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Conductor / Mei-Ann Chen
Soloist / Signe Asmussen, Soprano
Soloist / Bobo Moreno, Tenor
New Year Concert - Classics ranging from Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess", Bernstein's "West Side Story", Buena Vista Social Club and Strauss’ "Die Fledermaus" to Gade's "Tango Jalousie" and New Year's highlights from the classic repertoire

Conductor / Mei-Ann Chen
Soloist / Signe Asmussen, Soprano
Soloist / Bobo Moreno, Tenor
New Year Concert - Classics ranging from Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess", Bernstein's "West Side Story", Buena Vista Social Club and Strauss’ "Die Fledermaus" to Gade's "Tango Jalousie" and New Year's highlights from the classic repertoire

Conductor / Mei-Ann Chen
Soloist / Signe Asmussen, Soprano
Soloist / Bobo Moreno, Tenor
New Year Concert - Classics ranging from Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess", Bernstein's "West Side Story", Buena Vista Social Club and Strauss’ "Die Fledermaus" to Gade's "Tango Jalousie" and New Year's highlights from the classic repertoire

Conductor / Mei-Ann Chen
Soloist / Signe Asmussen, Soprano
Soloist / Bobo Moreno, Tenor
New Year Concert - Classics ranging from Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess", Bernstein's "West Side Story", Buena Vista Social Club and Strauss’ "Die Fledermaus" to Gade's "Tango Jalousie" and New Year's highlights from the classic repertoire

Conductor / Mei-Ann Chen
Soloist / Signe Asmussen, Soprano
Soloist / Bobo Moreno, Tenor
New Year Concert - Classics ranging from Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess", Bernstein's "West Side Story", Buena Vista Social Club and Strauss’ "Die Fledermaus" to Gade's "Tango Jalousie" and New Year's highlights from the classic repertoire

HIGDON Blue Cathedral
PROKOFIEV Love for Three Oranges Suite
RaACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

Angelo Xiang Yu / Violin
Red Chamber / Guest Artist
Adam Larsen / Video design
Lantern Procession
Li Huanzhi, Spring Festival Overture
Chen Gang, The Butterfly Lovers Concerto
Chinese, arr. Lee, Che-Yi, Jasmine Flower
Traditional arr. Zheng, Jin, The Moon Over Spring River
Mao Yuan, Dance of the Yao People
An-Lun Huang, Saibei Dance, from Saibei Suite No. 2

Kodály Dances of Galánta
Dvořák Violin Concerto
Alexi Kenney, Violin
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”

Robert SCHUMANN:
Overture, Scherzo & Finale, Op. 52
Introduction and Allegro for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 92
Felix MENDELSSOHN:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, “Italian”
Bernd Glemser, Piano

Robert SCHUMANN:
Overture, Scherzo & Finale, Op. 52
Introduction and Allegro for piano and orchestra, Op. 92
Felix MENDELSSOHN:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, “Italian”
Bernd Glemser, Piano

KERNIS Too Hot Toccata
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
William Shaub, Violin
WALTON/BACH The Wise Virgins Suite
HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis on a Theme by Carl Maria von Weber

KERNIS Too Hot Toccata
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
William Shaub, Violin
WALTON/BACH The Wise Virgins Suite
HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphosis on a Theme by Carl Maria von Weber

In Darkness We Rise
DEBUSSY Clair de Lune
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
Chicago Sinfonietta Concertmaster Paul Zafer, Violin
LEVINSON Sevdah Medley
GORECKI Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”
Twyla Robinson, Soprano
From even the most sorrowful moments of darkness, moments of light are bound to emerge. The Sinfonietta explores love, loss, and unyielding hope through the musical storytelling of several narrators.

In Darkness We Rise
DEBUSSY Clair de Lune
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
Chicago Sinfonietta Concertmaster Paul Zafer, Violin
LEVINSON Sevdah Medley
GORECKI Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”
Twyla Robinson, Soprano
From even the most sorrowful moments of darkness, moments of light are bound to emerge. The Sinfonietta explores love, loss, and unyielding hope through the musical storytelling of several narrators.

Sommer in der Schweiz
Gioacchino ROSSINI Ouverture to “Wilhelm Tell”
Astor PIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas)
Lara St. John, Violin
Joachim RAFF Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 208, “In Sommer”

Sommer in der Schweiz
Gioacchino ROSSINI Ouverture to “Wilhelm Tell”
Astor PIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas)
Lara St. John, Violin
Joachim RAFF Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 208, “In Sommer”

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo & Juliet, Overture Fantasy (version 1880)
BRITTEN Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
Kristina Winiarski, Cello
STORM Persistence of Memory - Symphonic Music (WORLD PREMIERE)

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo & Juliet, Overture Fantasy (version 1880)
WALTON/BACH The Wise Virgins Suite
STORM Persistence of Memory - Symphonic Music (WORLD PREMIERE)

Spanish Elegance
CHABRIER España, Rhapsody for Orchestra
LALO Concerto for Violoncello in D minor
Andreas Brantelid, Violoncello
TURINA Danzas fantásticas
BIZET Carmen Suite No.1

MONTGOMERY Strum
SCHIFF 4 Sisters, Concerto for Jazz Violin and Orchestra
Regina Carter, Violin
ELGAR Enigma Variations
The Sinfonietta puts its own spin on the concept of “the tribute” with an exceptional program dedicated entirely to musical portraits spanning genres and centuries.

MONTGOMERY Strum
SCHIFF 4 Sisters, Concerto for Jazz Violin and Orchestra
Regina Carter, Violin
ELGAR Enigma Variations
The Sinfonietta puts its own spin on the concept of “the tribute” with an exceptional program dedicated entirely to musical portraits spanning genres and centuries.

Annual Open Air Concert

Bring your blanket and picnic basket, settle down in the grass and listen to great music with this world-class orchestra! In the last few seasons, audience numbers have been estimated to exceed 10,000.