February 2012
February 2 and 4 — Phoenix Symphony — Sibelius: Symphony No. 3; Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade — Symphony Hall
February 16 and 18 — Phoenix Symphony — Arizona Centennial Celebration; Copland: Lincoln Portrait; Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite with James Westwater photochoreography/multimedia; Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" — Symphony Hall
February 19 — Yavapai Symphony — Dukas: Fanfare from La Peri; Strauss: Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentihomme; Copland: Lincoln Portrait; Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite — Yavapai College Performance Hall, Prescott, AZ
March 2012
March 1 and 3 — Phoenix Symphony — Puccini and Mahler with Brian Mulligan, baritone; Eric Margiore, tenor; and the Phoenix Symphony Chorus; Mahler: Selections from The Youth's Magic Horn; Puccini: Messa di Gloria and Crisantemi for string orchestra — Symphony Hall
March 30-April 1 — Phoenix Symphony — An Evening with Rodgers and Hammerstein with Phoenix Theatre, featuring some of the most popular Broadway musicals like Carousel, Cinderella, The King and I, South Pacific and The Sound of Music — Symphony Hall
April 2012
April 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 and 21 — Minnesota Opera — Madame Butterfly by Puccini; Michael Christie, conductor — Ordway Center, St. Paul, MN
April 26-28 — Atlanta Symphony Orchestra — Weinberg: "Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes," Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 with Behzod Abduraimov, piano; Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"; Michael Christie, conductor — Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA
May 2012
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Festival with Olga Kern
May 3 — Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1; Khachaturian: Excerpts from Gayane; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini — Symphony Hall
May 5 — Rachmaninoff: Three Russian Songs with the Phoenix Symphony Chorus; Weinberg: Sinfonietta No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 — Symphony Hall
May 6 — Khachaturian: Excerpts from Gayane; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 — Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
May 10 — Rachmaninoff: Vocalise; Borodin: Symphony No. 2; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 — Symphony Hall
May 12 — Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4; Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances — Symphony Hall
May 13 — Rachmaninoff: Vocalise; Borodin: Symphony No. 2; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini — Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
June 2012
June 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, and 23 — Opera Theatre of St. Louis — Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland (world premiere); Michael Christie, conductor — Loretto Hilton Center, St. Louis, MO
Summer 2012 - Colorado Music Festival
June 24 — Opening Night, CMF Chamber Orchestra - Simone Dinnerstein, piano; Dukas: Fanfare from “La Péri”; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, “Italian”
June 28 and 29 — CMF Festival Orchestra — Hans Krása: Brundibár, featuring CU Opera special guests, children's chorus and Ela Weissberger, Holocaust survivor and original cast member; Schreker: Intermezzo Op. 8 (US Premiere); Prokofiev: Cinderella Suites
July 5 and 6 — CMF Festival Orchestra — Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies, including Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and more!
July 8 — Mozart Mini-Festival, CMF Chamber Orchestra — Mozart & Salieri featuring F. Murray Abraham, narrator
July 12 — Mozart Mini-Festival, CMF Festival Orchestra — Piano Concerto No. 25; Symphony No. 38 in D Major, “Prague”
July 13 — Mozart Mini-Festival, CMF Festival Orchestra — Horn Concertos No. 1 & 3; Symphony No. 41 in C Major, “Jupiter”
July 15 — Mozart Mini-Festival, CMF Chamber Orchestra with guest soloists and the CMF Festival Chorus — Marriage of Figaro Overture & Act 2 Finale; Requiem in D minor, K.626
July 22 — Rediscovered Masters, CMF Chamber Orchestra — Shostakovich: “Hamlet” Suite, Op.32; Weinberg: Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 75; Haydn: Symphony No. 73 in D Major "The Hunt"
July 26 and 27 — CMF Festival Orchestra — Mahler: Symphony No. 7
July 29 — Brandenburgs - Old & New, CMF Chamber Orchestra — Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 3 & 6; Hartke: A Brandenburg Autumn; Theofanidis: Muse; Kernis: Concerto with Echoes
August 2 and 3 — Festival Finale, CMF Festival Orchestra — Kellogg: World Premiere commissioned by CLICK!; Greenberg: Symphony No. 5; Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
2012-2013 Season Highlights
June 19, 22, 25, 28 and July 2, 5, 7, 2013 — San Francisco Opera — Mark Adamo: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (world premiere); Michael Christie, conductor — War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA
