The Boise Phil is about more than performance. We want to engage our community in the history of orchestral music, the context of a particular symphony or arrangement, the biographies of our past and present master composers, and to have fun!
Please enjoy these program notes written by The Honorable Stephen Trott, and join us for our educational events before and after each Classical concert.
OPENING NIGHT: BEETHOVEN’S “EROICA”
Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Schoenberg: Orchard in Fog
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major “Eroica”
AMERICAN PIONEERS
Tian: TRANSCEND
Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Major
BRAHMS + SHOSTAKOVICH
Brahms Hungarian: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 + 6
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Brahms 2: Symphony No. 2 in D Major
FANTASIES + LEGENDS
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Dvorak: Golden Spinning Wheel
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Suite
Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
WAR OF THE ROMANTICS
R. Strauss: Don Juan
C. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Liszt: Les Préludes
FRENCH TWIST
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Poulenc: Les biches Suite
Poulenc: Gloria
Ravel: Bolero
MOZART + MAHLER
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
