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Chautauqua 2012Chautauqua Symphony OrchestraOrchestra Has Diverse RepertoireThe Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra performs 21 concertsin the Amphitheater including two concerts accompanyingChautauqua Dance. The orchestra also provides the musicianswho perform for Chautauqua Opera. The 2012 season opensSaturday, June 30, with an array of exciting soloists and guestconductors presenting a diverse repertoire.The program this season includes:Saturday, June 30 — 8:15 p.m.Roberto Minczuk, guest conductorPeter Serkin, pianistAcademic Festival Overture, Op 80, Johannes BrahmsSymphony No. 8, Op. 93 in F Major, Ludwig vanBeethovenPiano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 in D Minor, JohannesBrahmsTuesday, July 3—8p.m.Chautauqua Symphony Pops ConcertIndependence Day CelebrationStuart Chafetz, guest conductorMichele Ragusa, soprano“The Star Spangled Banner” Traditional;The Olympic Spirit, John Williams;Hail to the Spirit Liberty, John Philip Sousa;“The Trolley Song” (Meet Me in St. Louis), Hugh Martin;Buglers Holiday, Leroy Anderson;Beatles Hits Medley, Jeff Tyzik;“Don’t Rain on My Parade” (Funny Girl), Styne/Merrill;Fanfare for the Common Man, Aaron CoplandSuite from JFK, John Williams“God Bless America” (audience sing-a-long), Irving BerlinArmed Forces on Parade, arr. Robert Lowden“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, Harold Arlen1812 Overture, Op. 49, Piotr Ilyich TchaikovskyThursday, July 5 — 8:15 p.m.Timothy Myers, guest conductorClara-Jumi Kang, violinLohengrin: Prelude to Act III, Richard WagnerViolin Concerto, Op.35 in D Major, Erich Wolfgang KorngoldSymphony No. 5, Op. 64 in E Minor, Piotr IlyichTchaikovskyPAGE 58Saturday, July 7 — 8:15 p.m.Lucia di LammermoorChautauqua Opera CompanyJoesph Colaneri, guest conductorTuesday, July 10 — 8:15 p.m.North Carolina Dance Theatre in ResidenceGrant Cooper, guest conductor“Danses Brillante” from Namouna Edouard Lalo“Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa” from Il Trionfo del Tempo edel Disinganno” George Frideric HandelAmerican In Paris, George GershwinExcerpts from Sleeping Beauty, Piotr Ilyich TchaikovskyThursday, July 12 — 8:15 p.m.Andrew Grams, guest conductorAlexander Schimpf, pianoConcerto in D Igor StravinskyPiano Concerto No. 2, Op. 19 in B-flat Major Ludwig vanBeethovenConcerto for Orchestra Bela BartokSaturday, July 14 – 8:15 p.m.Opera Highlights ConcertChautauqua Opera Apprentice and Studio ArtistsSteven Osgood, guest conductorTuesday, July 17 — 8:15 p.m.Michael Stern, guest conductorUne barque sur l’ocan from Miroirs Maurice RavelOn The Waterfront: Symphonic Suite, Leonard BernsteinLa Mer, Claude DebussyThursday, July 19 – 8:15 p.m.Michael Stern, guest conductorAmit Peled, celloMuse of Missouri Stephen HartkeCello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107 Dmitri ShostakovichSymphony No. 2, Op. 43 in D Major Jean SibeliusSaturday, July 21 — 8:15 p.m.Buffalo Philharmonic ChorusRobert Duerr, guest conductorJanice Chandler-Eteme, sopranoTyler Duncan, baritoneEin Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (German), Johannes BrahmsTuesday, July 24 — 8:15 p.m.Sarah Ioannides, guest conductorCoco Trivisonno, bandoneonCuban Overture, George GershwinAconcagua Concerto for Bandoneon and Strings, Astor PiazzollaOblivion, Astor PiazzollaPrelude “l’apris-midi d’un faune”, Claude DebussyThe Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Paul DukasSEE PAGE 59