Past Repertoire     2016-2017 October 8

Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 (Jared Anderson, conductor) Esenvalds, Whispers on the Prairie Wind (Jerry Blackstone, guest conductor)

December 10 [Jared Anderson, conductor] Handel, Messiah February 11 [Joel Neves, conductor]

Shore, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Badelt, Pirates of the Caribbean Brower, World of Warcraft Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody Kondo, Super Mario Bros Medley Williams, Star Wars Suite for Orchestra

April 13-15 [Joel Neves, conductor] West Side Story

 

2015-2016 October 10 [Daniel O'Bryant, guest conductor]

Rossini, La Gazza Ladra Overture Copland, Our Town Strauss, Emperor Waltz Wagner, Prelude to Parsifal Bach, Arioso Bach, Air Handel, Viola Concerto (Pamela McConnell, guest violist)

December 4-5 Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker February 27

Von Suppe, Light Cavalry Overture  Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1, Movement 1 (Lindy Wagner, violin)  Strauss, Horn Concerto No. 1, Movement 3 (Carson Williams, horn)  Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto, Movement 1 (Irene Ra, violin)  Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23, Movement 1 (Isabel Valencia, piano)  Offenbach, Elle a fui, la tourterelle! from Act IV of Tales of Hoffmann (Kelli Dekutoski, voice)  Puccini, Vissi d’arte from Act II of Tosca (Kelli Dekutoski, voice)  Saint-Saens, Piano Concerto No. 2, Movement 1 (Maggie Wang, piano)  Massenet, Meditation from Act II of Thais (Seth Helman, violin)  Kabalevsky, Piano Concerto No. 3, Movement 1 (Eddie Zhou, piano)  

April 23

Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture Liszt, Hamlet Sibelius, Tempest Overture Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet (selections) Berlioz, Romeo and Juliet (selections)

 

2014-2015 October 11 [Luis Gorelik, guest conductor]

Bouchardo, Escenas Argentinas: Dia de Fiesta, El arroyo, La campera Gianneo, El Tarco en flor Gilardi, El Gaucho con botas nuevas Castro, El llanto de las sierras Ginastera, Suite del ballet Estancia

December 13

Berlioz, Requiem, Rex Tremendae Faure, Pavane Verdi, La traviata, Gypsy Chorus Gabrieli, In Ecclesiis Strauss, Feuerfest (Polka Francaise) Wagner, Tannhauser, Pilgrim’s Chorus Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Humming Chorus Wagner, Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III and Bridal Chorus Berlioz, Requiem, Offertorium Bach, Cantata 140, Wachet auf Faure, Requiem, Agnus Dei Verdi, Aida, Triumphal March & Chorus

 February 21 Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 April 16-19 KSO Concert Tour to Crystal Falls, Oshkosh, Chicago (see repertoire for April 25)  April 25

Vaughan Williams, English Folk Song Suite Rimsky-Korsakov, Golden Cockerel Suite Handel, Water Music, Suites No. 1 and No. 2 (selections) Bizet, L’Arlesienne Suite, No. 1 and No. 2 (selections)

 

2013-2014 October 12

Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture Mahler, Symphony No. 5, Fourth Movement Dvořák, Scherzo Capriccioso Dvořák, Cello Concerto [Nathan Jasinski, guest cellist]

December 7

Offenbach, Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld Dvorak, Symphony No. 9, Second Movement Bilik, American Civil War Fantasy Harris, “Gettysburg Symphony,” First Movement (Awakening) Glass, the CIVIL warS, Interlude #2 Still, “Afro-American Symphony,” First Movement & Third Movement Copland, Lincoln Portrait [President Glenn Mroz, narrator]

February 22

Haydn, Symphony No. 88 Beethoven, Symphony No. 3

April 11-12

Menotti, Amahl and the Night Visitors Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake (selections)

   

 

2012-2013 October 13

Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty Suite Rimsky-Korsakov, Antar Symphony, First Movement Shostakovich, Symphony No. 9

October 25-28 (KSO tour of the U.P.) Same repertoire as October 13 concert with the addition of Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Anitra’s Dance & Aase’s Death December 8

Holst, Planets: Mars & Uranus World Premiere by Libby Meyer Performance by Hampton Rock String Quartet

March 2

Wagner, Entrance of the Guests, Tannhauser Brahms, Symphony No. 4, Second Movement Tchaikovsky, Marche Slav Wagner, Prelude to Act III, Tristan und Isolde Gliere, Russian Sailor’s Dance Grieg, "Solveig's Song" from Peer Gynt, Suite No. 2 Saint-Saens, Suite Algerienne, March Militaire Francaise Strauss, Bauern Polka Wagner, Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral, Lohengrin

April 18-20 Fiddler on the Roof

 

2011-2012 October 15

Strauss, Dance of the Seven Veils Penderecki, Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain Dvorak, Noon Witch Stravinsky, Firebird Suite, Berceuse and Finale

December 3

Mozart, Symphony No. 38, First Movement Liszt, Faust Symphony, Second Movement Tchaikovsky, Symphony No 4, Third Movement Dvorak, Symphony No. 9, Fourth Movement

February 18

Rossini, William Tell Overture Liszt, Orpheus Dvorak, Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 Olsson, Dialogues for Orchestra [World Premiere]

April 14

Saint-Saens, Samson and Delilah, Bacchanale Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem

 

2010-2011 October

Ponchielli, Dance of the Hours Higdon, Blue Cathedral Tchaikovsky, Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Elgar, Enigma Variations

December 4

Enescu, Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 Ravel, Pavane for a Dead Princess Beethoven, Symphony No. 5

February 12 Winter Carnival pops concert February 19

Copland, Appalachian Spring Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto

April 14-16 South Pacific 2009-2010 October

Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Stravinsky, Suites Nos. 1 and 2 Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night's Dream Suite

December Handel, Messiah February

Von Suppe, Poet and Peasant Overture Verdi, "Salce, Salce" and "Ave Maria" from Otello, Act IV Bizet, Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2

April Bernstein, selections from Mass, Fancy Free, On the Town, and West Side Story

 

2008-2009 October

Wagner, Prelude to Die Meistersinger Spohr, Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra Ginastera, Quartet No. 1, Op. 20 Schoenberg/Handel, Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra

December

Berlioz, Hungarian March Chopin, Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra Faure, Pavane Bizet, L'Arlesienne: Suite No. 1

February

Linkola, Concerto for Bass and Orchestra Premo, Fall Storm on Lake Superior KSO and White Water

April

Gundlach, Mass in A Olsson, Mass for Chorus and Orchestra Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music

2007-2008 October Alan Parsons Live Project  December

Burt, A Festival of Alfred Burt Carols Tchaikovksy, Selections from The Nutcracker Leontovich, Carol of the Bells Luboff, Still, Still Vivaldi, Selections from Gloria Sylvestri, The Polar Express Simeone, LIttle Drummer Boy Handel, Hallelujah from Messiah

March

Sibelius, Karelia Suite Youtz, Trains of Thought Dvorak, Symphony No. 8

April Keweenaw Studio Jazz Orchestra

 

2006-2007 October

Mozart, Overtue to the Marriage of Figaro Mozart, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, No. 24 Mozart, Symphony No. 40

December

Vivaldi, Winter from the Four Seasons Rutter, When Icicles Hang Anderson, Sleigh Ride

February Finlandia, Sibelius KSO and White Water April

Brahms, Academic Festival Overture Weber, Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra Debussy, Rhapsody for Orchestra and Saxophone Ravel, Bolero

2005-2006 October

Bach, Suite No. 3 for Orchestra Bruch, Romance for Viola and Orchestra Brahms, Double Concerto for Violin and Cello

December

Hailstork, Celebration! Grieg, Piano Concerto Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite, No. 1 Handel, Hallelujah from Messiah

February Alan Parsons Live Project April Brahms, A German Requiem