Springfield Symphony Orchestra

performing at

Symphony Hall

Court Square, Downtown Springfield MA

www.springfield symphony.html

1315 Main Street
Springfield, MA 01103
(413) 733-0636

About the Coming Season

By Kevin Rhodes

2010 - 2011 Season

Opening Night ~ Red Carper Gala
Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 8 PM
Kevin Rhodes, Conductor
Norman Krieger, Piano

The stars align for a brilliant gala opening, as Duparc’s enchanting Aux Etoiles (To the Stars) begins a special program for a special season. Celebrating our tenth year under Music Director Kevin Rhodes, we present the great American piano concerto by Barber, and a romantic masterpiece by one of the Maestro’s favorites, Rachmaninoff.

DuParc                  Aux Etoiles

Barber                   Piano Concerto, Op. 38

Rachmaninoff      Symphony No. 2, in E minor, Op. 27

Complimentary Champagne reception following the performance.

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Nov. 6, 2010 Dvorák & Tchaikovsky

Jan. 29, 201 Beethoven & Brahms
Mar. 5, 2011 Mozart & Prokofiev
Apr. 2, 2011 Music of the Ballet
May 7, 2011 Symphonie Fantastique

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Beethoven & Beethoven: the 1st and the 9th

Saturday --  May 1, 2010 at 8:00 PM

Kevin Rhodes, Music Director and Conductor

Springfield Symphony Chorus, Nikki Stoia, Director

Guest soloists:

Mary Wilson, soprano

Stacey Rishoi, mezzo-soprano

Alan Schneider, tenor

Gustav Andreassen, bass

Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Franck

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FROM MAESTRO KEVIN RHODES

Saturday -- April 10, 2010 at 8:00 PM

Kevin Rhodes, Music Director and Conductor

Jeffrey Biegel, Piano

Opening the concert is Rossini's Semiramide Overture, followed by acclaimed pianist Jeffery Biegel who encores with the Symphony performing one of the most popular concertos of all time, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor. And then, Franck's most famous orchestral work, Symphony in D minor, returns to the SSO after more than 20 years.


Ives, Beethoven & Mozart

Saturday -- March 13, 2010

Kevin Rhodes, Music Director and Conductor

Sara Buechner, Piano

Ollie Watts Davis, Soprano

Mary Wilson, Soprano

Brad Diamond, Tenor

David Kravitz, Bass

Springfield Symphony Chorus - Nikki Stoia, Chorus Director

Donizetti, Rachmaninoff & Brahms

Saturday, January 23, 2010
Kevin Rhodes, Music Director and Conductor
Alexander Ghindin, Piano


The SSO in Rehersal -- November, 2009


Glinka, Barber & Tchaikovsky -- Saturday, November 21, 2009
Kevin Rhodes, Music Director and Conductor
Janet Sung, Violin


Opening Night 2009: Red Carpet Gala
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
Liszt: A Faust Symphony


Opening Night 2008: Bernstein, Gershwin, Prokofiev