History of the WSO


 

Winona Symphony Orchestra Association

Dr. Paul Vance
Conductor

2007-2008 Season


October 27 , 2007 - Saturday 7:30 PM
Serenade, Op 20 -  Edward Elgar
Sinfonia Concertante for flute, clarinet, and orchestra - Franz Danzi
Reverie, Reflections on a Hymn Tune - Dominick Argento
Slavonic Dances, Op 26 Nos 1-4- Antonin Dvorak

December 8, 2007 - Saturday 7:30 PM
Soloist: Suzanne Rhodes Draayer, soprano
Concerto Grosso, Op 6 No 8
- Arcangelo Corelli
Exultate Julilate - W. A. Mozart
Serenade - William Grant Still
A Carol Symphony - Victor Hely-Hutchinson

February 24, 2008 - Sunday 4:30 PM
Soloist: Erik Brisson, Piano
A Simple Symphony
- Benjamin Britten
Piano Concerto No 17
- W. A. Mozart
Symphony No 8 - Ludwig van Beethoven

April 18, 2008 Friday 7:30 PM
Angels - Carl Ruggles
Prelude to Faust - Charles Gounod
Un Giorno in Venezia - Cuthbert Nevin
Micaela's Aria from Carmen - Georges Bizet
Negro Episode - Henry F. Gilbert
Prelude and Siciliana from Cavalleria Rusticana - Pietro Mascagni
A newly completed work commissioned for the WSO/WSU - Libby Larson

This final concert of the season will commemorate the Winona Symphony Orchestra's centennial and the
Winona State University's sesquicentennial. The concert is a recreation of the first WSO concert originally
directed by Carl Ruggles on April 29, 1908. The premier work by Libby Larson is being composed specifically
for this event.

All concerts are performed at Winona State University on the PAC Main Stage.


Sponsored by the Winona Symphony Orchestra Association.