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2007-2008 Season
OCTOBER 6, 2007 - 8 PM - AN EVENING WITH THE CANADIAN BRASS
Returning by popular demand, the Canadian Brass are favorites of the concert stage, almost always selling out the house! They have a unique character and rapport with audiences and their comic, good humor is equaled only by their dazzling musical sound--that brilliant golden brass "sound" and style! The Brass have performed the world over and have many best selling recordings. Performing a mixture of classics, near-classics, jazz, Broadway, and pops with the orchestra, there's something for everyone! This concert will also celebrate Lauren Green's 30th anniversary on the BSO podium!
Program:
Williams: Liberty Fanfare
Gershwin: Medley of Favorites
Coleman: The Celebration!
plus favorites from the Canadian Brass, including
Manhattan Music
Beale Street Blues
Classical Duke
St. Louis Blues
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November 17, 2007 - 8 PM - ROMANTIC CLASSICS with GLENN DICTEROW, violin
Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the world's greatest orchestras, Glenn Dicterow is one of today's most prominent violinists. He has appeared as a soloist with the great orchestras of the world and has many recordings to his credit. A top prizewinner in many international competitions, he is also and active chamber musician. The program of passionate favorites, coupled with Dicterow's virtuoso performance, is sure to be moving and memorable!
Program:
Kodaly: Dances from Galanta
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in g
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in f
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January 19, 2008
- 8 PM - HEROES, MONSTERS AND MADMEN
with CRAIG SCHULMAN
Another favorite from past BSO seasons, Craig Schulman returns on his own for a spectacular program reprising some of Broadway's most famous and notorious roles. Schulman is the only singer to have played the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables and the title role in Jekyll & Hyde--all on the Broadway stage. Add to these his other Broadway credits such as The Secret Garden, Fiddler on the Roof, and Evita, and we have a powerful yet thoroughly enjoyable evening by a singer and actor of stellar proportions.
Program:
Selections from Man of La Mancha, Camelot, Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls, The Secret Garden, Jekyll & Hyde, Wizard of Oz, Scarlet Pimpernel, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and more!
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February 10 , 2008 at 2 PM – KALEIDOSCOPE CONCERT
Always a high point of the season, this family concert which is produced with The Symphony Society, features the winners of the Society's annual Young Artist Competition, Daniel Fellows, viola and Sarah Walters, piano. Not only are the young soloists invariably breathtaking in their prodigious ability, but the entire concert, geared for the whole family, is a delight for audiences of all ages.
The program this year is "March Madness!". You think you know what a march sounds like? Well, think again! Lauren Green and the symphony will play marches of all sorts and styles as the Maestro explains things and ties it all together in his fun and casual style.
As a special treat, players from the Bartlesville High School Orchestra will join the BSO onstage for the concert's grand finale, Tchaikovsky's Marche Slav. More surprises are in store so be sure to attend. This is an event not to be missed!
Adults $10 Students $5
SPECIAL ADDED EVENT!!
On Saturday February 9 at 12 noon, kids ages 6-12 can join us for the Symphony Kids Academy, presented by the Bartlesville Academy of Creative Arts. This 90-minute session will expose the kids to the inner workings of the orchestra, concert etiquitte, the music on the program and lots more. It will culminate with the chance to sit onstage with the orchestra while they rehearse for the following day's concert! Admission is free, but KIDS MUST HAVE THEIR TICKETS TO THE KALEIDOSCOPE CONCERT, so get those tickets now! Call 918-815-0913 for further information.
MARCH 29, 2008 – 8 PM - FRIENDS AND FAMILY, featuring
MICHELLE PERRY, horn
DAVID KAZMIERZAK, violin
JOE SEARS and Greater Tuna friends
with JAY WADENPFUHL, horn
Coming to celebrate the Golden Anniversary Season are Bartlesville natives who have become successful on the world's stage, back to perform with the orchestra! Michelle has gone from her Bartlesville roots to become an internationally-known hornist, currently a
member of the reknowned Empire Brass. She will perform solo as well as with her husband Jay Wadenpfuhl who is a horn player with the Boston Symphony. David Kazmierzak, our own Concertmaster, was for 25 years the Assistant Concertmaster with the New Orleans Symphony. Joe Sears is Bartlesville's own Tony Award winning actor/commedian/writer, noted for Greater Tuna, and 
several subsequent equally-hilarious productions. Joe assures us that several of his friends from Tuna, TX will also join him to introduce the music and maybe have a few things to say! All in all it will be a wonderful evening of great music and fun!
Program:
von Suppé: Poet and Peasant Overture
Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F
Haydn: Concerto for Two Horns
and more!
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May 3, 2008 – 8 PM - ANNIVERSARY GALA CELEBRATION with
THE BARTLESVILLE CHORAL SOCIETY
ALEXANDER PESKANOV, piano
SHIRLEY CLOSE, soprano
KATHY STEWART, alto
ROSS HAUCK, tenor
JARED LOOPER, bass
Joyful and exultant music will ring the rafters as our Golden Anniversary is celebrated with a wonderful variety of music. Many talented artists join us to celebrate our 50th, almost all of whom have appeared with the symphony in the past! Pianist Alexander Peskanov returns after 20 years, performing the music of Chopin with the orchestra, honoring one of Bartlesville's beloved ladies and benefactresses of the arts, the late Mary Kane. The concert concludes with a grand finale, the monumental final movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the famous "Ode to Joy" with the Bartlesville Choral Society and four spectacular soloists. 
Shirley Close has performed in opera and oratorio around the world, including many seasons on the German opera stage. Shirley performed with the symphony on Lauren Green's second concert with the BSO; Kathy Stewart is Bartlesville's own, having performed widely, including with the Los Angeles Opera, and now working and teaching in her home town. She was previously heard with the BSO performing Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer, but was also a young oboe player in the symphony before "finding her voice"; Bartlesville native Ross Hauck has gone on to a vocal career, currently living in the Northwest. His spectacular tenor voice was heard previously with the BSO as soloist in 2002. Ross also began cello lessos with Lauren Green around the age of 3! Jared Looper is new to our community, with an overwhelming bass voice hiding in the body of a young lawyer!
Many other surprises, musical and otherwise, are in store. This will be a concert long remembered--don't miss it!
Program to include:
Holst: "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from The Planets
Elgar: Salut d'Amour
Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu in C-sharp minor(piano solo)
Chopin: Finale from Piano Concerto No. 2
Lehar: Gold and Silver Waltz
Sibelius: Finlandia
Wagner: Introduction to Act III of Lohengrin
Elgar: "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations
Beethoven: Finale from Symphony No. 9
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