Panayis Lyras, Piano
Tuesday, September 30, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
The season opens with an exploration of powerful transformations in art. Our special guest soloist, winner of the Silver Medal in the 1981 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Panayis Lyras, will perform the Rachmaninoff piano concerto featured in the Academy Award winning motion picture, Shine.
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture
- STRAUSS, Richard: Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
- RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
This concert underwritten in part by
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Sunday, November 9 , 1997,
5 PM Hors d'oeuvres, 6 PM Dinner, 7 PM Concert
This event is ticketed separately.
PSU Conference Center Hotel (formerly Scanticon)
An evening of fine food and a program filled with toe-tapping tunes from ballet to Broadway to the big band.
- DVORAK: Slavonic Dance in C major, Op. 46, No. 1
- DELIBES: Mazurka and Czardas from Coppelia
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Scene and Waltz from Swan Lake, Op. 20
- LEHAR (arr. Schott): Ballsirenen Waltzes from The Merry Widow
- GADE (arr. Campbell-Watson): Jalousie
- ANDERSON: Sandpaper Ballet
- COPLAND: Saturday Night Waltz and Hoe-down from Rodeo
- HAMLISCH (arr. Lowden): Selections from A Chorus Line
- BERNSTEIN (arr. Manson): Selections from West Side Story
- arr NORRIS: Here come the Bands
- In the Mood (Glenn Miller)
- Begin the Beguine (Artie Shaw)
- You Made Me Love You (Harry James)
- Moonlight Serenade (Glenn Miller)
- Skyliner (Charlie Barnet)
- I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Tommy Dorsey)
- Sing, Sing, Sing (Benny Goodman)
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Steven Smith, Piano
Tuesday, December 9, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
An all-Beethoven program consisting of two Napoleonic era masterpieces that represent the beginning of the composer’s revolutionary transition from classic to romantic style.
- BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
- BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, Eroica
Smith Toulson, Conductor
Wednesday, December 31, 1997, 10:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church, State College
This event is ticketed separately. Button required for admission.
Program TBA.
Diane Gold Toulson, Flute
Tuesday, January 27, 1998, 8:00 p.m.
A musical hybrid concerto that is a composer’s "handshake across the centuries," and a stunning symphonic portrait of a lovesick artist’s fantastic reveries, passions, dreams and visions.
- FOSS, Lukas: Renaissance Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
- BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
Jeff Yang, 1997-98 Keller Young Soloist Competition Winner
Central PA Youth Orchestra members, Alex Hill, director
Saturday, February 21, 1998, 3:00 p.m.
The magic of Richard Benninghoff, the much-loved Peter and the Wolf by Sergie Prokofiev, and Jeff Yang, the winner of the Keller Competition will join to make this afternoon concert a wonderful adventure for children, families, and music lovers of all ages.
- DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Richard Benninghoff, Magician - PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf
Jeff Brown of 3WZ, Narrator
Park Forest Middle School Live Arts Actors, Dennis Kaltreider, director - BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto #1
Jeffery Yang, Ann Keller Competition Winner, Piano
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Jan Wilson, Mezzo-soprano
State College Choral Society Women's Chorus
Knights and Squires Boychoir Tuesday, April 28, 1998, 8:00 p.m.
The season concludes with Mahler’s universal representation of man’s spiritual evolution from simple love of nature to ultimate divine love.
- MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
This concert underwritten in part by
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