20, 21 September 1997
Mozart – Symphony No.20 in D major, K.133
Puccini – La Fanciulla del West: Minnie, dalla mia casa
Puccini – Il Tabarro: Nulla, silenzio
Puccini – Tosca: Va, Tosca
Verdi – Don Carlo: Io morro
Verdi – Falstaff: Monologue
Verdi – Otello: Credo
Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Sherrill Milnes, baritone

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4, 5 October 1997
Ginastera – Variaciones Concertantes
Takemitsu – Concerto for Guitar and Oboe d’Amore
Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez
de Falla – El Amor Brujo
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Manuel Barrueco, guitar

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25, 26 October 1997
Bernstein – On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Prokofiev – Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, op.100
Michael Stern, guest conductor
Barry Douglas, pianist

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15, 16 November 1997
Hanson – Symphony No.2 “Romantic”
Vaughan Williams – Concerto for Oboe and Strings
Griffes – The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan
Elgar – Enigma Variations, op.36
Hobart Earle, guest conductor
Pierre Roy, oboist

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22, 23 November 1997
Rothman – Overture for our City
Nielsen – Flute Concerto
Sibelius – Pohjola’s Daughter, op.49
Sibelius – Symphony No.3 in C major, op.52
Michael Christie, guest conductor
Christine Bailey, flute

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17, 18 January 1998
Bach/Elgar – Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
Walton – Viola Concerto
Sibelius – Symphony No.1 in E minor, op.39
Christopher Seaman, guest conductor
Nokuthula Ngwenyama, violist

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7, 8 February 1998
Wagner – Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Mozart – Exultate, jubilate, K.165
Dvorak – Rusalka: Hymn to the Moon
Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, op.45
JoAnn Falletta, guest conductor
Benita Valente, soprano

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21, 22 February 1998
Milhaud – Creation of the World
Saint-Saëns – Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, op.61
Prokofiev – Symphony No.6 in E-flat minor, op.111
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Elmar Oliveira, violinist

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7, 8 March 1998
Stravinsky – Fireworks, op.4
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.2 in G major, op.44
Dvorak – The Wood Dove, op.110
Janacek – Tarus Bulba
Carlos Kalmar, guest conductor
Claudia Hoca, pianist

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21, 22 March 1998
Wagner – Die Meistersinger: Overture
Sandstrom – Trumpet Concerto No.2
Schumann – Symphony No.2 in C major, op.61
George Pehlivanian, guest conductor
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpeter

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4, 5 April 1998
Mozart – Symphony No.35 in D major, K.385 “Haffner”
Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33
Strauss, R. – Don Quixote
James Paul, guest conductor
Lynn Harrell, cellist

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25, 26 April 1998
Locklair – Hues for Orchestra
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
Brahms – Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Uriel Segal, guest conductor
Tzimon Barto, pianist

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9, 10 May 1998
Foss – Baroque Variations
Vivaldi – Concerto in C major, T.105
Telemann – Suite for Recorder and Strings in A minor
Mozart – The Great Mass in C Major K.427
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Michala Petri, recorder

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30, 31 May 1998
Brahms – Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op.102
Mahler – Symphony No.5 in C-sharp minor
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Arie Lipsky, cellist
Charles Haupt, violinist