NOI Concerts

OPEN REHEARSAL OF BRAHMS'S FOURTH WITH ALAN GILBERT

Thursday, June 7, 2012. 9:30AM | Dekelboum Concert Hall

Alan Gilbert, Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, leads the National Festival Orchestra in an open rehearsal of Brahms's Fourth Symphony.

NOI FACULTY ARTIST CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT

Thursday, June 7, 2012. 8PM | Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Indulge in some of the finest chamber music repertoire performed by the chamber music faculty of the National Orchestral Institute. Program TBA.

NOI CHAMBER MUSIC SHOWCASE I

Friday, June 8, 2012. 7PM | Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Members of the 2012 National Orchestral Institute perform a variety of chamber music.

NATIONAL FESTIVAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Saturday, June 9, 2012. 8PM | Dekelboum Concert Hall

In this NOI concert, the musicians lead each other, performing challenging repertoire without a conductor:

• Igor Stravinsky: Danses concertantes
• Aaron Copland: Music for Theatre
• Georges Bizet: Symphony No. 1 in C Major

NOI CHAMBER MUSIC SHOWCASE II

Thursday, June 14, 2012. 7PM | Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Members of the 2012 National Orchestral Institute perform a variety of chamber music.

SLATKIN CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKY'S FIFTH

Saturday, June 16, 2012. 8PM | Dekelboum Concert Hall

• JS Bach/Stokowski: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
• Cindy McTee: Double Play
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor

Internationally acclaimed American conductor Leonard Slatkin began his appointment as Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in September of 2008. August of 2011 marked the start of his tenure as Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL), France. In addition, Mr. Slatkin continues to serve as Principal Guest Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a post that began in the fall of 2008. Following a 17-year tenure as Music Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Slatkin became Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. in 1996. more>>

HEGE CONDUCTS COPLAND'S THIRD

Saturday, June 23, 2012. 8PM | Dekelboum Concert Hall

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
• Claude Debussy: La Mer
• Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3

Daniel Hege is widely recognized as one of America's finest young conductors, earning critical acclaim for his fresh interpretations of the standard repertoire and for his commitment to creative programming. He served for eleven seasons as the Music Director of the Syracuse Symphony and in June 2009, was appointed Music Director of the Wichita Symphony, beginning his tenure with that orchestra in September 2010. more>>

PETER AND THE WOLF

Sunday, June 24, 2012. 3PM | Clarice Smith Center Grand Pavilion

A family friendly performance featuring Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and more.

MAHLER'S SONGS

Wednesday, June 27 2012. 8PM | Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Asher Fisch accompanies Mezzo-soprano Stefanie Irànyi in a performance and discussion of Mahler's songs.

NEW LIGHTS

Thursday, June 28 2012. 8PM | Gildenhorn Recital Hall

New Lights explores unconventional performance practice, technology and other artistic disciplines, and incorporates them into programming to generate greater engagement between the audience, musicians and music.

FISCH CONDUCTS MAHLER'S THIRD

Saturday, June 30, 2012. 8PM | Dekelboum Concert Hall

• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
  Stefanie Irànyi, mezzo-soprano

Israeli conductor Asher Fisch is well-known among the great opera houses of the world, and is receiving increasing critical and public acclaim for his command of the romantic and symphonic opera repertoire. "Fisch is truly a great Wagner conductor," proclaimed Fanfare Magazine. The former music director of both the Vienna Volksoper and the Israeli Opera, Mr. Fisch was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Seattle Opera in 2007, appearing each season there, in addition to frequent guest appearances throughout Europe and the United States. more>>