Longwood Symphony Orchestra
Concert Programs 2012 - 2022
2012-2013 Season
Ronald Feldman, Music Director
October 13, 2012
Community Partner - Sharewood Project
CAGE 4’33”
ROBERT KYR Fanfare for a New Dawn
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 221
Louis Schwizgebel, piano
PROKOFIEV Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet
December 1, 2012
Community Partner - Triangle, Inc.
ZWILICH Concerto Grosso 1985
HUSA Two Sonnets by Michelangelo
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 67
Benjamin Beilman, violin
March 16, 2012
Community Partner - Jack’s Magic Bean Fund
GANDOLFI “The Willowtwist” from The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
WEBER Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Narek Arutyunian, clarinet
WEBER Turandot, Op. 37
HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
May 11, 2013
Community Partner - Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence
FOSS Salomon Rossi Suite
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1
George Li, piano
STRAVINSKY Scherzo a la russe
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloe Suite No.2
2013-2014
Ronald Feldman, Music Director
October 5, 2013
Community Partner - Women of Means
ANDREW LIST Sholem Aleichem’s Clock (World Premiere)
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D Major
Miriam Fried, violin
December 7, 2013
Community Partner - DREAM Project
JOHN KNOWLES PAINE As You Like It Overture
MOZART Bassoon Concerto
Judith LeClair, bassoon
STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
March 15, 2014
Community Partner - Pathways to Wellness
JOSEPH SCHWANTNER Aftertones of Infinity
WILLIAM GRANT STILL Symphony No. 2, “Song of a New Race”
BEETHOVEN “Emperor” Concerto
David Deveau, piano
May 3, 2014
Community Partner - Vinfen
MICHAEL TORKE Javelin
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A Minor
Cicely Parnas, cello
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
2014-2015
Ronald Feldman, Music Director
September 28, 2014
Community Partner - Shattuck Partners
HAYDN Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat Major, “Drumroll”
FINE Diversion for Orchestra
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor
Vassily Primakov, piano
December 6, 2014
Community Partner - Caron Treatment Center
MOZART Serenade for Orchestra No. 6 in D-Major, K. 239 “Serenata notturna”
Anna Katherine Barnett-Hart, violin
Justin Lo, violin
Jon Epstein, viola
Ronald Feldman, cello
MOZART Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra in C-Major
Paula Robison, flute
Jessica Zhou, harp
HOWARD HANSON Symphony No. 2 in D-flat Major, Op. 30, “Romantic”
March 14, 2015
Community Partner – Women of Means
JOHN CORIGLIANO Gazebo Dances (Mvt. 1 only)
BIZET Carmen Suite No. 1
D’ALBERT Cello Concerto
Adrian Daurov, cello
BIZET Carmen Suite No. 2
May 9, 2015
Community Partner - Vinfen
WILLIAMS The Cowboys Overture
WILLIAMS Music from Lincoln
COPLAND Music for Movies
BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy in C Minor
Gabriel Chodos, piano
New World Chorale (Holly Krafka, Director)
2015-2016
Ronald Feldman, Music Director
October 25, 2015
Partnership with the Japan Society of Boston
Benefitting the Boston Higashi School and the Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”
Nobu Tsujii, piano
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
December 5, 2015
Community Partner – Shattuck Partners
ROSSINI The Barber of Seville (Overture)
STRAVINSKY Symphonic Suite from “The Fairy’s Kiss”
PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 6
In Mo Yang, violin
March 12, 2016
Community Partner – Health Care Without Walls
BACH Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
Christina Day Martinson, violin
Haldan Martinson, violin
BERG Violin Concerto
Haldan Martinson, violin
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3, Op. 90
May 7, 2016
Community Partner – Vinfen
SCHREKER Scherzo for String Orchestra
HARRIS Symphony No. 3
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
Di Wu, piano
August 24, 2016: Esplanade Concert
MOZART Overture to the Magic Flute
KASKA Wizard of Menlo Park
DVORAK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
2016-2017 Season
Ronald Feldman, Music Director
October 1, 2016
Community Partner – Global Oncology
MOZART Overture to the Magic Flute
KASKA Wizard of Menlo Park
DVORAK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
December 3, 2016
Community Partner – Shattuck Partners
BARBER First Essay
BARTOK Viola Concerto
Hsin-yun Huang, viola
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.1 “Winter Dreams”
March 11, 2017
Community Partner – Caron
BACH BWV 1060 in C minor
Peter Serkin and Anna Polonsky, piano
HANDEL Concerto Grosso (Op. 6, No. 7)
BACH BWV 1061 in C major
Peter Serkin and Anna Polonsky, piano
STRAVINSKY Firebird
May 6, 2017
Community Partner – EqualHealth and BWH
A Night at the Opera!
STRAUSS Die Fledermaus
Overture
Csardas
Yelena Dudochkin, Soprano
GOUNOD Faust
Musique de Ballet
“Ah, je ris de me voir” (Jewel Song), Dudochkin
PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi
“O mio babbino caro”, Dudochkin
TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin
Waltz
Letter Scene, Dudochkin
BERNSTEIN Fancy Free
Pt. VI: Danzon Variation
Candide, Glitter and Be Gay, Claire Leyden
PREVIN A Streetcar Named Desire
I Want Magic, Dudochkin
COPLAND Old American Songs
Boatman’s Dance
Simple Gifts
I Bought Me a Cat
At the River
Philip Lima
MENOTTI The Old Maid and the Thief
Steal Me, Sweet Thief, Leyden
GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess
Bess, You Is My Woman Now, Dudochkin and Lima
COPLAND Orchestra Suite from The Tender Land
“The Promise of Living”
August 16, 2017 - Esplanade Concert
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished”
MOZART Symphony No. 31 "Paris"
STRAUSS, JR. The Blue Danube Waltz
STRAUSS, JR. Acceleration
2017-2018 Season
Ronald Feldman, Music Director
October 7, 2017 - All Russian
Community Partner - Project Prakash
KHACHATURIAN Sabre Dance
KABALEVSKY Cello Concerto No. 2
Andres Diaz, cello
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6
December 2, 2017
Community Partner - Shattuck Partners
PISTON Serenata
MILHAUD Le Boef sur le Toite
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Tessa Lark, violin
March 10, 2018 - All Beethoven
Community Partner - Partakers: College Behind Bars
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
Anna Polansky, piano
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68
May 5, 2018 - Vienna, City of Dreams
Community Partner - EqualHealth
STRAUSS, JR. Voices of Spring
MOZART Symphony No. 36 (Linz)
HAYDN Sinfonia Concertante
Michael Barnett, oboe
Benjamin Steinhorn, bassoon
Stacie Lin, violin
Julie Reimann, cello
STRAUSS, JR. Blue Danube
August 8, 2018 - Esplanade Concert (canceled at intermission due to weather)
WILLIAMS Star Wars: Main Title Theme
RAVEL Mother Goose Suite: Movements 1, 3, and 5
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
BIZET Carmen Fantasy for Flute (ended concert here due to weather)
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique: Movement 1, Reveries
WILLIAMS Star Wars: Throne Room and End Title
WILLIAMS Star Wars: Imperial March
2018-2019 Season
Ronald Feldman, Music Director
October 13, 2018
Community Partner - Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
PONCHIELLI Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda
WIENIAWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22
William Wei, Violin
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 5 in D Major/D Minor, Op. 107
December 1, 2018
Community Partner - Global Oncology
HIGDON blue cathedral
DEBUSSY Nocturnes: 1. Nuages, 2. Fêtes
DEBUSSY Images pour orchestre - II. Iberia: ii. Les parfums de la nuit
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
SooBeen Lee, Violin
March 9, 2019
Community Partner - Partakers: College Behind Bars
ROSSINI Overture from William Tell
HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb/1
Amit Peled, Cello
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97 “Rhenish”
May 4, 2019
Community Partner - EqualHealth and Bridges to Malawi
STRAVINSKY Scherzo à la Russe
ZACHARY WADSWORTH Piano Concerto
Doris Stevens, Piano
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163
July 24, 2019 - Esplanade Concert
WILLIAMS Cowboys Overture
ROSSINI Overture from William Tell
GOUNOD Funeral March of a Marionette
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163
2019-2020 Season
Ronald Feldman, Music Director
October 5, 2019
Community Partner - Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
December 14, 2019
Community Partner - Cambridge Community Foundation and The Palfrey Child Advocacy Scholars Program
JOHN HARBISON Remembering Gatsby; Foxtrot for Orchestra
JOAN TOWER Duets
BRAHMS Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
Ayano Ninomiya, violin
Blaise Déjardin, cello
March 7, 2020
Community Partner - Partakers: College Behind Bars
JOAN TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman #6
JOHN CORIGLIANO Gazebo Dances
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
Sara Davis Buechner, piano
ARR. RALPH BURNS Duke Ellington Medley
MAY 9, 2020 (canceled due to COVID-19)
Community Partner - THRIVEGulu
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante K297b
Britta Swedenborg, Au.D, flute
Michael Barnett, M.D., oboe
Benjamin Steinhorn, M.D., Ph.D., bassoon
Orlando Pandolfi, horn
ALFRED SCHNITTKE Moz-Art a la Haydn
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
2020-2021 Season
Ronald Feldman, Music Director
July 30, 2020: Virtual performance
HAYDN Symphony No. 95, 3rd mov’t
March 10, 2021: Virtual performance
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5, Finale
August 18, 2021 - Esplanade Concert
TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin, Polonaise
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
BACH Concerto for Two Violins
Ala and Maria Jojatu, violin
2021-2022 Season
Ronald Feldman, Music Director
October 9, 2021 - American Strings
Celebrating Healthcare Heroes
BARBER Serenade, Op. 1
CARTER Elegy for string orchestra
FOOTE Suite in E major, Op. 63
HIGDON String from Concerto for Orchestra
GRANT STILL Danzas de Panama
TORKE December
ZAIMONT Elegy
December 5, 2021 - All Beethoven
Community Partner - Violence Transformed
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
Victor Rosenbaum, piano
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
March 5, 2022 - Haydn & Respighi
Community Partner - YWCA Cambridge
RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances, Ste No. 1
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante in Eb major, K.297b for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, and Horn
Britta Swedenborg, AuD, CCC-A, flute
Matthew Lee, oboe
Benjamin Steinhorn, MD, PhD, bassoon
Orlando Pandolfi, horn
HAYDN Symphony No. 96 in D major, “Miracle”
May 14, 2022 - Mozart & Ives
Community Partner - THRIVEGulu
MOZART Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K.297, “Paris”
IVES Symphony No. 3, “The Camp Meeting”
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K.219
Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
2022-2023 Season
Music Director Search Season
SEPTEMBER 18, 2022 - WORLD DOCTORS ORCHESTRA COLLABORATION
Dr. Stefan Willich & Dr. Jeremy Faust, conductors
Community Partner - Boston Health Care for the Homeless
BACH Arr. Schoenberg Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552
MAHLER Adagio from Symphony No. 10
BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Lindsay Kesselman, soprano
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite, 1919
October 29, 2022 - Mahler & Villa-Lobos
Jorge Soto, Music Director Finalist
Community Partner - Violence Transformed
WEBER arr. MAHLER Die drei Pintos - Entr’acte
VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)
MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G major
Sarah Brailey, soprano
December 3, 2022 - Beethoven & Assad
Kristo Kondakçi, Music Director Finalist
Community Partner - Shelter Music Boston
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade for Orchestra
ASSAD Violin Concerto
Adrian Anantawan, violin
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
March 18, 2023 - Haydn & Sibelius
Jotaro Nakano, Music Director Finalist
Community Partner - Augustus A. White III Institute for Healthcare Equity
BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning)
SIMON The Block
HAYDN Trumpet Concerto in Eb
Benjamin Wright, trumpet
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
May 20, 2023 - Tchaikovsky & Chaminade
Avalana Eisenberg, Music Director Finalist
Community Partner - YWCA Cambridge
STILL Can’t You Line ‘Em
GRIFFES Poem for Flute and Orchestra
CHAMINADE Concertino for Flute
Anthony Trionfo, flute
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
2023-2024 Season
Jotaro Nakano, Music Director
October 28, 2023 - Wonder in Unity
Community Partner - Project STEP
VALERIE COLEMAN Umoja: Anthem of Unity
JOSEPH BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 2, No. 1
Mariana Green Hill, violin & featuring students from Project STEP
JULES PEGRAM L.A. Glows
CLAUDE DEBUSSY La Mer
December 2, 2023 - Hope & Healing
Community Partner - Shelter Music Boston
AUGUSTA READ THOMAS Fanfare of Hope and Solidarity
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor
Chelsea Guo, piano
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5 in D major
March 9, 2024 - Sounds of Our Spirit
Community Partner - Augustus A. White III Institute for Healthcare Equity
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Soul Force
NIGEL WESTLAKE Spirit of the Wild - Concerto for Oboe
Titus Underwood, oboe
AARON COPLAND Symphony No. 3
May 11, 2024 - Transfiguration
Community Partner - YWCA Cambridge
DAI WEI Invisible Portals
JOHANNES BRAHMS Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
featuring Longwood Chorus
NINA SHEKHAR Lumina
RICHARD STRAUSS Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)