2006-2007 Season

Fri., Sept. 15, at 8 p.m. and Sun., Sept. 17 at 3 p.m.

  • Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
  • Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
  • Gubaidulina: Fairy Tale Poems
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

Fri., Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. and Sun., Oct 22 at 3 p.m.

  • Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 3
  • Dallipiccola: Piccolo Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra - Raffaele Mani, soloist
  • Schumann: Symphony No. 4

Fri., Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 19 at 3:00 p.m

  • Lutoslawski: Paroles Tissees
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 8

Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sunday, February 8, 9, 10, 11

  • Mozart - Cosi fan Tutte with the Meadows Opera Theater

Fri., Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 18 at 3 p.m.
Student Conductor Concert

  • Gluck - "Che faro senza Euridice" from Orpheo ed Euridice
  • Handel - "Svegliatevi nel core" from Giulo Cesare
  • Haydn - Symphony No. 102
  • Vaughan Williams - Concerto for Oboe, movement I
  • Beethoven - Symphony No. 8

Fri., Mar. 23 at 8 p.m. and Sun., Mar. 25 at 3 p.m.
Student Concerto Concert:

  • R. Strauss - Befreit
  • Puccini - "Donde lieta usei" from La Boheme
  • Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Ponce - Concierto del Sur, movements II and III
  • Nielsen - Clarinet Concerto
  • Dvorak - Cello Concerto, movement I

Thurs., Apr. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Meyerson Symphony Center
14th Annual Meadows at the Meyerson

  • Shostakovich: Excerpts from Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
  • Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1, Andrés Díaz, cellist
  • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

2005-2006 Season

Sept. 16 and 18, 2005

  • Barber - Essay No. 1
  • Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 1 - Lucille Chung, soloist
  • Brahms - Symphony No. 1

Oct. 14 and 16, 2005

  • Haydn - Symphony No. 104
  • Strauss - Oboe Concerto - Erin Hannigan, soloist
  • Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite

Nov. 18 and 20, 2005

  • Berio - Quattro Versioni originali della "Ritirata notturna di Madrid" di L. Boccherini sovraposte e trascritte per orchestra
  • Kancheli - Evening Prayers
  • Mahler - Symphony No. 4

Feb. 8, 9, 11 and 12, 2006

  • Britten's Turn of the Screw with the Meadows Opera Theater

Feb. 17 and 19, 2006
Student Conductor Concert

  • Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet
  • Beethoven - Symphony No. 4
  • Rossini - Introduction and Allegro for Clarinet and Orchestra

March 24 and 26, 2006
Student Concerto Concert

  • Brahms - Academic Festival Overture Johannes Brahms
  • Handel - E un folle, e un vile affettoî from Alcina
  • Rossini - Ecco ridente in cielo from The Barber of Seville
  • Bruch - Violin Concerto in g minor, op. 26 - Adagio, Finale
  • Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 - Allegro
  • Goossens - Concerto in One Movement for Oboe and Orchestra
  • Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58 - Allegro moderato

April 27, 2006

  • Poulenc - Gloria
  • Debussy - Afternoon of a Faun
  • Ravel - Rhapsodie Espagnol
  • Ravel - La Valse
  • Ravel - Bolero

2004-2005 Season

Sept. 17 and 19, 2004

  • Shostakovich - Violin Concerto
  • Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4

Oct. 15 and 17, 2004

  • Near - Harpsichord Concerto
  • Rorem - Eagles
  • Holst - The Planets

Nov. 12 and 14, 2004

  • Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
  • Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

Feb. 4 & 6, 2005
Student Conductor's Concert

  • Mozart - Overture to Die Zauberflöte
  • Mozart - Exsultate, jubilate, KV 165
  • Jones - Janus
  • Dvorak - Slavonic Dance, op. 46, no. 2
  • Shulman - Theme and Variations for Viola and Orchestra
  • Ravel - Mother Goose Suite

Feb. 10, 11, 12 and 13, 2005 with the Meadows Opera Theater

  • Donizetti - L'Elisir d'Amore

March 4 and 6, 2005 - Annual Concerto Concert

  • Sargon - Chagall Windows (world premiere)
  • Mozart - “Da Schlägt Die Abschieds” from Der Shauspieldirektor
  • Mozart - “Vorrei Spiegarvi, Oh Dio”, K. 418
  • Ravel - Tzigane
  • Mozart - Oboe Concerto in C, KV. 314
  • Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb

April 21, 2005

  • Mozart - Symphony No. 31 "Paris"
  • Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
  • Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
  • Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra 2003-2004 Season

2004-2005 Season

Sept. 19 and 21, 2003

  • Schubert - Rosamunda Overture
  • Mozart - Concerto in Eb for Two Pianos
  • Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music
  • Shostakovich - Symphony No. 1

October 17 and 19, 2003

  • Bach - Cantata No. 202
  • Barber - Second Essay for Orchestra
  • Brahms - Symphony No. 2

November 14 and 16, 2003

  • Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3
  • Hindemith - Cello Concerto (1940)
  • Elgar - Enigma Variations

January 23 and 25, 2004

  • Haydn - C Major Cello Concerto
  • Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
  • Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
  • Beethoven - Symphony No. 4

January 29, 30, 31, and February 1, 2004 with the Meadows Opera Theater

  • Floyd - Susannah

February 27 and 29, 2004

  • Frank - Fast Falls the Eventide (world premiere)
  • Floyd - The Pilgrimage
  • Daugherty - Lex
  • Bartok - Miraculous Mandarin

March 31, 2004

  • Dvorak - In Nature's Realm
  • Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture
  • Mahler - Symphony No. 1

April 23 and 25, 2004

  • Glinka - Russlan and Ludmilla Overture
  • Handel - Tornami a Vagheggiar from Alcine
  • Mozart - No, No, che non sei capace, K. 419
  • Creston - Marimba Concerto (II & III)
  • Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 (I)
  • Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto (I)

2002-2003 Season

Sept 13 & 15, 2002

  • Brahms – Haydn Variations
  • Bizet – L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2
  • Phillips – In the Time Before Dawn
  • Stravinsky – Firebird Suite

October 11 & 13, 2002

  • Tchaikowsky – Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Mussorgsky – Pictures at and Exhibition

November 1 & 3, 2002

  • Mozart – Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”
  • Respighi – Boticelli Trypitch
  • Sargon – Questings
  • Tan Dun – Dragon and Phoenix

November 22 & 24, 2002

  • Christopher Rouse – Symphony No. 1
  • Bruckner – Symphony No. 7

February 7 & 9, 2003

  • Haydn – Symphony No. 101
  • Weber – Concertino for Clarinet
  • Ives – The Unanswered Question
  • Shostakovich – Concerto No. 1 for Piano
  • Stravinsky – Ode

February 13, 14, 15, & 16, 2003

  • Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro

March 31, 2003

  • Martynov – Come In
  • Vivaldi – Concerto For Two Violins and Cello
  • Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique

April 25 & 27

  • DeFalla – Three Dances for the Three Cornered Hat
  • Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3 (II & III)
  • Weber – Bassoon Concerto (I & II)
  • Sarasate – Ziguernerweisen
  • Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto
  • Mozart – Die Holle Rache

2001-2002 Concert Season

Friday, September 14, 2001 and Sunday, September 16, 2001 in Caruth Auditorium

  • Barber – Adagio for Strings
  • Vaughan-Williams – The Lark Ascending
  • Dvorak – Symphony No. 8

Friday, October 19, 2001 and Sunday, October 21, 2001 in Caruth Auditorium

  • Rorem - Eagles
  • Barber - Night Flight
  • Rimsky Korsakov - Scheherezade
  • Sargon - Icarus

Friday, November 30, 2001 and Sunday, December 2, 2001 in Caruth Auditorium

  • Mahler – Symphony No. 5

Thursday-Sunday, February 7, 8, 9, & 10, 2002 in Bob Hope Theatre

  • Opera – Gilbert and Sullivan – The Gondoliers

Tuesday, February 26, 2002 in Caruth Auditorium - Meadows Chamber Orchestra

  • Haydn, Symphony No. 82 in c minor "L’Ours"
  • Mendelssohn – Excerpts from "A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • Stravinsky – Concerto in Eb "Dumbarton Oaks"
  • Ravel – Mother Goose Suite

Friday, March 22, 2002 and Sunday, March 24, 2002 in Caruth Auditorium - Annual Concerto Concert

  • Malcolm Arnold – The Sound Barrier Rhapsody
  • Donizetti – Una furtive lagrima from "L’elisir d’amore"
  • Mozart – "Bildnis" Aria from "Die Zauberflöte"
  • Puccini - Firenze e come un albero fiorito from Gianni Schicchi
  • Saint-Saens – Piano Concerto No. 2, movement I
  • Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto, movement I
  • Weber - Bassoon Concerto, movements I & II
  • Torke - Javelin

Tuesday, April 30, 2002
Meadows Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson Symphony Center with Chorus

  • Schubert – Symphony No. 7 "Unfinished"
  • Beethoven – Symphony No. 9

2000-2001 Concert Season

Friday, September 15, 2000 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, September 17, 2000 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3
  • Brahms - Symphony No. 3

Friday, October 13, 2000 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, October 15, 2000 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 2 with Chris Adkins
  • Ravel - L'Enfant et les Sortileges--Opera in concert version with the Meadows Opera Theatre

Saturday, October 28, 2000 (8:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • works of SMU composers Robert Frank and Kevin Hanlon

Friday, November 10, 2000 (8:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium
Special concert for the National Teachers of Singing Dallas Convention

  • repeat performance of Ravel - L'Enfant et les Sortileges

Saturday, November 18, 2000
Special concert for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Dallas

Friday, December 1, 2000 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, December 3, 2000 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Beethoven - Emperor Concerto with Fredrica Phillips
  • Stravinsky - Rite of Spring

Opera - February 1-4, 2001, in the Bob Hope Theatre

  • Britten - Albert Herring

Friday, February 9 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, February 11 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium, conducted by Anna Binneweg, Jennifer Weaver, and Paul Phillips

  • winners of the Meadows Annual Concerto Competition

Friday, March 2, 2001 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, March 4, 2001 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Schubert - Symphony No. 3
  • Richard Strauss - Ein Heldenleben

Sunday, March 25, 2001 (7:30 PM) -- Special concert at Temple Emanu-El in Dallas

  • Simon Sargon - Divertimento for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, David Karp, soloist
  • Mozart Symphony No. 29

Tuesday, April 17, 2001 (7:30 PM), in the Meyerson Symphony Center, with chorus

  • Dvorak - Carnival
  • Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
  • Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, featuring Joaquin Achucarro
  • Respighi - Pines of Rome

Wednesday, April 25, 2001 (7:30 PM) -- Special concert for the Dallas Music Teachers Association

  • Concerti with winners of the DMTA Young Artist Competition

1999-2000 Concert Season

Friday, September 17, 1999 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, September 19, 1999 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Mozart - Overture to Don Giovanni
  • Gliere - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 100, Vesselin Demirev, soloist
  • Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
  • Richard Strauss - Don Juan

Friday, October 8, 1999 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, October 10, 1999 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Barber - Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Barbara Moore, soprano
  • Bernstein - Serenade for Violin and Orchestra, Ronald Neal, soloist
  • Lutoslawski - Symphony No. 4

Friday, October 29, 1999 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, October 31, 1999 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Shostakovich - Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra, Chris Adkins, soloist
  • Stravinsky - Petrouchka (1947)

with Chorus - Friday, November 12, 1999 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, November 14, 1999 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium, Constantina Tsolainou conducting

  • Mozart Requiem
  • Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms

guests of the Meadows Wind Ensemble, Friday, November 19, 1999 (8:00 PM)

  • Simon Sargon - Divertimento for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, David Karp, soloist

Friday, February 4, 2000 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, February 6, 2000 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Mahler - Symphony No. 6

Friday, February 25, 2000 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, February 27, 2000 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium, conducted by Jason Rinehart and Sarah Lee Sproul

  • winners of the Meadows Annual Concerto Competition

Opera - March 2, 3, 4, 5, 2000, in the Bob Hope Theatre

  • Weill - Street Scene

Friday, March 31, 2000 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, April 2, 2000 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
  • Prokofiev - Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra, Carol Leone, soloist

Wednesday, April 19, 2000 (7:30 PM), in the Meyerson Symphony Center, Constantina Tsolainou and Paul Phillips conducting

  • Verdi - Te Deum
  • Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5

1998-1999 Concert Season

Friday, September 25, 1998 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, September 27, 1998 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Beethoven - Leonora Overture No. 3
  • Bloch - Schelomo, Ko Iwasaki, soloist
  • Hanlon - Clarion
  • Brahms - Haydn Variations

Friday, October 23, 1998 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, October 25, 1998 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Vivaldi - Concerto in G Major, Ellen Rose, viola soloist
  • Schulman - Theme and Variations for Viola and Orchestra, Ellen Rose, soloist
  • Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5

With Dance - November 11-14 (8:00 PM), and 15, 1998 (2:00 PM), Fall Dance Concert in the Bob Hope Theatre

  • works of Handel
  • Dream Ballet from "Oklahoma"

with Chorus - Friday, November 20, 1998 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, November 22, 1998 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium, Constantina Tsolainou conducting

  • Faure - Requiem
  • Vaughan-Williams - Dona Nobis Pacem

Opera - February 18-21, 1999, in the Bob Hope Theatre

  • Mozart - The Magic Flute

Sunday, February 28 (3:00 PM) in Caruth Auditorium

  • winners of the Meadows Annual Concerto Competition

Friday, March 19, 1999 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, March 21, 1999 (3:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Mozart - Symphony No. 40
  • Sargon - Divertimento for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, David Karp, soloist
  • Ravel - Bolero

Wednesday, April 14, 1999 (7:30 PM), in the Meyerson Symphony Center

  • Adams - The Chairman Dances
  • Wagner - Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhauser
  • Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra - Robert Guthrie, soloist
  • Ravel - Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloe

1997-1998 Concert Season

Friday, September 26, 1997 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, September 28, 1997 (2:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Mahler - Symphony No. 9

Friday, October 24, 1997 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, October 26, 1997 (2:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • Schubert - Rosamunda Overture
  • Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
  • Stravinsky - Concerto in Eb, "Dumbarton Oaks"
  • Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Friday, November 14, 1997 (8:00 PM), with Choral Union in Caruth Auditorium, Constantina Tsolainou, conducting

  • Brahms - Nanie
  • Brahms - Schicksalslied
  • Brahms - Songs for Horns and Harp
  • Brahms - Alto Rhapsody

Friday, December 5, 1997, in Caruth Auditorium

  • Britten - Passacaglia from "Peter Grimes"
  • Piston - Prelude and Allegro for Organ and Orchestra, Larry Palmer, soloist
  • Hodkinson - Epitaphion
  • Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

Friday, February 6, 1998 (8:00 PM), and Sunday, February 8, 1998 (2:00 PM), in Caruth Auditorium

  • winners of the Meadows Annual Concerto Competition
  • Falla - Three Dances from the Three Cornered Hat

Opera - February 26-28, 1998, and March 1, 1998, in the Bob Hope Theater

  • Ward - The Crucible

Tuesday, April 14, 1998 (7:30 PM), in the Meyerson Symphony Center

  • Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 3 in c minor
  • Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 2, Joaquin Achucarro, piano soloist
  • Walton - Belshazzer's Feast

1996-1997 Concert Season

  • Bach - Gloria BWV 191, with the Meadows Chorale
  • Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture
  • Brahms - Symphony No. 1
  • Dvorak - Carnival
  • Faure - Pelleas et Melisande
  • Hanson - Symphony No. 5
  • Hindemith - Mathis der Maler Symphony
  • Lehar - The Merry Widow, with the Meadows Opera Theatre
  • Mozart - Violin Concerto in G Major (No. 3)
  • Mozart - Haffner Symphony
  • Nielsen - Maskarade Overture
  • Poulenc - Gloria, with the Meadows Choral Union
  • Prokofiev - Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet
  • Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky Cantata with the Meadows Choral Union
  • Torke - Ecstatic Orange
  • Verdi - Forza del Destino Overture
  • Wagner - Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde