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ITHACA’S ORCHESTRA SINCE 
Celebrating 40 Years of Gorgeous Music
SIMONE DINNERSTEIN
“Arresting freshness
and subtlety.”
—TIME Magazine
“NATHAN GUNN
commands an
operatic baritone
whose mighty heft
and richness confer
an outsize authority
on everything
he touches.”
—The New York Times
A nniv er sa ry
Se a son
Highlights:
Opening Night
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Ibert, Mozart, and Schubert. Featuring Simone
Dinnerstein, piano.
Spotlight on Strings
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Elgar, Stucky and Beethoven. Presenting
Christina Bouey, the CCO’s recently-appointed
concertmaster, in her solo debut.
Sounds of the Season
Christina Bouey
Janet Galván
Ivy Walz
Marc Webster
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Handel, selections from Messiah. Featuring
Ithaca College Choir with Janet Galván,
Director. With Rebecca Leistikow, Ivy Walz,
Marc Webster and Nathaniel McEwen.
Classical Inspiration
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Haydn and Prokofiev. Featuring the CCO’s
Youth Concerto Competition winners:
Raymond Feng, Benjamin Doane, Sophia
Werner.
Grand Finale
Rebecca Leistikow
Nathaniel McEwen
Benjamin Doane
Sophia Werner
Raymond Feng
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Ravel, Ginastera and selections with baritone
Nathan Gunn.
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Orchestral Series
1Opening Night
Saturday, September 24, 2016
7:30pm, Ford Hall, Ithaca College
P R E - CONCERT C H AT 6:45 PM
IBERT: Hommage à Mozart
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A
Major, K.488
SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, piano
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat
Major, D.125
Celebrate with us as we open our 40th
Anniversary season in spectacular
fashion with A merican pianist
Simone Dinnerstein, described by
TIME magazine as having “arresting Dinnerstein
freshness and subtlety.” With an impressive career
that has taken her around the globe, and included
performances and recordings with some of the most
acclaimed orchestras, composers, and artists of our
day, her performance of this Mozart piano concerto is
certain to leave a lasting impression.
Ibert’s Hommage á Mozart makes a fitting lead-in
to the evening’s concerto, and our season opener will
conclude with a wonderful symphony by Schubert. We
can think of no better way to start our 40th Season!
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Spotlight on Strings
Saturday, November 19, 2016
7:30pm, Ford Hall, Ithaca College
P R E - CONCERT C H AT 6:45 PM
ELGAR: Serenade for Strings in E Minor,
Op 20
STUCKY: Colburn Variations
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin in D
Major, Op 61
CHRISTINA BOUEY, violin
Join us as we honor both old friends
and new, in this performance that
will include a work by long-time
Ithaca resident and faculty member of
Cornell University, Steven Stucky. We
Bouey
pay tribute to the late composer’s influential career and
significant contributions to the field by performing his
B
Colburn Variations for strings. The CCO strings will
also be featured in the captivating Serenade by Elgar.
We proudly present Christina Bouey, our recentlyappointed concertmaster, in her solo debut with
“Ithaca’s Orchestra.” Described as playing “with
exquisite, quivering beauty” her performance of the
daunting Beethoven concerto is certain to mesmerize
and leave you eager to hear her again.
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Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 3, 2016
7:30pm, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
HANDEL: Selections from Messiah
ITHACA COLLEGE CHOIR
JANET GALVÁN, Director
the same sentence, but Haydn was
the inspiration for this Russian
composer’s “Classical” Symphony
and it’s fascinating to hear how he
incorporated his own unique sound
with that of Papa Haydn. Even
after composing 100 symphonies,
the masterful Haydn was able to
pen highly original and dramatic
material for #101 which was met with
immediate and overwhelming public
and critical acclaim.
OU R  TH A N N I V ER SA RY
SE A SON SPONSOR :
Feng
Thank you to ALL our generous sponsors.
Doane
Werner
5Grand Finale
Enjoy the spirit of the season as we
welcome back Rebecca Leistikow, Ivy
Walz, Marc Webster and Nathaniel
McEwen, along with the Ithaca
College Choir, under the direction of
Saturday, May 13, 2017
7:30pm, Ford Hall, Ithaca College
Galván
S ILENT A UCTION 6:00 PM
NATHAN GUNN, baritone
RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Walz
Webster
McEwen
Janet Galván. Handel’s Messiah has become a muchanticipated part of the holiday season and we look
forward to sharing the stage with these wonderful voices.
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Classical Inspiration
Saturday, March 11, 2017
7:30pm, Ford Hall, Ithaca College
P R E - CONCERT C H AT 6:45 PM
HAYDN: Symphony No. 101 in D Major
“The Clock”
Lee Strebel Memorial Youth Concerto
Competition winners:
R AYMOND FENG, piano
BENJAMIN DOANE, cello
SOPHIA WERNER, violin
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1 in D Major,
Op 25 “Classical”
Experience the enduring appeal of Prokofiev and
Haydn. Their names may not often show up in
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is often described as
bringing together the best of both worlds.
It allows each individual player to have an
artistic voice while also having the joy of
collaborative music-making. This intimate
setting creates a musical experience far greater
than the simple sum of the parts.
Since 1987, the CCO has proudly presented a
concert series devoted entirely to chamber music
and we hope you’ ll join us for these programs
that celebrate music that moves us.
In the first half of the season we’ll feature two defining
works by Brahms and Nielsen. Each of these have
well-earned places of distinction in the repertoire
and vividly demonstrate how well these instruments
work together. The Glière is a charming work,
performed far too rarely, and 20th century America
is represented by Leo Sowerby and Irving Fine.
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Fall into Music
Sunday, October 16, 2016
4:00pm, Unitarian Church, Ithaca
GLIERE: Suite for Violin and Double Bass
SOWERBY: Trio for Flute, Viola, and Piano
BRAHMS: Piano Trio in C Minor, Op 101
7Music through the Ages
Sunday, November 6, 2016
4:00pm, Unitarian Church, Ithaca
FINE: Fantasia for string trio
HAYDN: String Quartet Op 76, No. 3
“Emperor”
NIELSEN: Wind Quintet
Haydn has been dubbed the Father of the Symphony,
but could just as easily be called the Father of the
String Quartet as well. We’ll feature a wonderful
CCO concerts are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a
State agency. Additional support is provided by Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County, Tompkins
County Room Occupancy Tax Fund, the Community Foundation of Tompkins County, the Park Foundation,
The Strebel Fund for Community Enrichment, and the Vector Magnetics Fund of the Community Foundation.
GINASTERA: Variaciones Concertantes
Be a part of this amazing finish!
Equally at home with opera, Broadway,
or in an intimate recital hall, baritone
Nathan Gunn has been a highly
sought-after artist in many countries.
Gunn
The New York Times raved that “Nathan Gunn
commands an operatic baritone whose mighty heft
and richness confer an outsize authority on everything
he touches.”
In addition to selections with Mr. Gunn, the concert
will feature Variaciones Concertantes, a gripping work
written during a period of intense political conflict for
Ginastera, and Le Tombeau de Couperin, a suite of
short movements, each composed in loving memory of
people who died in WWI. Don’t miss what’s certain
to be a memorable night with Nathan Gunn as we
bring our 40th Anniversary Season to a grand close.
Mr. Gunn’s performance is sponsored by James and
Dianne Orcutt.
Chamber Music Series
H A MBER M USIC
Orcutt
Season Finale and Benefit Auction
SELECTIONS with
Leistikow
James &
Dianne
WITH NATHAN GUNN
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example of how Haydn revolutionized the string
quartet genre and created a model that inspired
countless composers that followed.
8From the Romantic Era
Sunday, February 12, 2017
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SCHUMANN: String Quartet No. 1 in A
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DVORAK: Piano Quintet No. 2, Op 81
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All Beethoven
Sunday, April 2, 2017
4:00pm, Unitarian Church, Ithaca
BEETHOVEN: String Trio No. 5 in C Minor,
Op 9, No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Septet in E-flat Major, Op 20
We finish the series with an all-Beethoven program
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apart. The pieces are unique, but the power, emotion,
and extreme craftsmanship that are hallmarks
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Family Concerts
November Family Concert
Thursday, November 17, 2016
4:00pm, Tompkins County Public Library
March Family Concert
Thursday, March 9, 2017
4:00pm, Tompkins County Public Library
These concerts are produced in partnership with
Tompkins County Public Library. Free admission
is made possible by the generosity of our sponsors.
Get swept up in the magic created by great stories
and live music as the CCO and Tompkins County
Public Library (TCPL) join forces for our third annual
Family Concert and Storytime. Encouraged by the
tremendous turnout at our first two events, we’ve
added a second Family Concert this season! We’ve
selected a different “note-worthy” children’s book for
each date, and will feature a
variety of instruments to help
bring the tale to life with the
help of musicians from the
CCO. Children will have
an opportunity to try out an
instrument or two so be sure
to bring the entire family.
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