Past Concerts of Sage City Symphony
2014-15 Season
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Concert, Sunday November 16 2014 at 4pm
Sponsored by One World Conservation Center
Henry Brant - Whoopie in D (for woodwinds)
Michael Wimberly - Kora Saba: For Djembe and Chamber Orchestra
Charles Ives - Three Places in New England
Beethoven - Cavatitina from string quartet Opus 130
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Winter Concert, Sunday February 1 2015 at 4pm
Sponsored by Karl Brosch and Ralph Thomas
Beethoven - Eroica
Harpsichord concerto with Sandra Mangsen soloist
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Youth Concert, Sunday March 15 2015 at 4pm
Vaughn Williams - Tuba Concerto, soloist Nolan Downey
Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet, K.622 (1st movement), soloist Heather Rodgers
Young Composer's Program: Featuring works by area high school students.
Katianna Nardone from Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington VT, The
Bandit
From the Long Trail School in Dorset VT: Katrina Czar, Illusions of Battle, Jenna
D'Olivo, Danza, Garrett Hastings, The Fight for Liberation, Walker May , Nicholas
Mihailovic, Anna Wright, Zhangyi "Rocky" Ye, Pride of the Homeland
From the Burr and Burton Academy: Ramsey Eyre, Fast Piece
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Spring Concert Sunday May 17 2015 at 4pm
Sponsored by Jack Dawkins
Sibelius - Symphony No. 7 in C Major
Sibelius - Valse trise opus 44 no.1
Rolando Gori - XLIV
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2013-14 Season
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Fall Concert on Sunday, November 17 2013 at 4pm
Sponsored by Prime Lending of Bennington VT
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Cello Concerto in A minor, Opus 22, Mark Humburg soloist, by Samuel Barber
Daphnis and Chloe Suite no. 2, by Maurice Ravel
Socerer's Apprentice, by Paul Dukas
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Winter Concert on Sunday, February 16 2014 at 4pm
Sponsored by Maxine Newman, Cellist
Symphony No. 1 by Ludwig Beethoven
Concerto a Cinque Opus 174 by Ottorino Respighi
Pulcinella Suite by Igor Stravinsky
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Youth Concert on Sunday, March 16 2014 at 4pm
Sponsored by Sarah Tenney and the Board of Sage City Symphony
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Young Composer's Program featuring works composed by Seamus Carey, Liam Dailey,
Christian Mailloux and Zack Weishaus from Bennington College, by Sato Matsui of
Williams College and Tom Monkell from the College of St Rose.
Giovanni Bottesini's Concerto #2 in C Minor per Contrabasso e Orchestra, soloist
Harrison Dilthey
Brahms' Academic Festival Overture
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Spring Concert on Sunday, May 18 2014 at 4pm
Sponsored by Berkshire Bank
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Concerto for Cello, Maxine Neuman soloist, composed by Allen Shawn
Enigma Variations Opus 36 by Edward Elgar
Sonata Pian' e Forte by Gabrielli
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, composed by Joan Tower
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2012-2013 Season
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Fall 2012 Concert, Dec 2 2012 at 4:00 PM
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Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1
M Ravel, Tzigane for Solo Violin and Orchestra, Kaori Washiyama, soloist
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Winter Concert on Sunday, February 17 2013 at 4:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Board of Sage City Symphony
Symphony No 40 by Amadeus Mozart
Knoxville Summer of 1915 by Samuel Barber, soloist Kerry Ryer-Parke
Concerto grosso opus 3 no. 1 by G.F. Handel
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Youth Concert on Sunday, March 17 2013 at 4pm
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Sponsored by the Stewart’s Shops
Young Composer's Program, Robert Zimmerman mentor and Geoffrey Gee coordinator,
featuring works composed by students of Mount Anthony Union High School in
Bennington and the International Baccalaureate Music class of the Long Trail School in
Dorset VT
Compositions - The Passage by Isaiah Barnard, Tales from the Mire by Collin
Campagne, Artemis Legacy by Darius Carey, Metallic Characters (The Unrivaled Epics)
by Nolan Downey, Distant Apparitions by Spencer Kristiansen and An Epic Journey and
Annabel's Waltz by Katianna Nardone
Incidental Music for a Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn, accompanying actedout scenes performed by the North Bennington Children's Shakespeare Theater
Stabat Mater by Pergolesi, sung by the Bennington Children's Chorus and accompanied
by Sage City Orchestra
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Sponsored by Merchants Bank
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Spring Concert on Sunday, May 19 2013 at 4pm
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Sponsored by the Bank of Bennington
Five Orchestral Scenes by Allen Shawn
Death and Transfiguration by Richard Strauss
Prelude and Fugue by Arcady Dubensky, performed by Harrison Dilthey, Patrick
O'Connell, Deb Spohnheimer and Robert Zimmerman
Per Questa Bella Mano by Mozart, Keith Kibler, bass, Robert Zimmerman double bass
solo
Che Gelida Manina by Puccini, from Act 1 of La Boheme, Alex Diaz, tenor
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2011-2012 Season
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Fall 2011 Concert, Nov 13 2011 at 4:00 PM
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Igor Stravinsky, Petruska (1911 Version)
M Finckle, Tundr
Handel, Concerto Grosso Opus 3 No 2 (two movements)
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Winter Chamber Concert, Sunday February 12 2012 at 4:00 PM
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Handel, Concerto Grosso Opus 3 No 2 (all movements)
H Villa-Lobos, Concerto for Bassoon and String Orchestra, Jerry Lanoue soloist
L Beethoven, Symphony No 2 Opus 36 in D Major
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Youth Concert, Sunday March 18 at 4:00 PM
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Young Composer Project, compositions for orchestra by Bennington College students
Dmitri Glickman (Tides), Atticus Lazenby (Dots and Loops), Kimberly Nucci (Decline
and Resolution) and Emma Piazza (Sweet Bay Magnolia)
L Calabro, Ten Short Pieces for String Orchestra, with the Green Mountain Youth
Orchestra
Vivaldi, Double Concerto for Two Trumpets, soloists Sue Green and Tom Neeson
Franz Doppler, Pastoral Fantasy Opus 26 for Flute and Orchestra, Holly Mutascio
soloist
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Spring Concert, Sunday May 13 2012 at 4:00 PM
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Brahms, Symphony No 1 in C Minor Opus 68
Aria from The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön, soloist
Michael Gallagher
Mozart, Grand Partita for winds
Premiere of a new work by Nick BrookeTable of Toys and Numbers
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2010-2011 Season
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Fall Concert, Sunday November 14 2010 at 4:00 PM
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Samuel Barber, Op. 11 Adagio for Strings
Robert Schumann, Symphony no. 4 in D minor, Op 120
Randall Neal, Premiere Electronic Version of Three for Orchestra and Hyperpiano
Mozart, Adagio from Piano Concerto No. 21, Muriel "Petie" Palmer soloist
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Chamber Concert, Sunday February 13 2011 at 4:00 PM
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Horn Concerto no. 2 in E flat K 412, John Eagle soloist
Robert Zimmerman, Suite from Gesta Romanorum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Jupiter Symphony
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Youth Concert, Sunday March 20 2011 at 4:00 PM
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Young Composer's Project, John Eagle mentor
Concerto movements performed by Emily Call, Jennifer Schwartz and Melanie Piech from the
Bruch Violin Concerto in G Minor, Dvorak Violin Concerto in A Minor, and the Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E Minor
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Spring Concert, Sunday May 15 2011 at 4:00 PM
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Debussy La Mer
Faure, Elegy for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 24, Perri Morris, soloist
Premiere of commissioned work by John Eagle, composer
Mozart, Piano Concerto in D Minor, No 20, K. 466, Miles Yucht, soloist
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2009-2010 Season
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Fall Concert, Sunday November 15 2009 at 4:00 PM
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Two Choral Preludes by Bach, arr. Michael Finckel
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Opus 36 by P. Tchaikovsky
Lark Ascending by R. Vaughan Williams, soloist Jeffrey Winseman
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Winter Concert, Sunday February 7 2010 at 4:00 PM
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Grand Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass by Giovanni Bottesini, soloists Kaori
Washiyama and Robert Zimmerman
Symphony No. 13 in D Major by Joseph Haydn
Serenade in D Minor, Opus 44 by Antonin Dvorak
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Youth Concert, Sunday March 14 2010 at 4:00 PM
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Peter and the Wolf by Sergi Prokofieff
Young Composers Project, Mike Gallagher, Coordinator
Featuring a new work in three movements by Peter Kosmorsky of the Long Trail School, title
"Fugue in Purple in F minor"
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Spring Concert, Sunday May 23 2010 at 4:00 PM
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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, "From the New World" by Antonin Dvorak
Premiere of a commissioned work by Randy Neal. Cost of this commission donated by the
Vermont Country Store.
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2008-2009 Season
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Fall Concert, Sunday November 16 2008 at 4:00 PM
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Symphony in Three Movements by Igor Stravinsky
Five Greek Songs by Maurice Ravel, soprano soloist Kerry Ryer-Parke
Danses for Harp and String Orchestra by Claude Debussy, harp soloist Leah Kidwell-Fernandes
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Winter Concert, Sunday February 15 2009 at 4:00 PM
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Symphony No. 96 in D Major, "The Miracle" by Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto in A Minor by Camille Saint-Saens, soloist David Gibson
Concerto Grosso by Frederick Handel
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Youth Concert, Sunday March 8 2009 at 4:00 PM
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Concerto for Three Violins and Orchestra by Vivaldi, featuring Aubrey Restifo, Jennifer
Schwartz and Emily Call of Bennington College
Composing for Orchestra, a project by Robert Singley and Bennington area high school students
Selections performed by The Bennington Children's Chorus under the direction of Kerry RyerParke including:
Cantique de Jean Racine by Faure, arr. by Rutter
Child's Play by Lou Calabro
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Spring Concert, Sunday May 3 2009 at 4:00 PM
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Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, opus 27 by S Rachmaninov
Premiere of Concerto for Flute and Orchestra by Robert Singley, featuring flute soloist Christine
Lanza
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