CMU
Philharmonic 2018/19 Season
September 16, 2018
7:30pm Carnegie Music Hall
Andrés Cárdenes, conductor
Erin David, violin
Abigail Fischer, mezzo soprano
Samuel Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal (8’)
3(1.2.pic). 3(1.2.EH). 3(1.2.bc). 2. 4.3.3.1. timp+3 (bd/cym/tri/glock)
harp, celeste
Essay #2, Op. 17 (10’)
3(1.2.pic). 3(1.2.EH). 2(1.2/bc). 2. 4.3.3.1. timp+2 (bd/cyb/field
drum/tamtam)
Concerto for Violin (24’)
2(1.2/pic). 2.2.2. 2.2.0.0. timp, sd. Piano
Intermission
Roberto Sierra: Carmen Miranda (*World Premiere) (20’)
1.1.1.1. 1.1.1.0.
Percussion: sus
cym/xyl/tamtam/cabassa/jawbone/bongos/gong/sd/bd/maracas/mar
imba/
tomtom/glock/tambourine/vibraphone/timp/claves/woodblock
piano
Ottorino Respighi: Feste Romane (24’)
3(1.2.3/pic). 3(1.2.EH). 4(1.2.bc.ebcl). 3(1.2.cb). 4.4.3.1. (3 buccine
extra trumpets)
mandolin, timp+9 (glock/xyl/tamb/sd/sleigh bells/field
drum/tri/ratch/tamtam/cym/bd/chimes/ (a#, a#1) 2tavolette
piano 4 hands, orga
October 21, 2019
7:30pm, Carnegie Music Hall
Victor Yampolsky, guest conductor
CMU Philharmonic
Alexander Glazunov: Valse de Concert No. 2 in F
Major, Op. 51 (10’)
3(1.2.pic). 2.2.2. 4.2.3.0. timp+3 harp
NO INTERMISSION
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in e minor,
Op. 93 (57’)
3(1.2/pic2.pic1). 3(1.2.3/EH). 3(1.2.3/ebcl). 3(1.2.3/cb)
4.3.3.1.
timp+4 (sd/tamtam/tri/tamb/xyl/cym/bd)
December 6, 2018
8:00pm, Carnegie Music Hall
Andrés Cárdenes, Conductor and Violin
Daniel Nesta Curtis, Resident Conductor
Thomas Douglas, Director of Choral Studies
George Vosburgh, Director, CMU Wind Ensemble
CMU Philharmonic
CMU Concert Chorus
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols (15’) (DNC)
Strings, harp, chorus
A cappella choral works (10’) (TD)
Bernstein: Profanation from “Jeremiah” Symphony (10’)
(GV; Wind ensemble will cast and produce music)
INTERMISSION
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (35’) (AC, violin and conduct)
Strings, continuo
December 7, 2018
12noon, Great Hall, CFA
Andrés Cárdenes, Conductor and violin
Daniel Nesta Curtis, Conductor
Thomas Douglas, Conductor
George Vosburgh, Director, CMU Wind Ensemble
CMU Philharmonic
CMU Concert Chorus
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols (15’) (DNC)
Strings, harp, chorus
A cappella choral works (10’) (TD)
Bernstein: Profanation from “Jeremiah” Symphony
(10’) (GV; Wind Ensemble will cast and produce
music)
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (20’) (AC, violin and
conductor)
Spring
Winter
Strings, continuo
January 25, 2019
8pm, Carnegie Music Hall
“Diversity and Inclusion”
CMU Philharmonic
Guillermo Figueroa, guest conductor
Gretchen van Hoesen, harp
Narrator TBA
John Corigliano: Promenade Overture (8’)
2(1.2.pic). 2. 2. 2. 6(5-6 opt.). 4. 3. 1. Timp+4
(bd, suscym, finger cym, sd, td, tri, tamb, tamtam, glock,
xyl, belltree, temple block, ratch) Harp
Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (5’)
2(pic).2.2.2. 4.3.3.1. timp+3
Aaron Copland: A Lincoln Portrait (14’)
2(1/pic.2/pic). 3 (1.2.EH). 3(1.2.bc). 3(1.2.cb)
4.3.3.1. timp+3 (glock, xyl, cym, sleigh bells, sd, tamtam,
bd) Harp celeste
Anthony Davis: Notes from The Underground (11’)
2(pic).2.2.2. 2.2.2.1. perc: (xyl, marimba,vibraphone)
Piano
INTERMISSION
Bright Sheng: Never Far Away (2008) for Harp and
Orchestra (24’)
2(1.2/pic). 2(1.2/eh). 2(1.2/bc). 2(1.2/cb)
4.2(ctrumpet). 2.0.
timp+4 (glock/vibe/belltree/lg temple blocks/4 wood
blocks/tri/mar/small bd/lg. bd/lg
tamtam/rute/crotales/2 bongos/2 lg congas/small sus
cym/wind gong) piano/celeste
Miguel del Aguila: Conga (12’)
2.2.2.2. 3.2.2.1. piano, harp, 5 percussion
February 24, 2019
7:30pm, Carnegie Music Hall
Maximiano Valdés, guest conductor
CMU Philharmonic
CMU Concert Chorus
Thomas Douglas, Director of Choral Studies
SATB TBA
Sophie Thompson, soprano
Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18 (17’)
Strings only
Short intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in d minor,
Op. 125 (65’)
3(1.2.pic). 2. 2. 3(1.2.cb). 4.2.3.0. timp+3 (bd/cym/tri)
Student Composer’s Concert
March 7, 2019
8pm, Carnegie Music Hall
Daniel Nesta Curtis, Resident Conductor
Guy Bordo, Guest Conductor
TBA
May 1, 2019
8pm, Carnegie Music Hall
Andrés Cárdenes, Conductor
CMU Philharmonic
Bedrich Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride (7’)
3(1.2.pic). 2. 2. 2. 4.2.3.0. timp
Richard Danielpour: Concerto for Orchestra
(“Zoroastrian Riddles”) (27’)
3(2pic). 3(1.2.EH). 3(1.2.bc). 3(1.2.cb). 4.3.3.1.
timp+4 (tamtam/bd/xyl/rototoms/crotales/metal
plate/anvil,castanets/cowbell/bongos/guiro/
tomtoms/vibe/brake drums/switch/wb/
chimes/glock/vibraslap/tamb/
2 water gongs//marimba/ratchet/slapstick/
sus cym) piano/celeste, harp
Intermission
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade, Op. 35
(42’)
3(1.2.pic). 2(1.2/EH). 2. 2. 4.2.3.0.
timp+5 (bd/cym/sus cym/sd/tri/tamb/tamtam)
harp
