Showcase

June 7

Curtis Institute Program No. 2

Pianist Shih-Wei Huang: music by Bach, Chopin & Brahms
Violinist Mark O'Connor plays several of his own compositions, including his Fiddle Concerto and arrangements of Amazing Grace & Appalachia Waltz.

June 14

Curtis Institute Program No. 3

Curtis European Tour Preview:
Samuel Barber: Nine Songs (Adrian Kramer, baritone; Mikael Eliasen, piano)
Irving Fine: Fantasia (Nikki Chooi, violin; Roberto Diaz, viola; Natalie Helm, cello)
Richard Danielpour: Come up from the fields, father (Adrian Kramer, baritone; Roberto Diaz, viola; Mikael Eliasen, cello) 2008-09 Alumni Recital Series:
Jennifer Koh, violin, and Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano
Brahms: Violin Sonata No.2 in A major

June 21

Curtis Institute Program No. 4

Part One: Student Recitals
Chopin: Four Preludes
JC Bach: Symphony in D major, Op.31, No.1
Mozart: Violin Sonata in G major, K.301
Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances

Part Two: The Curtis Symphony Orchestra; Christoph Eschenbach conducting, Leon Fleisher, piano
Hindemith: Klaviermusik mit Orchester
Dvorak: Symphony No.9 From the New World

June 28

The Reading Symphony Orchestra in concert:

Andrew Constantine conducting; Alon Goldstein, piano
CPE Bach: Hamburg Symphony No. 4 in A major
Mozart: Piano Concerto K.488 in A major
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A Minor, Scottish