2011-2012 Season
"Dynamic Sounds"
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All concerts begin at 7:00 pm with a 15 minute intermission
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Season Opening Gala
Pops at Pine Lake
Saturday, September 17 Dinner at 6:30 pm · Concert at 8:30 pm Pine Lake Country Club 3300 Pine Lake Road, Orchard Lake
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Forrest & Wright: Overture to Kismet
Anderson: Horse & Buggy; Syncopated Clock
Gershwin: S'Wonderful; Someone to Watch Over Me
Rosas: Over the Waves
Ellington: Caravan
Lloyd Webber: Memory from Cats
Jobim: Girl from Ipanema
Macini: Moon River
Arlen: Over the Rainbow
J. Strauss, Jr: Blue Danube Waltz
Begin your fall season on a glorious note by joining us for this special dinner and concert package at beautiful Pine Lake Country Club. A delicious meal served in the lake-front dining room will be followed by a concert full of melodies and memories.
Tickets are $60 per person
Purchase tickets here or by calling (248) 352-BBSO
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Concert A
A Night at the Opera
Sunday, October 23 Birmingham Seaholm High School Auditorium 2436 W. Lincoln, Birmingham
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**Please note Lincoln is closed from Southfield to Evergreen; access to auditorium parking lot off Lincoln is available by Northlawn to Golfview
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del destino
Mascagni: Intermezzo Cavalleria rusticana
Rimsky-Korsakov: Bridal Procession Le Coq d'Or
Massenet: Ballet Music from Le Cid
J. Strauss, Jr.: Overture to Die Fledermaus
OFfenbach: Intermezzo & Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman
Saint-Saëns: Bacchanele Samson and Delilah
Borodin: Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor
You won't need to go the Opera House to enjoy this program of orchestral music - without voices - from the world of opera. These soaring selections will be introduced and conducted by our leading man in the pit, Charles Greenwell. Experience the drama of Verdi, the elegance of Strauss and the wild abandon of Saint-Saëns's Bacchanele - all in your own neighborhood.
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Concert B
Make a Joyful Noise
with Seaholm & Groves High School Choirs
Charles Greenwell, conducting
Sunday, December 18 Birmingham Groves High School Auditorium 20500 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Beverly Hills
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Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleves"
Herbert: "March of the Toys"
Jessel: Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
Scott: "The Toy Trumpet"
Waldteufel: The Skaters Waltz
Williams: Selections from Hook
Enjoy one of our audience's favorite concerts of the year. The holidays are nearly upon us, but the warmth, joy and wonder of these works fine-tunes our mood for the season. Featured on the program - and performing with the BBSO for the first time - are two of our fine local youth choirs.
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Concert C
Water Music
with Timothy Krohn, trumpet
Charles Greenwell, conducting
Sunday, February 12 Temple Israel 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield Township
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Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto
Handel: Excerpts from Water Music
Haydn: Symphony No. 97 in C major
This concert of music from the "classical" era features the superb strings, winds, brass and timpani of the BBSO. Mozart's elegant overture is followed by Hunnel's exuberant trumpet concerto with our own virtuoso Timothy Krohn taking the star turn. You'll enjoy the stately splendor of Handel's Water Music and the solid eloquence of Haydn's mature symphony. It is our "classic" valentine to you.
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Concert D
Espressivo Italiano
John Thomas Dodson, conducting
Sunday, March 18 Birmingham Groves High School Auditorium 20500 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Beverly Hills
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Rossini: Sinfonia di Bologna
Bizet: Roma
Schubert: Overture in D major (In the Italian Style)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major ("Italian")
Conductor John Thomas Doson returns to put his imprint on a program of music from and about Italy. Rossini's sprightly Sinfonia of 1808 oepns the evening followed by Bizet's Roma, a rarity full of melody and charm from teh composer of Carmen. Schubert's Overture "In the Italian Style" is the warm-up for Mendelssohn's dramatic Symphony No. 4, a powerful work inspired by his Italian journey. Enjoy this exciting tour of the fabled, eternal Italy.
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Concert E
Grande Finale
with the 2012 BBSO Young Artist Competition Winner
Charles Greenwell, conducting
Sunday, May 20 Birmingham Seaholm High School Auditorium 2436 W. Lincoln, Birmingham
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Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major
Concerto Movement by Young Artist Winner TBA
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ravel: Boléro
The genius of the north, Jean Sibelius, headlines the program with his mighty Symphony No. 5. The orchestra soars from the triumphal first to the powerhouse final movement. Our talented BBSO Young Artist Competition winner is featured next on a concerto movement with the orchestra. We look forward to summer with Mendelssohn, then brace ourselves for the season finale, Ravel's blazing tour de force, Boléro. Dont miss a minute of this thrilling evening.
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