2018 Season
Five exciting programs
make up the 2018 season.
We start with love songs for Valentine's, and journey through Ravel, Wagner, Beethoven's marvelous Symphony 8.
Last year's concert with favorite movie themes was wildly successful and therefore we invite you back at the end of this coming Summer for more of your favorite movie themes.
Our Fall concert will include Wagner, Smetana and Mozart!
We close the year with a memorable Christmas concert at Cokesbury UMC in Knoxville on December 16.
Come back for more information as we post updates!
CONCERTS
February 10, 2018 | 6:00 p.m. | Cokesbury UMC Knoxville
LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Favorite Love Songs
Doug Richesin, Tenor and Michael Rodgers, Baritone
Marcelo Urias, Conductor
May 19, 2018 | 2:00 p.m. | 1st Baptist Oak Ridge
Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin
Wagner's Liebestod
Beethoven's 8th Symphony
Kathryn Frady, Soprano
Marcelo Urias, Conductor
Summer Concerts: Movie Themes II
Come enjoy music from Titanic, Pirates of the Caribbean, Forrest Gump, Frozen and many more!
July 29, 4:00 p.m. at Cokesbury UMC in Knoxville
August 4, 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Oak Ridge
October 27, 2018 - 2:00 p.m., First Baptist Church Oak Ridge
Verdi, Nabucco Overture
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite (Scene and Waltz)
Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite #1
Bizet's Carmen Suite #1
Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Past Programs
Here's a sample of what we have been up to in the last few years...
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March 4, 2017 | 2:00 p.m. | 1st Baptist Oak Ridge
Opera Excerpts from
Verdi's Falstaff
Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte
and Puccini's La Boheme
L. v. Beethoven - Coriolan Overture Op. 62
R. Schumann - First Symphony 'Spring' Op.38
Singers from the University of Tennessee
Marcelo Urias, Conductor
May 20, 2017 | 2:00 p.m. | 1st Baptist Oak Ridge
Strauss's The Blue Danube Waltz
Mozart's Piano Concerto K.449
Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Brahms's Hungarian Dance #5
Marcelo Urias, Piano and Conductor
August 18, 2017 | 2:00 p.m. | 1st Baptist Oak Ridge
A Night At The Movies
Themes from Famous Movies, from Star Wars to Harry Potter
Marcelo Urias, Conductor
November 18, 2017 | 2:00 p.m. | 1st Baptist Oak Ridge
F. Liszt - Les Preludes
Various Chamber Music Selections played by members of the orchestra
F. Liszt - First Piano Concerto in Eb Major
Danny Brian, Soloist
Marcelo Urias, Conductor
December 2, 2017 | 2:00 p.m. | 1st Baptist Oak Ridge
W. A. Mozart - Opera Don Giovanni
Abridged Concert Version
Singers from the University of Tennessee
Marcelo Urias, Conductor
November 18, 2016 | 7:30 p.m. | Cokesbury UMC, Knoxville
November 19, 2016 | 2:00 p.m. | 1st Baptist Oak Ridge
P. Tchaikovsky - First Piano Concerto
The Nutcracker Suite
Danny Brian, Piano
Marcelo Urias, Conductor
August 20, 2016 | 2:00 p.m. | 1st Baptist Oak Ridge
C. Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
G. Gershwin - An American In Paris
A. Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man
Rimsky-Korsakov - An Overture On Russian Themes
W. A. Mozart - Symphony 40 in G-minor, K.550
Margareth Moore, Violin
Marcelo Urias, Conductor
May 21, 2016 | 2:00 p.m. | 1st Baptist Oak Ridge
May 22, 2016 | 4:00 p.m. | Cokesbury UMC
J. Sibelius - Finlandia
O. Lacerda - CROMOS for piano and Orchestra
F. Schubert - Symphony 5 in Bb, D.485
Wei-Chun Lo, piano
Marcelo Urias, Conductor
February 20, 2016 | 2:00 p.m. | 1st Baptist Oak Ridge
February 21, 2016 | 4:00 p.m. | Cokesbury UMC
W. A. Mozart - Overture the The Magic Flute
F. Delius - Brigg Fair
C. Debussy - La Damoiselle Elue
Kathryn Marvel and Ryan Colbert, Soloists
Cokesbury Women's Chorus
Marcelo Urias, Conductor
November 14, 2015 | 2:00 p.m. | 1st Baptist Oak Ridge
G. Bizet - L'Arlesienne Suite #1
A. Dvorak - In Nature's Realm
L. v Beethoven - Symphony 6 "Pastoral"
Marcelo Urias, Conductor
August 29, 2015
Dr. Marcelo Urias, Conductor
Roman Carnival Overture - Berlioz
O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini, Ryan Colbert, Soprano
Vissi D'Arte - Puccini, April Hill, Soprano
Aria by Verdi, Kathryn Frady Marvel, Soprano
Nessun Dorma - Puccini, Taylor Stone, Tenor
Capriccio Italienne - Tchaikovsky
May 16, 2015
Will Burkhart, Conductor
Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 - Enescu
On the Moldau - Smetana
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - Debussy
Tragic Overture - Brahms
March 14, 2015
Gabriel Lefkowitz, Conductor
Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" - Dvorak
Largo al Factotum from "Barbiere di Siviglia" - Rossini
Soloist Daniel Webb
Polovtsian Dances - Borodin
December 6, 2014
Gabriel Lefkowitz, Conductor
Cinderella Suite I. - Serge Prokofiev
A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson
Emperor Waltzes - Johann Strauss Jr.
Radetzky March - Johann Strauss Sr.
September 13, 2014
Gabriel Lefkowitz, Conductor
Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia - Aram Khachaturian
Karelia Suite - Jean Sibelius
Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
May 17, 2014
Will Burkhart, Conductor
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor - Camille Saint-Saens
March 15, 2014
Will Burkhart, Conductor
Andalucia - Ernesto Lecuona, Arr. Morton Gould
Espana - Emmanuel Chabrier
Bolero - Maurice Ravel
Capriccio Espanole - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Malaguena - Ernesto Lecuona, Arr. Ferde Grofe
December 14, 2013
Will Burkhart - Conductor
"Polonaise" from Christmas Eve - Nikolai Rimsky-Korakov
While in the Fields - Will Burkhart
Festive Sounds of Hanukah - Bill Holcombe
Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
September 28, 2013
Will Burkhart - Conductor
Also featuring Members of the UT Opera Company - Marshall Rollins, Dallas Norton, and Mattia D"Affuso
Overture zur Oper Die Zauberflote (Overture of the Magic Flute) - W. A. Mozart
Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber
The Barber of Seville Overture - Goiacchino Rossini
Ecco, ridente in cielo - Goiacchino Rossini
Una voce poco fa - Goiacchino Rossini
Ah! qual colpa inaspettato - Goiacchino Rossini
May 1, 2013
Will Burkhart - Conductor
English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughn Williams
"Mars" and "Jupiter" from the Planets - Gustav Holst
"Nimrod" from the Enigma Variations - Sir Edward Elgar
The Riviera Spy Caper - Nancy England
February 13, 2013
Will Burkhart - Conductor
Dr. Chih-Long Hu - Piano
Piano Concerto No. 2 in c minor, Op. 18 - Sergei Rachmaninoff