Masterworks Concerts
2011-2012 Season
Maestro Christopher Zimmerman and the Fairfax Symphony create music made for YOU. In the upcoming 2011-2012 performance season, the FSO and top notch guest artists will craft exciting and intruiging performances reflecting the wealth and breadth of classical music available from composers all over the world.
William Boughton, Guest Conductor
Karina Canellakis, violin
Concert at 8:00pm, Pre-Performance Lecture at 7:00pm
CORIGLIANO: Three Hallucinations
CHAUSSON: Poème
SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
The season opens with romantic and lush works by groundbreaking French and American composers. From the beautiful and introspective Chausson to the feverish romanticism of Berlioz, this program sets the emotional tone for our concert season.
George Mason University's Center for the Arts (Directions)
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Christopher Zimmerman, Conductor
Alturas Duo, guitar, viola, and charango
Concert at 8:00pm, Pre-Performance Lecture at 7:00pm
SIBELIUS: Tapiola
FARIAS: Commissioned Concerto
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
Composer Javier Farias incorporates the indigenous folk music and instruments of Chile, his native land, into a new work commissioned by the FSO. As part of the FSO's three year Sibelius focus, Tapiola is his last and most evocative score.
George Mason University's Center for the Arts (Directions)
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This program is funded in part by the Arts Council of Fairfax County, supported by Fairfax County.
Christopher Zimmerman, Conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Concert at 8:00pm, Pre-Performance Lecture at 7:00pm
MOZART: Symphony No. 10
BARBER: Adagio for Strings
GINASTERA: Harp Concerto
BARBER: First Essay for Orchestra
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5
Enjoy a deliberate potpourri of styles firmly bookended by two of the greatest composers of the Classical Period. There is something here for everyone!
George Mason University's Center for the Arts (Directions)
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Christopher Zimmerman, Conductor
Sergey Antonov, cello
GLAZUNOV: Chant du Ménéstrel
HAYDN: Cello Concerto in C Major
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11
This program gives the listener much to feast on, highlighting the classical freshness of a Haydn concerto, the lyrical beauty of the Romantic period and finally the drama and shattering intensity of Shostakovich Symphony no.11.
Passion, depth, and texture are all on display in this concert which includes four minutes of Glazunov 's romantic lush melody a la Rachmaninoff and a sweeping epic that you can practically see as well as hear--a musical "Dr. Zhivago" by Shostakovich, Glazunov's pupil.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Concert at 8:00pm, Pre-Performance Lecture at 7:00pm
George Mason University's Center for the Arts (Directions)
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Concert at 3:00pm
Hylton Performing Arts Center (Directions)
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Christopher Zimmerman, Conductor
Rick Rowley, piano
STRAVINSKY: Firebird Suite (1919 version)
LISZT: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A major
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 7
SIBELIUS: Finlandia
Three of the most popular and colorful pieces in the whole standard repertoire are on this program, as well as Sibelius's final and, arguably, greatest symphony. The combination of Sibelius's early blockbuster and his final profound work makes an exciting conclusion to the FSO's Sibelius exploration.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Concert at 8:00pm, Pre-Performance Lecture at 7:00pm
George Mason University's Center for the Arts (Directions)
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Concert at 3:00pm
Hylton Performing Arts Center (Directions)
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Christopher Zimmerman, Conductor
Adam Golka, piano
Concert at 8:00pm, Pre-Performance Lecture at 7:00pm
PURCELL: Funeral Music of Queen Mary
PURCELL: The Gordian Knot Untied
DEBUSSY: La Mer
RAVEL: Concerto for Left Hand
ELGAR: Enigma Variations
Though often fierce foes over centuries, thank goodness neither the English nor French managed to subsume the other's culture and art! In our final program we celebrate the richness and diversity of their music with works from some of their finest composers.
George Mason University's Center for the Arts (Directions)
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