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Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 5: Fate and Hope – Lewes
Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 3:00 pm
Cape Henlopen High School Auditorium
BRAHMS: Schicksalslied, Op. 54 (Song of Destiny)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
David Amado, conductor
Othalie Graham, soprano
Kristin Chavez, mezzo-soprano
Dinyar Vania, tenor
Grant Youngblood, bass
University of Delaware Symphony Choir
Paul D. Head, Director
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 5: Fate and Hope
Friday, May 15, 2020 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
BRAHMS: Schicksalslied, Op. 54 (Song of Destiny)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
David Amado, conductor
Othalie Graham, soprano
Kristin Chavez, mezzo-soprano
Dinyar Vania, tenor
Grant Youngblood, bass
University of Delaware Symphony Choir
Paul D. Head, Director
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 4: Quartets plus
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 7:30 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
BOTTESINI: Elegy for String Bass and String Quartet
JOAN TOWER: Red Maple for bassoon and string quartet
SCHUBERT: Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon, and strings
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 4: The Spirit World
Friday, March 27, 2020 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
WEBER: Overture to Oberon
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622
HOLST: The Planets
David Amado, conductor
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 3: An Evening of Strings with the Mendelssohns
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 7:30 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
FANNY MENDELSSOHN: String Quart
CAROLINE SHAW: Entr'acte (string quartet)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Octet
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 3: False Starts
Friday, January 17, 2020 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
BORODIN: Overture to Prince Igor
ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13
David Amado, conductor
Camille Thomas, cello
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 2
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 7:30 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
AARON JAY KERNIS: Air for violin and piano
CLARA SCHUMANN: Piano Trio
BRAHMS: Horn Trio
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 2: War and Peace
Friday, November 15, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
David Amado, conductor
Michael Brown, piano
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 1
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 7:30 pm
JENNIFER HIGDON: Dance Card I. Raucous Rumpus, III. Jumble Dance, V. Machina Rockus
PIAZZOLA: Four Seasons
TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence
David Amado, conductor
David Southorn, violin
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 1 Rehoboth
Monday, October 21, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Epworth United Methodist Church
JENNIFER HIGDON: Dance Card I. Raucous Rumpus, III. Jumble Dance, V. Machina Rockus
PIAZZOLA: Four Seasons
TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence
David Amado, conductor
David Southorn, violin
Special Events
A.I. duPont Composer’s Award
Friday, September 27, 2019 at
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 1: Bohemian Rhapsody
Friday, September 27, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
MISSY MAZZOLI: Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
BARBER: Concerto for Violin, Op. 14
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163
David Amado, conductor
Tessa Lark, violin
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 5: Roman Hollywood
Friday, May 17, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome
RÓZSA: Cello Concerto
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op. 44
David Amado, conductor
Nick Canellakis, cello
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 4: DSO Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 7:30 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
BARTOK: Divertimento
COPLAND: Quiet City
MOZART: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
David Amado, conductor
Lloyd Shorter, English horn
Brian Kuszyk, trumpet
Classics Series
Lewes Classics Concert 2: Dancing About Architecture
Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 3:00 pm
Cape Henlopen High School Auditorium
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107
David Amado, conductor
Leon Fleisher, piano
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 4: Dancing About Architecture
Friday, March 22, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107
David Amado, conductor
Leon Fleisher, piano
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 3: Lift Off!
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 7:30 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
Music by Peck, Dahl, Strang, Hollinden, Glentworth, Belson, Benson, Shostakovich, Pawassar, and Harry Brewer
DSO Percussion Trio: Bill Kerrigan, Tom Blanchard, and Dave Nelson, with Kimberly Reighley, flute
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 3: Alpha and Omega
Friday, January 25, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
SIBELIUS: Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55
STRAUSS: Four Last Songs
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1, "Winter Dreams"
David Amado, conductor
Mary Wilson, soprano
Family Concerts
Holiday Family Concert
Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Cab Calloway School of the Arts
The Nutcracker, Winter Wonderland, Ding Dong Merrily on High, and much more!
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 2: DSO Principals – Violin and Piano
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 7:30 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 8
BRITTEN: Suite Op. 6
FRANCK: Sonata
David Southorn, violin
Lura Johnson, piano
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 2: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Friday, November 09, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
CHERUBINI: Requiem
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
David Amado, conductor
University of Delaware Symphonic Choir
Paul Head, director
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 1: An Evening with DSO Winds
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 7:30 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
LEFEBVRE: Suite for Wind Quintet, Op. 57
TAFFANEL: Quintet
PAQUITO D'RIVERA: Aires Tropicales
RUNNING: Aria and Quodibet
Kimberly Reighley, flute
Lloyd Shorter, oboe
Charles Salinger, clarinet
Jon Gaarder, bassoon
Karen Schubert, horn
Classics Series
Lewes Classics Concert 1: The American Dream
Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Cape Henlopen High School Auditorium
ROBERT PATERSON: Dark Mountains
BERNSTEIN: Serenade (After Plato's "Symposium")
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring
BARBER: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
David Amado, conductor
Jennifer Koh, violin
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 1: The American Dream
Friday, September 28, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
ROBERT PATERSON: Dark Mountains
BERNSTEIN: Serenade (After Plato's "Symposium")
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring
BARBER: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
David Amado, conductor
Jennifer Koh, violin
Special Events
DSO at Longwood Gardens
Sunday, July 08, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Longwood Gardens
Program
Mendelssohn March from Fair Melusine, Op. 32
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11
Jennifer Koh, violin
David Amado, DSO Music Director and Conductor
Special Events
July 4th at the Riverfront in Wilmington
Wednesday, July 04, 2018 at
Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 5
Friday, May 18, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
Mahler 7
MAHLER: Symphony No. 7
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 4
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 8:00 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
Schnittke Happens!
SCHNITTKE: Moz-Art á la Haydn
HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4
DSO Chamber Orchestra
David Amado, conducting
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 4
Friday, March 23, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
Destiny
VERDI: La Forza del Destino Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 3
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 8:00 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
Triumph Over Adversity
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr.
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
African American Spirituals to include:
Wayfaring Stranger
City Called Heaven
Sometimes I feel like a motherless Child
Wade in the Water
Ain't Got Time to Die
Also on the program:
Zalech Jsem Divorké Husy (I Heard the Cry of Wild Geese), by Pavel Haas
Selections from Lieder by Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann, and solo piano pieces by Schubert and Mendelssohn.
Kevin Deas, bass-baritone
Lura Johnson, piano
Special Events
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, February 07, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
KODALY: Dances from Galanta
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom, conductor
Nareh Arghamanyann, piano
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 3
Friday, January 26, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
Riots
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
Special Events
Festive Brass – Dover
Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Central Middle School
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN VENUE: Central Middle School
Festive Brass
Festive music for brass from the 16th to 20th centuries, including Bach and Bernstein (West Side Story), and after intermission, selections from The Nutcracker Suite and Christmas Carols.
DSO Brass Quintet
Brian Kuszyk and Steven Skahill, trumpets
Karen Schubert, horn
Richard Linn, trombone
Brian Brown, tuba
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 2
Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 8:00 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
Festive Brass
Festive music for brass from the 16th to 20th centuries, including Bach and Bernstein (West Side Story), and after intermission, selections from The Nutcracker Suite and Christmas Carols.
DSO Brass Quintet
Brian Kuszyk and Steven Skahill, trumpets
Karen Schubert, horn
Richard Linn, trombone
Brian Brown, tuba
Family Concerts
Family Concert – Sussex County
Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Milford High School
GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite: On The Trail
DEBUSSY: La Mer
DAVID LUDWIG: Picutres from the Floating World: IV, V
GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst
David Amado, conducting
William Short, bassoon
Family Concerts
Family Concert – New Castle County
Saturday, November 18, 2017 at
Tatnall School’s Laird Performing Arts Center
Concerts are at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite: On The Trail
DEBUSSY: La Mer
DAVID LUDWIG: Picutres from the Floating World: IV, V
GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst
David Amado, conducting
William Short, bassoon
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 2
Friday, November 17, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
Mother Earth
DEBUSSY: La Mer
DAVID LUDWIG: Pictures from the Floating World
GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 1
Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 8:00 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
The Piano Quintet - Deconstructed
MOZART: Duo for Violin and Viola
RAVEL: Sonata for Violin and Cello
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet
Lura Johnson, piano
Members of the DSO
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 1 – Sussex
Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Cape Henlopen High School Auditorium
Protest and Rebellion
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
MOZART: Concerto for Flute and Harp
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
Classics Series
Classics Series Concert 1
Friday, September 15, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
Protest and Rebellion
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
MOZART: Concerto for Flute and Harp
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
David Amado, conducting
Kim Reighley, flute
Sarah Fuller, harp
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Special Events
DSO at Longwood Gardens
Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Longwood Gardens
Beethoven Program
Coriolan Overture
Piano Concerto No. 2
Symphony No. 4
Peter Serkin, Piano
Classics Series
SERGEI BABAYAN
Friday, May 12, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
STRAVINSKY: Ode
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
David Amado, conducting
Sergei Babayan, piano
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 4
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 8:00 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
FELDMAN: Samuel Beckett, Words and Music
WALTON: Façade
David Amado, conducting
Classics Series
DENYCE GRAVES
Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
ELGAR: Serenade
De FALLA: El Amor Brujo Ballet Suite
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
David Amado, conducting
Denyce Graves, Mezzo Soprano
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 3
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 8:00 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
HAYDN: Symphony No. 59,
“Feuersymphonie”
LARS-ERIK LARSSON: Concertino for
Trombone and Strings
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5
David Amado, conducting
Natalie Mannix, trombone
Classics Series
ALON GOLDSTEIN
Friday, February 24, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
ANNA CLYNE: Within Her Arms
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
David Amado, conducting
Alon Goldstein, piano
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 2
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 8:00 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
David Southorn and Lisa Vaupel, violins
Elizabeth Jaffe, viola
Mark Ward, cello
Noel Archambeault, soprano
MOZART: String Quartet no. 23 in F Major, K. 590
RESPIGHI: Il Tramonto (The Sunset), P.101
TURINA: La Oration del Torero
DVORAK: String Quartet No 12 in F Major, op.96 “American”
Classics Series
JINJOO CHO
Friday, November 18, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
WAGNER: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto
BERNSTEIN: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
RAVEL: Bolero
David Amado, conducting
Jinjoo Cho, violin
Chamber Series
Chamber Series Concert 1
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 8:00 pm
The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont
David Amado, conductor
David Southorn, violin
DSO Chamber Orchestra
SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night)
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
Classics Series
JAIME LAREDO and SHARON ROBINSON
Friday, September 23, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House
ANDRÉ PREVIN: Double Concerto
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5
David Amado, conducting
Jaime Laredo, violin
Sharon Robinson, cello