The CMSO 2011-2012 Season

Tones and Poems

Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 3pm

Both music and poetry are presented at this enriching event with poetry readings by Nina Corwin as we begin and celebrate our 90th Anniversary Season.

Suppé: Poet and Peasant Overture
Morehead: Metropolis (world premiere)
David: Trombone Concerto
Jake Mezera, trombone
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

You'll Love This

Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 3pm

Hear the most breathtakingly beautiful music communicating these tragic love stories and listen as Sibelius expresses with great excitement his patriotic love for his native country of Finland.

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F Major 
Xing Quan, Violin
Sibelius: Finlandia
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
 

Respighi, Rossini, and Tortellini

Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 3pm

Feast on this program of spicy and exciting Italian entrees and dine at our reception with complimentary pasta at this bold and brassy 90th Anniversary Season finale.

Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
MacDonald: "Pockets" for Orchestra (world premiere)
Rossini: Italian in Algiers Overture
Respighi: Pines of Rome