2017-2018 Concert Season – Duke Symphony Orchestra

Entire orchestra assembled onstage, ready to play

POPS Concert Sunday, September 3, 2017 6:00 PM East Campus Quad	A variety of classic American pop tunes along with popular movie soundtracks arranged for symphony orchestra
Concert I Wednesday, October 11, 2017 8:00 PM Baldwin Auditorium	Symphonic Paradigms: Mozart and Beethoven MOZART: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K.385, “Haffner” (1782) BARTÓK: Two Portraits, Op 5 (1907-11) Hsiao-Mei Ku, violin BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (1812)
Concert II Wednesday, December 6, 2017 8:00 PM Baldwin Auditorium	Symphonic Paradigms: Brahms WAGNER: Overture to The Flying Dutchman (1840-41) J.S. BACH: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 Cicilia Yudha, piano BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 (1855-1876)
Concert III Wednesday, March 7, 2018 8:00 PM Baldwin Auditorium	Music for Friends MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27 (1828) BRITTEN: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 (1943) Timothy Culver, tenor Nicholas Kenney, horn ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma,” Op. 36 (1899)
Concert IV Wednesday, April 11, 2018 8:00 PM Baldwin Auditorium	American Masters In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonard BernsteinBERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide (1956) LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major Jerry Chia-Rui Chang, piano; 2017-18 Duke Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition winner WALKER: Lyric for Strings (1946) COPLAND: “The Tender Land,” Suite from the Opera (1958)