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59th Season
2007 - 2008

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All concerts Sundays 3:00 PM at MassBay Community College,
50 Oakland Street, Wellesley Hills

Pre-concert talk by Leslie M. Holmes, WSO President, at 2:15 PM
for subscription concerts.

2008-2009 Concert Season - Tentative Schedule
Featuring American Composers at every Concert

Oct. 19, 2008 - Composers Across the Centuries and Around the World
                             Chadwick     Jubilee
                             Copland       Letter from Home
                              Liszt             Piano Concerto No. 1
                                           Constantine Finehouse, piano
                             Brahms        Variations on a Theme by Haydn
                             Smetana     Three Dances from The Bartered Bride

Nov. 16, 2008 - American Masters - Today and Yesterday
                                 Peter Child     Festival
                                 Copland         Quiet City
                                 Mozart           Aria from Il Re Pastore
                                 Barber           Knoxville: Summer of 1915
                                        Jayne West, soprano

Dec. 14, 2008 - Catch the Holiday Spirit
                                 Holiday Pops featuring Elaine Daiber, soprano

Feb. 8, 2009 -   Winter Magic
                               Larry Bell                 What Goes Around Comes Around
                               Mozart                      Oboe Concerto in C
                               Thomas Oboe Lee    Persphone's Soliloquy for Oboe
                                                  Keisuke Wakao, oboe (Boston Symphony)
                               Elgar                         Wand of Youth Suite
                               Wagner                     Three Exerpts from Die Meistersinger

Mar. 15, 2009 - Family Concert - Free Admission for All
Featuring Julian Wachner's The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Narrated by Bonnie Greenberg, storyteller

May 10, 2009 - Mother's Day Season Finale
                               Payne                        Overture to As You Like It
                               Julia Scott Carey       Elegy for Violin and Orchestra
                               Mendelssohn             Violin Concerto in E minor
                                                   Elina Lev, violin
                               Tchaikovsky               Symphony No. 6, Pathetique

Ticket prices for 2008- 2009 season: Adult - $20, Senior/Student - $15, Free admission for children under 12 with adult paid admission. Tickets may be purchased at the box office, online and in Wellesley at Eaton Apothecary and Wellesley Booksmith.

Purchasing tickets using a Credit Card is available in advance of concert by calling
781 235-0515 or at the Box Office on the day of the concert.

May 4, 2008 Season Finale - Masterwork Series

Maria Ferrante

  Rice                       May Dance

Faure                       Requiem
                               Maria Ferrante, soprano
                               Ronald Williams, baritone
                               Wellesley High School Concert Choir
                               Kevin McDonald, director

Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Pre-concert talk by Leslie M. Holmes, WSO President, at 2:15 PM

Ronald Williams

2007-2008 Concert Season

October 7, 2007 Discover the WSO on Columbus Day Weekend

Angel Valchinov

                  Rice                  October Dance - Ghost Waltz
                  Khachaturian    Gayne Ballet Suite
                  Dvorak               Violin Concerto
                                      Angel Valchinov, violin
                  Schumann           Symphony No.3, "Rhenish"


Pre-concert talk by Leslie M. Holmes, WSO President, at 2:15 PM

November 18, 2007 Celebrating the Word of Wellesley

Amira Acre

Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales

           Rice              November - Thanksgiving March
           Chadwick      Hobgoblin
           Ravel            Mother goose Suite
           Tchaikovsky   Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat
                         Amira Acre, piano


Pre-concert talk by Leslie M. Holmes, WSO President, at 2:15 PM

              See Mickey Goldin's pictures of this concert.

December 9, 2007 Holiday Pops

Karol Carroll

       Program includes December Waltz by Greg Rice
       and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas with
       William Bulger, narrator and singer.
       Traditional holiday songs by Karol Carroll,
       soprano, plus the winner of the WSO
      "Two Front Teeth" contest, a Visit from Santa
       and a festive Sing-along.

      See Mickey Goldin's Pictures of this Concert

William Bulger

February 3, 2008 Classical Favorites and Afternoon at the Opera

Joanna Mongiardo

Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville

   Favorite arias by Mozart, Gounod, Rossini plus the famous 'mad scene' from Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti.
                            Joanna Mongiardo, soprano

   Rice             February Dance - Dana's Song

   Brahms        Symphony No. 3 in F

Pre-concert talk by Leslie M. Holmes, WSO President, at 2:15 PM

See Mickey Goldin's Pictures of this Concert

March 2, 2008 Family Concert - FREE for Everyone

Featuring the WSO 2007 Young Soloist Competition Winners:
Ji Eun Lee, cello; Nathaniel Meyer, trumpet. Special guests: Suzuki Ensemble,
Wellesley Public Schools

Elizabeth Scanlan, host
Director of Performing Arts, Wellesley Public Schools

Salvatore De Fazio lll (Tory)
Honorary Chairman of the Family Concert

Program
Rice              March Madness

      Prokofiev      Peter and the Wolf
David Archibald, Guest Conductor
Dixie Whatley, Celebrity Narrator

Lalo              Cello Concerto
Ji Eun Lee, cello soloist

Neruda       Trumpet Concerto
Nathaniel Meyer, trumpet soloist

MassBay Meet and Greet 1 - 3 PM.

Instrument Petting Zoo and Show 'n' Tell beginning at 1:30.

Many thanks to Leonards Music of Wayland for supplying the musical instruments
for the Instrument Petting Zoo.

See Mickey Goldin's Pictures of the Family Concert