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School of Music
ECU Symphony Orchestra: Performances


Below you will find a listing of our performance schedule for the 2012 - 2013 season

Concert I [Free]
September 22, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium
ECU Symphony Orchestra
• Claude Debussy – Prelude a L'Apres - midi d'un Faune
• Nino Rota  – Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, with guest soloist Christopher Ulffers
• Sergei Prokofiev – Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp Minor, Opus 131
 
Concert II [Free]
October 20, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium
ECU Symphony Orchestra & Choirs

• Joseph Haydn – Il Mondo della Luna Overture
• Joseph Haydn  – Symphony No. 31 in D Major, Hob. I:31, "Hornsignal"
• Joseph Haydn – Mass No. 11 in D minor, Hob. XXII:11, "Nelson Mass", with guest conductor Andrew Crane
and guest soloists Rachel Copeland, Jami Rhodes, Perry Smith and John Kramar
            

Concert III 
October 21, 2012, 3:00 p.m., Paramount Theatre, Goldsboro, NC
ECU Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Singers  

• Joseph Haydn –     Il Mondo della Luna Overture
• Joseph Haydn  – Symphony No. 31 in D Major, Hob. I:31, "Hornsignal"
• Joseph Haydn – Mass No. 11 in D minor, Hob. XXII:11, "Nelson Mass", with guest conductor Andrew Crane
and guest soloists Rachel Copeland, Jami Rhodes, Perry Smith and John Kramar

Concert IV [Free]
November 17, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium

ECU Symphony Orchestra & The Virginia Governor's School for the Arts Orchestra
• Gyorgy Ligeti – Atmospheres
• Maurice Ravel – La Valse
• Manuel de Falla – El Sombrero de 3 Picos Suites 1 & 2

Concert V
November 18, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Beach, VA

ECU Symphony Orchestra & The Virginia Governor's School for the Arts Orchestra

• Gyorgy Ligeti – Atmospheres
• Maurice Ravel – La Valse
• Manuel de Falla – El Sombrero de 3 Picos Suites 1 & 2

Concert VI [Free]
February 16, 2013, 7:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium

ECU Symphony Orchestra

• Carlos Gomes – Overture from the Opera "Il Guarany"
• Heitor Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2
• Samuel Barber – Violin Concerto, with guest soloist Hye-Jin Kim

Concert VII [Free]
March 23, 2013, 7:30 p.m.,
Wright Auditorium
ECU Symphony Orchestra
• Winner composition of the 2012-2013 ECU School of Music Orchestral Composition Competition
• Edward Jacobs – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, with guest soloist Ara Gregorian (world première)
• Chen Yi – Sprout
• Augusta Read Thomas – Radiant Circles for Orchestra

Concert VIII [Free]
April 20, 2013, 7:30 p.m., Wright Auditorium
ECU Symphony Orchestra
• Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 & 6
• Winner of the 2012-2013 ECU Concerto Competition
• Peter I. Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Opus 64

Concert IX
April 21, 2013, 3:00 p.m., Keihin Auditorium, Tarboro, NC
ECU Symphony Orchestra
• Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 & 6
• Winner of the 2012-2013 ECU Concerto Competition
• Peter I. Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Opus 64