2008-2009
Graduation and Concerto Competition Concert

Andrzej Grabiec & Franz Anton Krager
Founding Artistic Directors and Conductors

Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 7:30pm
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Zilkha Hall

PROGRAM

Overture to Il Matrimonio Segreto
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)

Ciranda das Sete Notas for Bassoon and String Orchestra
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Wade Coufal, bassoon
Winner of the 2009 Virtuosi of Houston
Immanuel & Helen B. Olshan Foundation
Concerto Competition – Wind Division

Concerto in C Major for Solo Double Bass and Orchestra
Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813)
arranged and orchestrated by Norman Ludwin
I.   Allegro Moderato

Caleb Quillen, double bass
Winner of the 2009 Virtuosi of Houston
Immanuel & Helen B. Olshan Foundation
Concerto Competition – String Division

Zapfenstreich March
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

INTERMISSION

Gavotte from Symphony No 1 in D Major “Classical,” Op 25
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Symphony No 100 in G Major “Military”
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
I.   Adagio—Allegro
II.   Allegretto
III.   Menuet:  Moderato
IV.   Finale:  Presto

This concert was funded in part by grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts
 and from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Council.