Iowa Public Radio - Symphonies of Iowa 2008

Symphonies of Iowa - 2008 Schedule

Iowa Public Radio proudly announces the "Symphonies of Iowa" series, showcasing the Cedar Rapids, Des Moines and Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphonies. The 28-week expanded series rolls out at 8 PM on Monday, January 7, 2008.

The series premieres with a Des Moines Symphony gala concert celebrating its 70 years. The concert features Joshua Bell performing Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony joins the line-up with world-class cellist Matt Haimovitz performing Barber's Concerto for Cello. Flutist extraordinaire Jeffrey Khaner sparkles along with the Cedar Rapids Symphony in a work written for him, the Chesky Flute Concerto. The Dubuque Symphony Orchestra features violinist and composer Mark O'Connor. Other guest stars appearing in the broadcasts include Midori, Christopher O'Riley, and Alexander Solomon.

Each "Symphonies of Iowa" program will be broadcast on Mondays at 8 PM, and repeated the following Saturdays at 10 AM or Thursday nights at 8 PM. Dates and times are subject to change.

Monday, May 5 at 8 PM & Saturday, May 10 at 10 AM
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Hankewich, Music Director
Daniel Kleinknecht, Guest Conductor
Masterworks V: Idyllic Vistas
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Op. 68, F Major (Pastorale)
(Concert recorded February 16, 2008)

Monday, May 12 at 8 PM & Thursday, May 15 at 8 PM
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra
Jason Weinberger, Music Director
German Requiems
Featuring Rosemary Gast and John Hines, Vocal Soloists; Metropolitan Chorale; Wartburg Choir
Strauss: Metamorphosen
Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45
(Concert recorded March 1, 2008)

Monday, May 19 at 8 PM & Saturday, May 24 at 10 AM
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Hankewich, Music Director
Masterworks VII: The Spirit of Russia: 90 Proof
Featuring pianist Maxence Pilchen
Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Overture
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30, d minor
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5, Op. 100, B-flat Major
(Concert recorded May 3, 2008)

Monday, May 26 at 8 PM & Saturday, May 31 at 10 AM
Des Moines Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Giunta, Music Director
Celebration Finale
Featuring pianist Christopher O'Riley of "From the Top"
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
Saint–Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony)
(Concert recorded May 3 and May 4, 2008)

Monday, June 2 at 8 PM & Saturday, June 7 at 10 AM
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra
Jason Weinberger, Music Director
Accidental Americans
Featuring pianist Alexander Solomon
Rachmaninoff: Concerto for Piano No. 3 in d minor, Op. 30
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88
(Concert recorded April 5, 2008)

Monday, June 9 at 8 PM & Thursday, June 12 at 8 PM
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Hankewich, Music Director
French Masters Chamber Concert
Featuring the CRSO Woodwind Quintet
and pianist Miko Kominami
Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and Wind Instruments
Ibert: Trois Pièces Brèves
(Concert recorded April 26, 2008)

Monday, June 16 at 8 PM & Saturday, June 21 at 10 AM
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra
Jason Weinberger, Music Director
Home Cookin' - Iowa Composer's Forum Project Special Event Concert
Featuring the following works:
Jeremy Beck: Sinfonietta
Jon Chenette: Oh Millersville! (Nine Slices of Small Town Life)
Michael Gilbertson: Polovitsia: Music to an Imaginary Ballet
Brooke Joyce: October Skies: Concertino for Chamber Orchestra and Piano
Jerry Owen: Glee: A Concert Overture
(Concert recorded May 10, 2008)

Monday, June 23 at 8 PM & Saturday, June 28 at 10 AM
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Hankewich, Music Director
Masterworks VI: Manifest Destiny: Brahms' German Requiem
Featuring the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale
Soloists Tracy Rhodus – Soprano, Kevin Deas - Baritone
Haydn: Symphony No. 44, e minor (Trauer)
Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
(Concert recorded March 29, 2008)

Monday, June 30 at 8 PM & Saturday, July 5 at 10 AM
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra
Jason Weinberger, Music Director
Bravo Broadway – Spring Pops
Featuring vocal soloists Doug LaBrecque, Debbie Gravitte, Jan Horvath
Performing works from:
Chicago
Phantom of the Opera
Cabaret
Wicket
The Wizard of Oz
(Concert recorded April 26 and April 27, 2008)

Thursday, July 3 at 8:30 PM
Des Moines Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Giunta, Music Director

Friday, July 4 at 10 AM
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Hankewich, Music Director
Patriotic Pops
(Concert recorded June 20, 2008 at the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival)
1812 Overture, I'm in Love With a Wonderful Guy and God Bless America

Monday, July 7 at 8 PM & Saturday, July 12 at 10 AM
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Hankewich, Music Director
Featuring Five By Design: Club Swing Spring Pops
Performing the sounds of Benny Goodman and Louis Prima
with Club Swing!
(Concert recorded April 12, 2008)

Monday, July 14 at 8 PM & Saturday, July 19 at 10 AM
James Dixon Tribute Orchestra (made up of current and former members of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and Friends)
Daniel Culver conducting
A Tribute Concert honoring the memory of Conductor Laureate James Dixon
Schubert: Overture in C, Op. 101 in the Italian Style
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 60
Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5

Past broadcasts:

Monday, January 7 at 8 PM & Saturday, January 12 at 10 AM
Des Moines Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Giunta, Music Director
Opening Night Gala celebrating 70 years
Featuring violinist Joshua Bell
R. Strauss: Don Juan
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
(Concert recorded October 2, 2007)

Monday, January 14 at 8 PM & Saturday, January 19 at 10 AM
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra
Jason Weinberger, Music Director
The Russian Connection
Featuring cellist Matt Haimovitz
Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96
Barber: Concerto for Cello, Op. 22
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in c minor, Op. 17, "Little Russian"
(Concert recorded October 6, 2007)

Monday, January 21 at 8 PM & Friday, January 25 at 8 PM
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Hankewich, Music Director
Masterworks II - Asia Minor
Featuring Flutist Jeffrey Khaner
Elgar: Crown of India Suite
Chesky: Flute Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
(Concert recorded October 20, 2007)

Monday, January 28 at 8 PM & February 2 at 9:30 AM
Des Moines Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Giunta, Music Director
Symphonic Haunts
J. Strauss: Overture to "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat)
Dvořák: Noonday Witch
Saint–Saëns: Danse Macabre
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
(Concert recorded October 20 & 21, 2007)

Monday, February 4 at 8 PM & Friday, February 8 at 8 PM
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra
William Intrilligator, Music Director
Featuring violinist Mark O'Connor
Dvořák's "New World"
Dvořák: Largo from Symphony No 9 in e minor, "From the New World"
O'Connor: Harmony featuring violinist Mark O'Connor
O'Connor: Variations on Appalachia Waltz
(Concert recorded October 6 & 7, 2007)

Monday, February 11 at 8 PM & Saturday, February 16 at 10 AM
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Hankewich, Music Director
An Evening of American Brass Chamber Concert
Jack Gale: A Suite from West Side Story
Anthony Plog: Four Sketches
(Concert recorded September 8, 2007)

Monday, February 18 at 8 PM & Saturday, February 23 at 10 AM
Des Moines Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Giunta, Music Director
DBR
Featuring violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Roumain: Voodoo Violin Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Slavonic March
(Concert recorded November 10 & 11, 2007)

Monday, February 25 at 8 PM & Saturday, March 1 at 10 AM
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra
Jason Weinberger, Music Director
Gary Kelley's Planets
Featuring images by artist Gary Kelley
Mozart: Symphony No 41 in C, K.551 "Jupiter"
Holst: The Planets
(Concert recorded November 3, 2007)

Monday, March 3 at 8 PM & Thursday, March 6 at 8 PM
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Hankewich, Music Director
Masterworks I: A Night on the Town
Featuring pianist Peng Peng
Bernstein: On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16, a minor
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Op. 78, c minor, "Organ Symphony"
(Concert recorded September 22 2007)

Monday, March 10 at 8 PM & Saturday, March 15 at 10 AM
Des Moines Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Giunta, Music Director
Midori In Concert
Featuring violinist Midori
von Weber: Jubel Overture
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by
Carl Maria von Weber
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 77 (Revised as Op. 99)
(Concert recorded February 2 and 3, 2008)

Monday, March 17 at 8 PM & Saturday, March 22 at 9:30 AM
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra
Jason Weinberger, Music Director
A Family Affair
Featuring composer and violinist Philip Wharton
Bach: Musical Offering: Ricercare (Arr. Webern)
Mozart: Concerto for Violin in B-flat, K. 207
Wharton: Passing Season
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, WWW 103
(Concert recorded January 12, 2008)

Monday, March 24 at 8 PM & Saturday, March 29 at 10 AM
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Hankewich, Music Director
Masterworks III: Just for Julia
Featuring violinist Julia Sakharova
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel: Three Excerpts
Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Op. 47, d minor
R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
(Concert recorded November 17, 2007)

Monday, March 31 at 8 PM & Thursday, April 3 at 8 PM
Des Moines Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Giunta, Music Director
Paul Haas, Guest Conductor
Rewind
REWIND has been hailed as "a revolutionary visual and sonic experience," due to its creative and energetic look at classical music over the last 500 years. Musicians perform from different locations during this 90–minute program. This concert incorporates pieces by Schnittke, Stravinsky, Mozart and Purcell. REWIND creator and conductor of the New York Youth Symphony will conduct his groundbreaking work.
(Concert recorded March 8 & 9, 2008)

Monday, April 7 at 8 PM & Saturday, April 12 at 10 AM
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Timothy Hankewich, Music Director
Masterworks IV: Old Wine in New Bottles
Featuring harpist Gretchen Brumwell
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a
Ginastera: Harp Concerto, Op. 25
Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss): Divertimento
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
(Concert recorded January 26, 2008)

Monday, April 14 at 8 PM & Thursday, April 17 at 8 PM
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra
Jason Weinberger, Music Director
The Russian Connection
Featuring cellist Matt Haimovitz
Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96
Barber: Concerto for Cello, Op. 22
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in c minor, Op. 17, "Little Russian"
(Concert recorded October 6, 2007)

Monday, April 21 at 8 PM & Saturday, April 26 at 10 AM
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra
Jason Weinberger, Music Director
Shakespeare in Love
Featuring flutist Claudia Anderson
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture Op. 21 and Incidental Music, Op. 61, selections
Liebermann: Concerto for Flute
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64
(Concert recorded February 2, 2008)

Monday, April 28 at 8 PM & Thursday, May 1 at 8 PM
Des Moines Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Giunta, Music Director
Aimee Beckmann–Collier, Drake Chorale Director
Out Of This World
Featuring the Drake Chorale
Bach/Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue, d minor
Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 (Mysterious Mountain)
Holst: The Planets with NASA footage
(Concert recorded April 5 and 6, 2008)

What's On IPR's Classical Stations

Friday, May 9,
2:29 PM

KHKE/KUNZ/KSUI

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Symphonies of Iowa - 2008 Schedule

What's On IPR's Classical Stations

Friday, May 9,2:29 PM

KHKE/KUNZ/KSUI

WOI-FM

Symphonies of Iowa - 2008 Schedule

Friday, May 9,
2:29 PM