2008-2009 Season Schedule

A season subscription provides admission for the following 6 concerts plus one voucher to share with a friend! All concerts are held at the Civic Hall Performing Arts Center in Richmond, Indiana. 

Black Forest Cake
September 13, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Spenser Myer, Piano

Beethoven - Coriolan Overture 
Beethoven - Symphony No. 4
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4

The first concert of our season is all Beethoven and features Spencer Myer's delicious playing of Piano Concerto No. 4.  To whet the appetite, Symphony No. 4 and the Coriolan Overture are also offered on the menu.

A Fine Bordeaux
October 25, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Eli Eban, Clarinet

Ravel - Alborada del Grazioso
Debussy - Premiere Rhapsodie
Satie - Gymnopedies 1&3
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique

Next we taste French delicacies from Ravel, Satie, and Berlioz.  Eli Eban is our guest artist, supplying sweet notes on his clarinet in Premiere  Rhapsodie by Debussy.

Spice It Up!
December 6, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Joe Augustine, Piano

Gershwin in Hollywood, arr. Bennet
Augustine arr. - Action, Film and Music
                      - A Very Good Year
                      - Looney Tunes
                      - 3 at 100 (Gershwin, Ellington, Carmichael)
                      - The Christmas Song
Augustine - Liberty
Augustine - On This Special Day
Offenbach - Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture

Fresh jazz with Joe Augustine on piano.  Augustine is renowned for his yummy renditions of tunes by Gershwin, Ellington and Carmichael; he will delight us with his own recipes also.

Petit-Fours
February 7, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Darin Sorley, Horn

Gounod - Petite Symphonie (I, IV) 
Grieg - Holberg Suite (4 mvmts) 
Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 4
Haydn - Symphony No. 101, "The Clock"

RSO French horn principal, Darin Sorley,whips up Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4.  We will also partake of portions of Gounod's Petite Symphonie, Haydn's Symphony No. 101 ("The Clock") and Grieg's Holberg Suite in this chamber concert.

Warm Strudel
March 14, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Augustine Hadelich, Violin

Strauss - Serenade in Eb
Bruch - Violin Concerto
Brahms- Symphony No. 2

Next we share sweet pieces by Strauss and Brahms.  Soloist Augustin Hadelich tantalizes with his violin performance of Bruch's Violin Concerto.  A scrumptiously romantic concert!

Hot Buttered Popcorn
April 18, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Orchestra-within-an-Orchestra
RSO Singers
Concerto Winner

Custer arr. - Star Trek through the Years 
Zimmer - Gladiator (arr Wasson) 
Verdi - Overture to Nabucco (OWO) 
Massenet - Meditation from Thais
Mascagni - Intermezzo
Concerto Winner - TBA
Bedelt - Pirates of the Caribbean
Williams - Raiders March
Williams - Theme From Shindler's List
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
Williams - Dry Your Tears Africa- RSO Singers 
Williams - Hymn to the Fallen- RSO Singers
Williams - Jurassic Park

We conclude our musically delicious season with movie themes delectably performed by the RSO.  Joined by the RSO Singers, this will be a frothy finish to a season full of wonderful, tasty treats.