October 16, 2010 – 8 PM
Rossini – William Tell Overture  

Mozart – Concerto for Flute and Harp
   Christina Burr, flute - Dawn Marie Edwards, harp 
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5  

November 20, 2010 – 8 PM
Barber – First Essay for Orchestra  
Barber – Adagio for Strings   
Adams – The Chairman Dances  
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3
   Bryan Wallick, piano   

January 15, 2011 – 2 PM & 8 PM
The Music You Love POPS CONCERT
The BSO presents a diverse and dazzling collection of some of the greatest melodies ever written.  

Featuring familiar classics by Grieg, Bizet and Brahms along with POPS favorites by Irving Berlin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Beatles and many more, The Music You Love offers an evening of magical musical memories for everyone!

February 5, 2011 – 2 PM & 8 PM
Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A concert experience like never before!  The BSO presents Mendelssohn’s Incidental music to Shakespeare’s 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, complete with actors, chorus, vocal soloists & more!

March 5, 2011 – 2 PM & 8 PM
Bach/Stokowski – Toccata and Fugue in D minor 

Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 2
   Scott Watkins, piano   
Saint-Saens – Symphony No. 3 Organ
   Jose-Daniel Flores, organ

April 2, 2011 – 8 PM
Nielsen – An Imaginary Journey to the Faeroe Islands  
Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1
   Karen Gomyo, violin  
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5

2009-2010 PAST CONCERTS
 

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October 10, 2009 Saturday 8 PM KING CENTER, Melbourne Tchaikovsky Spectacular! Pytor Ilyrich Tchaikovsky Marche Miniature from Suite No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 1 (Yakov Kasman) Serenade for Strings 1812 Overture with the Brevard Community Chorus

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Lisa Ferrigno Click here for Program Notes and Conductor's CD Choices

November 21, 2009 Saturday 8 PM KING CENTER, Melbourne Musical Journeys! Lisa Ferrigno, violin Ottorino Respighi – Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1 Mark O’Connor – Strings and Threads Suite with Lisa Ferrigno Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 92 Oxford Listening to great music can transport us to another time or place. This program celebrates a variety of musical journeys with Respighi's 20th Century take on Renaissance-era melodies and fiddler Mark O'Connor's Strings and Threads Suite (featuring BSO Concertmaster Lisa Ferrigno) which charts his family's 300 year journey from the British Isles to America through music.

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Michael Andrew Click here to review the Conductor's CD Choices

January 16, 2010 Saturday 2 & 8 PM KING CENTER, Melbourne Singin’ and Swingin’ POPS Concert with Michael Andrew Crooner Michael Andrew joins your Brevard Symphony Orchestra for Singin' and Swingin' - an evening of musical highlights from the Great American Songbook. You'll hear memorable melodies by George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Cole Porter, along with music made famous by Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett and many more!

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Philippe Quint Click here for Program Notes and Conductor's CD Choices

February 6, 2010 Saturday 2 & 8 PM KING CENTER, Melbourne Scandinavian Serenades Philippe Quint, violin Einojuhani Rautavaara – Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds and Orchestra) Jean Sibelius – Violin Concerto with Philippe Quint Carl Nielsen – Symphony No. 2 The Four Temperaments The BSO presents an evening of stirring music from Scandinavia featuring Grammy-nominee Philippe Quint performing Jean Sibelius's glorious Violin Concerto. We'll also hear Danish composer Carl Nielsen's dramatic Second Symphony and a remarkable work by contemporary Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara - his Concerto for Birds and Orchestra!

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Terrence Wilson Click here for Program Notes and Conductor's CD Choices

March 6, 2010 Saturday 2 & 8 PM KING CENTER, Melbourne Symphonic Tributes Terrence Wilson, piano Click Here for Terrence Wilson's Bio Lukas Foss – Night Music for John Lennon Camille Saint-Saens – Piano Concerto No. 2 with Terrence Wilson Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 The BSO offers a Symphonic Tribute to several musical giants, from JS Bach to John Lennon, with this remarkable program. The late American composer Lukas Foss began composing his Night Music the morning after John Lennon was killed. Saint-Saen's brilliant 2nd Piano Concerto features an opening movement that is a loving tribute to the keyboard music of JS Bach. The concert concludes with Beethoven's magnificent Seventh Symphony, described by Wagner as "the apotheosis of the dance."

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Julie Albers Click here for Program Notes and Conductor's CD Choices

April 10, 2010 Saturday 8 PM KING CENTER, Melbourne Postcards from America Julie Albers, Cello Gregory Smith – Notions Antonin Dvorak – Cello Concerto with Julie Albers Ferde Grofé – Grand Canyon Suite Our 56th season concludes with a sonic salute to the USA - Postcards from America - featuring Ferde Grofe's descriptive virtuoso showpiece Grand Canyon Suite. Acclaimed cellist Julie Albers returns to the BSO stage for a performance of Dvorak's grandbreaking Cello Concerto, composed in America following the premiere of his New World Symphony. The program opens with the Florida Premiere of a colorful new concert work by composer Gregory Smith.

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