Program notes for Concerts by the Symphony of the Canyons

Not all program notes for concerts by the Symphony of the Canyons are available online. However, most notes for the past several years are provided here. In addition, notes for upcoming concerts will be posted as soon as they have been written, which is usually 2-3 weeks before the concert itself.

Persons wishing to reproduce these notes, in whole or in part, for their own orchestral programs will generally be granted permission; please contact me via e-mail for more information.

An alphabetically-sorted list of all program notes is also available for those who prefer it.

1999-2000 Season

  • October 2, 1999, 8:00 PM:
    Paul Sherman, Oboe
  • November 20, 1999, 8:00 PM:
    Armen Anassian, Violin
  • December 18, 1999, 8:00 PM:
    Voices of the Canyons, Julie Lawson, Music Director
  • March 11, 2000, 8:00 PM:
    Miriam Arichea, Piano
  • May 13, 2000, 8:00 PM:

    • 1998-1999 Season

  • September 26, 1998, 8:00 PM:
    Howard Zhang, Violin
  • November 7, 1998, 8:00 PM:
    James Altizer, Trumpet
  • December 5, 1998, 8:00 PM:
    Voices of the Canyons, Julie Lawson, Music Director
  • March 20, 1999, 8:00 PM:
    Kimbal Wheeler, Soprano
  • May 8, 1999, 8:00 PM:
    Jerry Folsom, French Horn

    • 1997-1998 Season

  • October 4, 1997, 8:00 PM:
  • November 8, 1997, 8:00 PM:
    Karen Elaine, Viola
  • December 13, 1997, 8:00 PM:
    Susan Dunning, Piano
  • March 7, 1998, 8:00 PM:
    Susan Allen, Harp
  • May 16, 1998, 8:00 PM:
    Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, Cello

    • 1996-1997 Season

  • September 28, 1996:
    Mari Aranoff, flute, and Deborah Vitek, English Horn
  • November 2, 1996:
    Erika Duke, cello
  • December 14, 1996:
    Linda Love, piano
  • February 22, 1997:
    Karen Elaine, viola
  • May 17, 1997
    Maurita Phillips Thornburgh, soprano

    • 1995-1996 Season

  • September 30, 1995:
    Howard Zhang, violin
  • November 4, 1995:
    Richard Smykle, tenor
  • December 16, 1995:
  • February 24, 1996:
    Julie Green, piano
  • April 27, 1996:
    Chien Tan, violin

    • 1994-1995 Season

  • September 17, 1994:
    Paul Molchak and Sharon Cooper, violins
  • October 22, 1994
    Larry Tunick, oboe, Evan Binn, clarinet, Tara Speiser, bassoon, and Dick Fischer, horn
  • December 2, 1994
    Howard Zhang, violin and Charles Cassey, guest conductor
  • March 25, 1995
    Vicki Ray, piano
  • May 6, 1995
    Joyce Geeting, cello

    • Alphabetical List of Program Notes

  • J.C. Bach: Viola Concerto in C Minor
  • J.S. Bach: Air on a G String
  • J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, arranged for orchestra by Leopold Stokowski
  • Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915
  • Beach: Symphony (``Gaelic'') in E Minor
  • Beethoven: Grand Overture in C Major, ``Namensfeier'' (``Name Day'')
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, ``Eroica''
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major
  • Berlioz: ``Roman Carnival'' Overture
  • Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1
  • Bizet: Overture to "The Pearl Fishers"
  • Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1
  • Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 4
  • Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56a
  • Brahms: Violin Concerto (1996 program notes), (1999 program notes)
  • Britten: Soirées Musicales
  • Chabrier: España , Rhapsody for Orchestra
  • Copland: Appalachian Spring
  • Debussy: Nocturnes
  • Debussy: Sarabande, arranged for orchestra by Robert Lawson
  • Fasch: Trumpet Concerto
  • Glinka: Overture to ``Ruslan and Ludmila''
  • Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor
  • Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major
  • Haydn: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra
  • Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G
  • Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
  • Honegger: Concerto Da Camera for Flute and English Horn
  • MacDowell: Suite No. 2, ``Indian'', for Orchestra
  • Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)
  • Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, ``Titan''
  • Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor
  • Mendelssohn: Overture, ``The Hebrides, or Fingal's Cave''
  • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor
  • Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4, K. 495
  • Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 300a, ``Paris''
  • Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor
  • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Mussorgsky: Scherzo in B Flat Major
  • Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
  • Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major
  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor
  • Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
  • Rodrigo: Concierto in Modo Galante for Cello and Orchestra
  • Satie: Two Gymnopédies, arranged for orchestra by Claude Debussy
  • Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C (``The Great'')
  • Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, ``Rhenish''
  • Sevanian: Symphony No. 8
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major
  • Smetana: Overture to ``The Bartered Bride''
  • Still: Suite for Viola and Orchestra
  • R. Strauss: Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments
  • Stravinsky: ``Pulcinella'' Suite
  • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Major, Op. 23
  • Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C for Strings
  • Tchaikovsky: Suite from the ballet The Nutcracker
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, ``Little Russian''
  • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major
  • Thomasson: The Quest
  • Wagner: Chorale and Finale from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
  • Wagner: Overture to Tannhäuser
  • ward: Concerto for Harp (World Premiere)
  • Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
  • Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino