Concert 1

Thursday, October 7, 2021
River of Stars: A world premiere

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Allegro con brio
Manuel De Falla – The Three Cornered Hat, Suite 1
Ethan Wickman – River of Stars (World Premiere) [Hear 2:44 preview]
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
     Donald Crandall, piano solo

Concert 2

Thursday, December 2, 2021
Holiday Hopes: dream, pray, love

Englebert Humperdinck – Overture to Hansel and Gretel
Peter Lawson – Christmas in Lapland
Ernest Bloch – Prayer from Jewish Life, Qizhen Liu, cello soloist
Samuel Coleridge Taylor – Christmas Overture
Christmas Carol Sing Along
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, Finale

Jennifer Bird-Arvidsson, soprano
Virginia Dupuy, alto
Eric Laine, tenor
Christopher Besch, bass
Special guests: UTSA Choirs, Dr. Yoojin Muhn, director
Members of the Grand Symphony Chorus, Dr. Yoojin Muhn, chorus master

Concert 3

Saturday, January 8, 2022
POPS: Outlaws and Heroes: New Frontiers

Richard Markowitz / arr. Phillippe – The Wild, Wild West
Gwyneth Walker – Open the Door
Aaron Copland – Billy the Kid Ballet-Suite
Felix Mendelssohn – Overture: The Hebrides
Trevor Jones / orch. Alexander – The Last of the Mohicans Suite
Arr. Calvin Custer – The American Frontier

Concert 4

Thursday, February 24, 2022
Heart of the Strings: hidden beauty

Florence Price – Concert Overture No. 2 (1943)

Based on three spirituals, “Go Down Moses,” “Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit,”
“Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”

Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 88 in G Major
York Bowen – Viola Concerto in C Minor, Op. 25          

   Julian Tello Jr., viola soloist

Concert 5

Thursday, April 28, 2022
Primitive Echoes: the mystery of war and peace

Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
Ungar/Custer – “Ashokan Farewell” from The Civil War

    Phil Johnson, violin soloist

Alice Gomez – “Primitive Echoes” Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra

    Sherry Rubins, timpani soloist   

Gustav Holst – “Mars, The Bringer of War” from The Planets
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 2 “Ukrainian”