, and the mighty Organ Symphony of Saint-Saens.

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Beethoven and Brahms

Thursday, December 3, 2009, 8 p.m.

Danail Rachev, Conductor
Alexandre Dossin, Piano

• Haydn: The Creation: The Representation of Chaos
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
• Brahms: Symphony No. 1

The charm of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 served in perfect contrast to Brahms’s breakthrough First Symphony. Back by popular demand, audience favorite Alexandre Dossin teams up with Maestro Rachev in a performance that will leave you breathless.

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Shostakovich Fifth Symphony

Thursday, January 21, 2010, 8 p.m.

Danail Rachev, Conductor
Mihaela Ursuleasa, Piano

• Rossini: Overture to The Thieving Magpie
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

One of the 20th Century’s most powerful and moving works, the Fifth Symphony of Shostakovich thrills audiences with its variety and passion. Dazzling pianist Mihaela Ursuleasa performs Beethoven’s dramatic Third Piano Concerto.

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Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto

Thursday, February 18, 2010, 8 p.m.

Danail Rachev, Conductor
Angela Hewitt, Piano

• Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
• Stucky: Second Concerto for Orchestra
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4

Brilliant pianist, Angela Hewitt, takes center stage performing Beethoven’s spiritual Fourth Concerto. This concert also features Steven Stucky’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Second Concerto for Orchestra.

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Royal Fireworks

Thursday, March 18, 2010, 8 p.m.

Danail Rachev, Conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, Piano
Eugene Symphony Chorus - Sharon Paul, Director

• Handel: Royal Fireworks Music
• Mozart: Mass in C Major, Coronation
• Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor

Music fit for a king! Legendary pianist Gharrick Ohlsson performs Beethoven’s heroic and majestic Emperor concerto. The Eugene Symphony Chorus joins the orchestra for a powerful performance of Mozart’s regal Coronation Mass.

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Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

Thursday, April 22, 2010, 8 p.m.

Alasdair Neale, Guest Conductor
Vadim Gluzman, Soloist

• Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
• Stravinsky: Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss
• Glinka: Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
• Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

A night of Russian masterworks begins with the Classical Symphony of Prokofiev. Performing on the Stradivarius to which the work was originally dedicated, Vadim Gluzman will blow audiences away with his blazing performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.

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Mahler Titan

Thursday, May 20, 2010, 8 p.m.

Danail Rachev, Conductor

• Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
• Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
• Mahler: Symphony No. 1, Titan

Rachev’s inaugural season concludes with an orchestral showcase of Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and Mahler’s awe-inspiring Symphony No. 1, Titan.

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