Saturday Masterworks & Sundays in Germantown
Seven Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. at The Cannon Center for Performing Arts
OR
Six Sundays at 2:30 p.m. at The Germantown Performing Arts Centre

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Schedule of Concerts:

RUSSIAN MASTERS
Saturday, September 18, 2010 & Sunday, September 19, 2010
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Markus Groh, Piano  
PROGRAM:
SHOSTAKOVICH                    Festive Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY                       Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV             Scheherazade  

HOPE IN AMERICA
Saturday, October 16, 2010 & Sunday, October 17, 2010
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Jessica Rivera, soprano
PROGRAM:
COPLAND                              Fanfare for the Common Man
TOWER                                   Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
BARBER                                 Knoxville: Summer of 1915
GOLIJOV                                 World Premiere Commission
COPLAND                              Suite from Appalachian Spring

FIESTA!
Saturday, November 20, 2010 & Sunday, November 21, 2010
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
PROGRAM:
CHABRIER                              España
RAVEL                                     Alborada del gracioso
FALLA                                     Suite No. 2 from The Three Cornered Hat
GINASTERA                           Ballet Suite from Estancia
LÓPEZ                                     Fiesta!   

ITALIAN INSPIRATIONS
Saturday, January 15, 2011 & Sunday, January 16, 2011
Daniel Hege, guest conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cello
PROGRAM:
ROSSINI                                  Overture to The Italian in Algiers
MENDELSSOHN                   Symphony No. 4 in A major, “Italian”
TCHAIKOVSKY                       Variations on a Rococo Theme
TCHAIKOVSKY                       Capriccio italien  

INFERNAL DANCE
Saturday, February 19, 2011 & Sunday, February 20, 2011
Eckart Preu, guest conductor
Orion Weiss, piano
PROGRAM:
OFFENBACH                          Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
CHOPIN                                   Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
DEL AGUILA                           Conga Line in Hell
STRAVINSKY                          Firebird Suite (1919)  

VIVE LA FRANCE!
Saturday, March 12, 2011 & Sunday, March 13, 2011
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Karen Busler, flute
Women of the Memphis Symphony Chorus  
PROGRAM:
DEBUSSY                                Nocturnes
DOVE                                       Magic Flute Dances
BERLIOZ                                 Symphonie fantastique        

ODE TO JOY
Saturday, April 30, 2011 (Saturday evening performance only at the Cannon Center)
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Memphis Symphony Chorus
University of Memphis Concert Singers
PROGRAM:
BRAHMS                                Alto Rhapsody
BEETHOVEN                        Symphony No. 9 in D minor, “Choral”