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Season Premiere
September 29, 2007
7:30 pm
LeTourneau University
Belcher Center
2100 S. Mobberly
Avenue,
Longview, Texas
The Longview Symphony celebrates its move into its new home, LeTourneau
University’s Belcher Center, with a performance of Beethoven’s
9th Symphony, one of Western culture’s most famous life-affirming
works. With a full orchestra, four vocal soloists and a large combined
chorus of singers from surrounding colleges and communities, the last
movement’s Ode to Joy promises to be an unforgettable experience.
The concert opens with American master Samuel Barber’s Second
Essay, a work of great intricacy, power and majesty.
BARBER: Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
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Tonu Kalam, piano soloist
November 10, 2007
7:30 pm
LeTourneau University
Belcher Center
2100 S. Mobberly
Avenue,
Longview, Texas
Longview Symphony Music Director Tonu Kalam will be featured as conductor
and soloist in Johann Sebastian Bach’s G minor Clavier Concerto,
the composer’s own arrangement of his well-known A minor Violin
Concerto. Leonard Bernstein fashioned his Symphonic Suite from On the
Waterfront from his Academy Award-nominated score to the 1954 film
of the same name which starred Marlon Brando. The concert closes with
Sir Edward Elgar’s most beloved work, the Enigma Variations,
a musical collage in which each variation is a musical depiction of
a different person from among Elgar’s friends, including a brilliant
self-portrait in the finale.
BACH: Clavier Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058
BERNSTIEN: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
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A Night in
Old Vienna XIX
December 29, 2007
7:30 pm
LeTourneau University
Belcher Center
2100 S. Mobberly
Avenue,
Longview, Texas
Our eagerly awaited annual family celebration
preceding the New Year will be highlighted by popular dance music of
the Strauss family as well as other orchestral works of a lighter,
festive nature.
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LONGVIEW SYMPHONY
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT February 9, 2008
7:30 pm
LeTourneau University
Belcher Center
2100 S. Mobberly
Avenue,
Longview, Texas
Our annual chamber music concert moves to a Saturday
night at the Belcher Center as we participate in the Arts in Longview Series, hosted by Texas Bank and Trust and LeTourneau University. A Faculty Chamber Music
Ensemble from Stephen F. Austin State University
comprised of Jennifer Dalmas (violin), Evgeni Raychev
(cello), and Linda Parr (piano) will be performing some of the great piano trio repertoire from the Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century eras
of music. This unique performance will include
some of the most
famous pieces written for
the genre, including Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio
and the Mendelssohn D minor Piano Trio.
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D major Op. 70, No. 1 “Ghost”
SCHOENFELD: Café Music
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
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Season Finale
April 19, 2008
7:30 pm
LeTourneau University
Belcher Center
2100 S. Mobberly
Avenue,
Longview, Texas
Three nationalities and three centuries of orchestral music are represented on our final concert of the 2007-08 season, which begins with a lively and refreshing instrumental concerto by the Italian Baroque master Arcangelo Corelli. Jennifer Higdon’s blue cathedral, a hauntingly beautiful tribute to the memory of her late brother, has been performed by over 100 orchestras since its premiere in 2000 – a testament to Higdon’s status as one of the most performed and sought-after composers in the United States today. The season comes to a rousing close with a magnificent Russian work, Tchaikovsky’s 3rd Symphony, an orchestral showcase of soaring melody, vibrant rhythm and rich instrumental color.
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
HIGDON: blue cathedral
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29, “Polish”
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Youth Orchestra
December 15, 2007
T.G. Field Auditorium • 7:30pm
Free Admission
May 16, 2008
Belcher Center • 7:30pm
$5 General Admission
The Longview Symphony proudly sponsors the Longview Area Youth
Symphony Orchestra (LAYSO) and the Longview Area Preparatory
Strings (LAPS).
Bach's Lunches
Because of the overwhelming
response to the first season of the Bach’s Lunches, this
free lunchtime organ recital series returns to our musical calendar.
The recitals will be held on the second Friday of each month.
Join the Longview Symphony and seven talented musicians and their
churches as we celebrate the special beauty of traditional organ
music.
First Presbyterian Church Kilgore
Jimmy Culp, organist
Friday, September 14, 2007
First Christian Church Longview
Gala Strunk, organist
Friday, October 12, 2007
First United Methodist Church Longview
Gwen Garrison Tomlin, organist
Friday, November 9, 2007
First Presbyterian Church Longview
Organist – TBA
Friday, February 8, 2008
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church Kilgore
Jay Callender, organist
Friday, March 14, 2008
First Baptist Church Longview
Organist – TBA
Friday, April 11, 2008
Trinity Episcopal Church Longview
Organist – TBA
Friday, May 9, 2008
12:00 noon: Dining Hall Open
Bring your own lunch, beverages served
12:20 pm: Concert in Sanctuary
12:50 pm: Dismiss
Bach’s Lunches is dedicated in memory of
Athalia Mullikin, whose love of a good pun
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