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- SHAMROCK and THISTLE
Empie Theatre, Baker Center for the...
Sunday, March 7 at 3:00pm
Allentown Band
"Bravo Broadway" An excitng and wildly popular evening of Broadway favorites performed by three stars from the Broadway stage. "Bravo Broadway!" brings together two great musical institutions: the American musical theatre and the Allentown Symphony Orchestra. The program includes numbers from "Gyspsy", "Jersey Boys", ..."West Side Story", "Chicago", "Wicked" and many more.
Bravo Broadway
Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Allentown Symphony Hall
23 North 6th St.
Allentown, PA 18101
Phone: (610) 432-6715
Website: www.allentownsymphony.org
E-Mail: boxoffice2@allentownsymphony.org
Ron Demkee, Conducting
Time:8:00PM Saturday, September 12th
Location:SYMPHONY HALL
Allentown Band
The Harry C. Trexler Trust
Presents
THE ALLENTOWN BAND
Ronald Demkee, Conductor
in Season Finale Bonus Concert
3:00 pm, Sunday, September 20, 2009
(Rain date September 27- 3:00 pm)
with Guest Conductor Loras Schissel, Washington, D.C.
and Phoebe Fennell, soprano and Eric Fennell, tenor
PROGRAM
Overture from “Barber of Seville” R...ossini
Ah fors'e lui... Sempre libera from “La Traviata” Verdi
Phoebe Fennell, soprano
Furiant from “Bartered Bride” Smetana
E lucevan le stelle from “Tosca” Puccini
Eric Fennell, Tenor
*Pride of the Wolverines Sousa
*The Hunting Scene Bucalossi
*On the Mall Goldman
*Playfellow Fillmore
*Loras Schissel, Conducting
Polka from “Bartered Bride” Smetana
Vilya from “Merry Widow” Lehar
Phoebe Fennell, soprano
Musetta’s Waltz from “La Boehm” Puccini
Nessun Dorma from “Turandot” Puccini
Eric Fennell, Tenor
Dance of the Comedians “Bartered Bride” Smetana
Encore: "Con te partito" Sartori
Eric and Phoebe
Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa
SEASON FINALE - with Loras Schissel, Eric and Phoebe Fennell
Time:3:00PM Sunday, September 20th
Location:WEST PARK
Allentown Band
Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, Allan Birney, Conducting
The Allentown Band, Ronald Demkee, Conducting
The highlight of this very American program will be a collaborative performance of Aaron Copland's A Lincoln Portrait, with guest narrator Greg Funfgeld, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem.
C...opland - Fanfare for the Common Man (Allentown Band)
Persichetti - Divertimento for Band
Gershwin - Lullaby (PSO)
Wyner, Yehudi - Lyric Harmony (PSO with members of Allentown Band)
Grainger, Percy - Lincolnshire Posy (Allentown Band)
Copland - A Lincoln Portrait
Sousa - Stars and Stripes Forever
History in the Making
Time:7:30PM Saturday, October 10th
Location:Allentown Symphony Hall
Allentown Band
Featuring Michael Toth, piano on Gottschalck's "L'Union." The composer played this for Abraham Lincoln shortly after being elected President, then again at Lincoln's Memorial Service. Also on the program:
Echoes of the 1860’s
On the occasion of Abraham Lincoln’s Bicentennial Year
Star Spangled Banner arr. Claudio Graf...ulla
Cavalry Quickstep Claudio Grafulla
Military Overture for Band, Op 24 Felix Mendelssohn
(Mendelssohn’s Bicentennial Year, 2009)
Little Tycoon March Thomas Coates/David Diggs
L’Union – a paraphrase on national airs L.M. Gottschalk/Samuel Adler
Michael Toth, piano
Major General U.S. Grant’s Grand March (1863) Joseph Gung’l/Roger Smith
Echoes of the 1860’s Donald Hunsberger
(Based on the music of the N.H. Third Regiment Band while posted at Port Royal, S.C.)
1. General Lee’s Grand March and The Recruiting Sergeant
2. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
3. Port Royal Galop
4. Lorena and Retreat
5. Storm Galop
Intermission
A Tribute to Stephen Foster Sammy Nestico
Camptown Races, My Old Kentucky Home, Oh Susanna and Swanee River.
To Heal a Nation (Gettysburg Address) James Hosay
Emile Guida, Narrator
Cakewalk Suite Hershy Kay
1. Grand Walkaround
2. Wallflower Waltz
3. Sleight of Feet
4. Entrance of the Magicians
5. Gala Cakewalk
American Civil War Fantasy Jerry Bilik
Listen To The Mocking Bird, Dixie, Camptown Races, John Brown's Body, Dixie; Battle Cry Of Freedom, Maryland, My Maryland, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Just Before The Battle, Mother, Marching Through Georgia, The Yellow Rose Of Texas and Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Skyrocket March Claudio Graffula
Echoes of the 1860s
Time:3:00PM Sunday, October 25th
Location:Allentown Symphony Hall
Allentown Band
Prologue/Star Spangled Banner
American Fantasy Victor Herbert
(Pathfinder of Panama John Philip Sousa)
Military Overture for Band, Op 24 Felix Mendelssohn
(Hands Across the Sea John Philip Sousa)
Variations on a Theme by Corelli Giuseppe Tartini/Reisteter
Steve Reisteter, Clarinet
Flight of the Bumble Bee Rimsky-Korsakov
Clar...inet Section
People Who Live in Glass Houses John Philip Sousa
1.The Champagnes
2.The Rhine Wines
3.The Whiskies – Scotch, Irish, Bourbon and Rye
4.Convention of the Cordials, Wines, Whiskies
Humoresque: Look for the Silver Lining John Philip Sousa
Sousa on Parade:
Glory of the Yankee Navy Rifle Regiment Semper Fideles
Overture 1812 Tchaikovsky
Stars & Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa
Allentown Band celebrates 181st Anniversary on Fourth of July
Time:7:30PM Friday, July 3rd
Location:WEST PARK
RECENT ACTIVITY
Allentown Band added the album Echoes of the 1860s Volume 24 Our Band Heritage to their discography.
Allentown Band wrote on HOLIDAY/PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE CONCERT's Wall.
Allentown Band wrote on Allentown Band Concert's Wall.
Allentown Band wrote on Concert at Bethlehem's Rose Garden's Wall.
Allentown Band wrote on Allentown Band Concert's Wall.
Allentown Band added the album 180th Anniversary to their discography.
