2011-2012 63rd Concert Season

WSO History
Oct 9, 2011 World of Wellesley *
Nov 20, 2011 Beethoven Visits Wellesley *
Dec 11, 2011 Holiday Pops
Feb 12, 2012 Valentine's Love Fest *
Mar 11, 2012 Family Concert
May 13, 2012 Mother's Day Concert *

All concerts Sundays 3:00 PM
(*) subscription concerts
       with pre-concert talk at 2:15

MassBay Community College
50 Oakland Street, Wellesley Hills

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Columbus Day Weekend - October 9, 2011
WORLD OF WELLESLEY

Rice On to the Pacific - Première
From American Sketchbook
Grofé Grand Canyon Suite
Rare live complete performance of this 1937 American masterpiece
Dvořák “New World” Symphony
November 20, 2011
BEETHOVEN VISITS WELLESLEY

Beethoven Fidelio Overture

Beethoven Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor
Virginia Eskin, piano

Beethoven Symphony no. 2 in D


Virginia Eskin
December 11, 2011
HOLIDAY POPS

Sleigh rides from England, Russia, Brazil & America plus a New England Sleighride by Robert Way and Symphonic Sleighride by Greg Rice (World Première). Popular soprano, Emily Browder Melville, will join us in many holiday favorites. Our traditional and popular audience sing-along, the WSO “Two Front Teeth” contest winner, a visit from Santa, and the kids get to conduct the orchestra

Emily Browder
February 12, 2012
VALENTINE'S LOVE FEST


Ana Maria Ugarte














Renowned tenor Brian Landry and wife, contralto Ana Maria Ugarte, sing beloved arias and duets from Tosca, Rigoletto, Carmen, and more

- plus -

Bizet Carmen Excerpts
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Saint-Saens Mon couer s'ouvre a ta voix from Samson and Dalila
Puccini Nessun dorma from Turandot

Brian Landry
March 11, 2012
FAMILY CONCERT


Leslie Holmes

















For Music in the Schools Month.
- Pre-concert Instrument Petting Zoo at 1:30
- Show’n’tell at 2:15, concert at 3

- Leslie Holmes narrates kid’s favorite, The Little Engine that Could
- Students from the Wellesley Middle School String Orchestra join the WSO
- Performances by the Winner of the 2011 WSO Young Soloist Competition, Sasha Scolnik-Brower, Cello
- and special award winner to 8 year old violinist Yugo Okutomo.
- Brian Hagar-McKee, of the Sprague School, hosts

Brian Hagar-McKee

May 13, 2012
MOTHER’S DAY CONCERT

Tribute to Jascha Heifetz

Lisa Park















Lisa Park, young Korean violin virtuoso
playing violin favorites mothers love, including
Massenet Meditation from Thaïs
Saint-Saëns
    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
    Havanaise

Julia Scott Carey Wiegala
    In memory of her mother Harriet Stolmeier Carey
Howard Frazin In the Forests of the Night

plus two orchestral blockbusters
Liszt Les préludes
Ravel Boléro