The FSO is pleased to present distinguished speakers for the popular pre-concert lectures, given at 7:00 pm just before Masterworks Series performances at George Mason University's Center for the Arts.

Masterworks 1  |  Saturday, September 12, 2009  |  Presented by: Rachel Franklin (Bio)

BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story  |   ELGAR: Introduction and Allegro for Strings  |  
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring

Masterworks 2  |  Saturday, October 3, 2009  |  Presented by: Frank Hudson (Bio)

MENDELSSOHN: Overture to The Fair Melusine  |   MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A Major  |  
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4

Masterworks 3  |  Saturday, November 21, 2009  |  Presented by: Rachel Franklin (Bio)

FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suites 1 and 2  |   GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue  |  
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G  |   GINASTERA: Estancia

Masterworks 4  |  Saturday, January 23, 2010  |  Presented by: Christopher Zimmerman

HAYDN: Symphony No. 92 Oxford  |   BARBER: Violin Concerto  |  
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1

Masterworks 5  |  Saturday, March 13, 2010  |  Presented by: Christopher Zimmerman

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia  |   DORMAN: Piano Concerto  |  
SIBELIUS: Four Legends from the Kalevala, op. 22

Masterworks 6  |  Saturday, May 1, 2010  |  Presented by: Rachel Franklin (Bio)

HIGDON: blue cathedral  |   ELGAR: Concerto in E Minor  |  
MOZART: Symphony No. 38 Prague  |   BARBER: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance