Concert Season 2009-2010

                                               

 

Please join us this season as we celebrate significant anniversaries

for these well-known composers:

                    2009                   200th anniversary of death of Franz Joseph Haydn

                    2009                   200th birthday of Felix Mendelssohn

                    2010                   100th birthday of Samuel Barber

                    2009                   150th birthday of Gustav Mahler

                     2009                  200th birthday of Frederick Chopin

                     2009                  200th birthday of Robert Schumann

Our season includes five concerts commemorating the lives and music of these composers plus many more, both old and new.  See the details below, and plan to attend.  For your convenience, season subscriptions offering substantial savings of 35% may be ordered online.

  

  "A Tribute to Haydn & Mendelssohn"

October 24, 2009                   7:30 PM                      Abington Junior High School

Mendelssohn:   Trumpet Overture

Saint-Saens:   Danse Macabre

Bruch:   Concerto for Violin and Viola and Orchestra

Rachel Ku, Viola        Hye-Jin Kim, Violin

Haydn:   Symphony No. 103   "Drum Roll"

 

 

"Celebrate Barber, Mahler, & Chopin"

January 23, 2010                   7:30 PM                      Abington Junior High School

Barber:   Commando March

Chopin:   Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise

Andrew Tyson, Piano Soloist 

Mahler:   Symphony No. 1

 

 

 "Schumann meets Abington Choral Club"

March 20, 2010                   7:30 PM                      Abington Junior High School

Brahms:   Tragic Overture

Schumann:   Spanisches Liederspiel Featuring Abington Choral Club

Orchestration by Peter Hilliard, Director (premiere performance)

Schumann:   Symphony No. 4

 

 "Young Artists Concert"

April 10, 2010                        4:00 PM                      Location To Be Announced

Featuring the winners of our annual Young Artist Competition

Marianna Bucco, Violin

Susannah Davenport, Violin

Mary Loftus, Violin

Johnny May, Piano  

 

 "Night on Broadway"

May 1, 2010                           7:30 PM                      Abington Presbyterian Church

We close our season with this exciting Pops Concert featuring Broadway favorites

and other popular works in a cabaret setting

Enjoy the music.....                         

Enjoy the food.....

                    Enjoy the fun!!

 

  
(Programs subject to change)