Concerts

EXUBERANT, JUBILANT BRAHMS

March 17, 2024, 3:30 PM
University Presbyterian Church
1385 S. Adams, Rochester Hills, MI 48309

The Birmingham Musicale, with musicians from Spectrum Orchestra, Detroit Medical Orchestra, and friends, presents:

Johannes Brahms:
Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16

Eszter Horváth, Conductor

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

April 21, 2024, 3:00 PM
Kirk in the Hills Refectory

Spectrum Orchestra’s
first chamber music performance, showcasing our talented musicians in small-group performances

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SPRING CONCERT

 

May 3, 2024

Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture in C major
R. Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony
W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453

Pauline Martin, Piano Soloist
Eszter Horváth, Music Director

2023-2024 Past Concerts

FALL CONCERT

December 1, 2023
Scott Joplin:
Overture to “Treemonisha”
George Gershwin:
Rhapsody in Blue
Emilie Mayer:
Symphony No. 1 in c minor

Katherine Benson, Piano Soloist
Eszter Horváth, Music Director

WINTER CONCERT

February 16, 2024
Ethel Smyth:
Overture to “The Wreckers”
Georges Bizet: “Carmen” Suite No. 1
L. v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Luca Antonucci, Guest Conductor

 

2022-2023 Season

FALL CONCERT

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December 2, 2022
Beethoven
: Egmont Overture
Smetana: The Moldau
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

Eszter Horváth, Music Director

WINTER CONCERT

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February 17, 2023
Holmes: La Nuit et l’Amour
Schumann: 
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
Katherine Benson, Soloist
Beach:
Symphony in E minor, Op.32 ‘Gaelic’

Eszter Horváth, Music Director

SPRING CONCERT

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April 28, 2023
Edvard Grieg
: Norwegian Dances
Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances, No 17
Modest Mussorgsky (Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition

Eszter Horváth, Music Director

2021-2022 Season

FALL CONCERT

October 1, 2021
Sullivan
: The Pirates of Penzance: Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 5, D.485, B-flat major
Fauré: Pavane, op. 50
Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2

Rotem Weinberg, Music Director

SPRING CONCERT

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May 20, 2022
Aleksandr Borodin: Prince Igor Overture
Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35. Ellen Hayashi, Violin Soloist
Vasily Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1

Rotem Weinberg, Music Director

2019-2020 Season

CLASSICAL MASTERS

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October 25, 2019
Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus Overture
Haydn: Cello Concerto C | Jeremy Crosmer, soloist
Brahms: Symphony No.2

Diego Piedra, Conductor

NOBLE LOVE

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December 13, 2019
Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar, op. 56 Three Orchestral Pieces
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde Prelude und Liebestod
Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

Diego Piedra, Conductor

2018-2019 Season

EMBRACING HUMANITY

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October 26, 2018
Sibelius:
Finlandia, Op.26
Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op.85 | Jeremy Crosmer, soloist
Beethoven: Symphony No.7, Op.92
Diego Piedra, Conductor

WATER AND THE HEART

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December 14, 2018
Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op 27: Overture
Dvorak: Suite, Op.98 (American)
Smetana: The Moldau
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97, “Rhenish”
Diego Piedra, Conductor

WINTER CONCERT

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March 15, 2019
Schubert: Rosamunde Overture
George Frederick McKay: Moonlit Ceremony
Gounod: Petite Symphonie
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
Adam C. Riccinto, Guest Conductor

SPRING CONCERT

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June 7, 2019
Dukas:
Fanfare pour précéder La Péri
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
Tal Benatar, Guest Conductor

 

2017-2018 Season

FALL CONCERT

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November 17, 2017
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, Jeremy Crosmer, soloist
Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor

Diego Piedra, Assistant Conductor

WINTER CONCERT

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February 11, 2018
Spectrum Orchestra performs with Madrigal Chorale and Stoney Creek Choirs.

Brandon Ulrich:  Songs of Love and Laughter (World Premiere)
Mozart:  Ave Verum Corpus, KV. 618
Bruckner:  Te Deum, WAB 45
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon Septimi Toni a 8, Ch.172
Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor
Diego Piedra, Assistant Conductor

SPRING CONCERT

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June 1, 2019
Diego Piedra: El Cerro de la Muerte
Diego PiedraDanzón
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4
Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor
Diego Piedra, Assistant Conductor

2016-2017 Season

FALL CONCERT

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Guest pianist Pauline Martin joined Spectrum in performance of Mendelssohn’s first Piano Concerto and Chopin’s Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise.

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise
Mendelssohn: Selections from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor

WINTER CONCERT

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Beethoven: “Military Music”: Two Marches, Polonaise, Eccosaise, Zapenstreich
Debussy: Prelude a l’apres midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”

Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor

SPRING CONCERT


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Rimsky-Korsakov:
 “The Procession of the Nobles” from Malda
Mozart: Concerto for Violin No.3 in G Major, K. 216, Samantha Moraes, Violin
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor

2015-2016 Season

FALL CONCERT

Mozart: Overture to “Don Giovanni”
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor

SPRING CONCERT

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Berlioz: “Marche Hongroise” from La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Strauss: Serenade in E flat major, Op. 7
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor

SUMMERTIME IN FRANCE

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Dukas: Fanfare from La Péri
Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
Ravel: Ma mère l’oye “Mother Goose Suite” (selections)
Debussy: Printemps
Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2 (selections)
Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor

 

2014-2015 Season

A SALUTE TO WAGNER

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Weber: Der Freischütz Overture, Op. 77
Wagner: Siegfried Idlyll, WWV 103
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Prelude, WWV 96
Daniel Brier, Conductor

SPRING CONCERT

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Mozart: The Impresario, K. 486
Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (selections)
Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers
Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor

SUMMER CONCERT

Bizet: L’Arlésienne, Suite No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor

2013-2014 Season

FALL CONCERT

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 (selections)
Holst: The Planets, “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity”
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 “Prague” (selections)
Stravinsky: The Firebird (selections)
Daniel Brier, Conductor

SPRING CONCERT

Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Copland: Lincoln Portrait
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 “Little Russian”
Daniel Brier, Conductor

SUMMER CONCERT

Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, Op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave”
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op.46
Daniel Brier, Conductor

 

2012-2013 Season

INAUGURAL CONCERT

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Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Bizet: Carmen Suite for Orchestra No. 2
Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Tchaikovsky: “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav
Daniel Brier, Conductor

SPRING CONCERT

Dukas: Fanfare from La Péri
Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile from String Quartet No. 1
Strauss: Serenade in E-flat major, Op.7
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, H 95
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
Daniel Brier, Conductor

SUMMER CONCERT

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Verdi: Overture to Nabucco
Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op. 77
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46
Daniel Brier, Conductor