Alexander Platt/Schedule/Repertoire 2005-2006
2005 —6/05 | 8/05 |10/05 | 11/05 | 12/05
2006 —1/06 | 2/06 | 3/06 | 4/06 | 5/06 | 6/06 | 7/06 | 10/06 | 11/06 | 12/06
July 2005
4
Marion Philharmonic Independence Day Pops
Sousa: Favorite Marches
Rodgers/Bennett: Suites from ME AND JULIET, SOUTH PACIFIC,
and THE KING AND I
arr. Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
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August
13
Maverick Concerts: 90th Anniversary Gala
Peter Schickele and Susan Sindall, reciters
Scott Dunn, piano
The Sequitur Ensemble
Walton: FACADE
Constant Lambert: Piano Concerto
Saint-Saens/Binney: The Carnival of the Animals
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October
4
Waukesha Symphony Orchestra
Larry Combs, clarinet
Michael Torke: Ash
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No.1
8
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra
All-Orchestral Program
Tchaikovsky:
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
Hamlet Fantasy-Overture
Francesca da Rimini Fantasy-Overture
15
Marion Philharmonic Orchestra
Joel Fan, piano
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from SWAN LAKE
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2
Balakirev: Symphony in C
29
Lafayette Philharmonic Orchestra
w/ student concerto competition winners
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Rachmaninov: From the Isle of the Dead
Gounod: FAUST Ballet Music
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November
6, 8
Waukesha Symphony Orchestra
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Mackenzie: Benedictus
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3, “Scottish”
Elgar: Violin Concerto
20
Marion Philhramonic Orchestra
All-Orchestral, All-American Program
Joan Tower: Made in America
Dvorak: “American” Suite
Schuman: New England Tryptich
Copland: BILLY THE KID (complete)
26
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
Clare Hammond, piano
Berwald: Symphonie Serieuse
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4
Berwald: Symphonie Capricieuse
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December
6
Waukesha Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops
w/ area high school choirs
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5
arr.Lowden: Silver Bells
Berlin/Bennett: White Christmas
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.6
Anderson: Trumpeter's Lullaby
Torme/Chase: The Christmas Song
Strauss: DIE FLEDERMAUS Overture
Anderson: Sleigh Ride
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arr.Finnegan: Christmas Sing-Along
Handel: “For Unto Us a Child is Born”, from MESSIAH
Thompson: Three pieces from FROSTIANA
Brahms: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place
Handel: “Hallelujah” Chorus
arr.Chase: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
10
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Kay: Deck the Halls, A Merrie Fugue
Delius: Sleigh Ride
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
Elgar: “Nimrod”, from the “Enigma” Variations
Delius: “La Calinda”, from the “Florida” Suite
Anderson: A Christmas Festival
Anderson: Sleigh Ride
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arr.Finnegan: The Twelve Days of Christmas
Holst: Christmas Day
Mendelssohn: “He Watching Over Israel”, from ELIJAH
A John Rutter Suite:
Shepherd's Pipe Carol
Jesus Child
Mary's Lullaby
Star Carol
Handel: “Hallelujah” Chorus, from MESSIAH
arr.Chase: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
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January 2006
22, 24
Waukesha Symphony Orchestra
Mariah Wilson, piano
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Faure: Pavane
Franck: Symphonic Variations
Debussy: Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun”
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
February
12
Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia
William Wolfram, piano
Haydn: Symphony No.86 in D, “Paris”
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.1
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Mozart: Symphony No.31 in D, “Paris”
26
Marion Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Mulligan, piano
All-Mozart Program:
Symphony No.33
Piano Concerto No.20
Symphony No.1
Mass in C, “Coronation”
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March
26, 28 Waukesha Symphony Orchestra
William Wolfram, piano
All-Brahms program:
Academic Festival Overture
Piano Concerto No.1
Symphony No.3
April
25
Waukesha Symphony Orchestra
Frank Almond, violin; Anthony Ross, cello
Joan Tower: Made in America
Brahms: Double Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No.8 in G
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May
13
Marion Philharmonic Orchestra
“South of the Border”
Paula Monsalve, vocalist, and Her Ensemble
Copland: Danzon Cubano
Gould: Tango and Guaracha
Chavez: Sinfonia India
Hernandez: El Cumbanchero
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Set with Paula Monsalve
Ginastera: Dances from ESTANCIA
17, 19, 21, 25, 27
Chicago Opera Theater
John Adams: NIXON IN CHINA
(Chicago Premiere)
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June 2006
Music Director of the Maverick Concerts, June 17 - September 5
10
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center Gala Concert,
with Marion Frangoulis:
“Sometimes I Dream”
24
Maverick Concerts: Mozart Birthday Gala
The Maverick Chamber Players
Frederic Chiu, piano
Mozart:
Piano Concerto No.11, K.413
Piano Concerto No.12, K.414
Piano Concerto No.13, K.415
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July
4
Marion Philharmonic Independence Day Pops
Sousa: Favorite Marches
Copland: Letter from Home
Rodgers/Bennett: Suites from FLOWER DRUM SONG,
THE SOUND OF MUSIC, and NO STRINGS
arr.Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
8
Maverick Concerts
Alexander Platt, narrator; Babette Hierholzer, piano
Mozart: Sonata in C, K.330
Mozart: Little Funeral March in C Minor, KV 453a
Milhaud: L'Album de Madame Bovary
Clara Wieck: Four Polonaises, Op.1
Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op.15;
Melodrama “The Moorland Boy”, Op.122
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October
3
Waukesha Symphony Orchestra
Charles Wetherbee, violin
Mozart: Symphony No.31 in D, “Paris”
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No.3
Chausson: Symphony in B flat
Ravel: Tzigane
28
Marion Philharmonic Orchestra
Phoenix Park-Kim, piano
“Music for the Movies”
Rossini: BARBER OF SEVILLE Overture
Copland: Music for Movies
Chopin: Andante Spinato and Grand Polonaise
Khachaturian: Adagio and Sabre Dance, from GAYANEH
Stravinsky: FIREBIRD Suite (1919)
29
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Family Concert “Scary Sound Effects”
Bach/Stokowski: Toccata in D Minor
Lloyd-Webber: Overture to PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Liadov: Baba-Yaga
Humperdinck: Witches' Ride from HANSEL AND GRETEL
Prokofiev: “Midnight” from CINDERELLA
Ives: Halloween
Liadov: Kikimora
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November
5, 7
Waukesha Symphony Orchestra
Mathieu Dufour, flute
All-Mozart Program:
Symphony No.29
Flute Concerto No.1
Andante for Flute and Orchestra
Symphony No.40
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December
1
Marion Philharmonic Orchestra
Taylor University Chorale, and Soloists
Handel: MESSIAH (complete)
5
Waukesha Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops
Erin York, soprano
Arrowhead High School Choirs
J.Strauss II: “Accelerations” Waltz
Mozart: Alleluja from “Exultate, jubilate”
J.Strauss II: Adele's Waltz, “Mein Herr' Marquis”, from
DIE FLEDERMAUS
Josef Strauss: The Dragonfly, Polka mazur, Op.204;
Little Chatterbox, Polka schnell, Op.245
Lehar: Vilja-Lied, from THE MERRY WIDOW
Josef Strauss: Delirium Waltz, Op.212
Eduard Strauss: Bahn Frei, “Race Track” Polka, Op.45
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Beethoven: “Hallelujah” Chorus, from CHRIST ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
arr.Belich: German Carol Sing-Along
Schroth: Wondrous Child
Humperdinck: Evening Prayer and Pantomime, from
HANSEL AND GRETEL
Haydn: “The Heavens are Telling”, from THE CREATION
Handel: “Hallelujah” Chorus, from MESSIAH
arr.Chase: We Wish You a Merry Christmas