JUNE 18  7:30 pm

FEATURING
Andy Stein, Violin

REPERTOIRE INCLUDES
Gioachino Rossini - Overture to La Scala di Seta
Johannes Brahms - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Andy Stein - Arrangements for jazz fiddle and orchestra

The opening concert on June 18th promises to get us off to a thrilling start. Our season opens with violinist Andy Stein from A Prairie Home Companion's “house band”.

JUNE 25  7:30 pm

FEATURING
Duluth Mayor Don Ness, narrator

REPERTOIRE INCLUDES
Steven Gerber - Spirituals for String Orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich - Chamber Symphony, Op. 110
Evan Chambers - The Tall-Eared Fox and the Wild-Eyed Man
Bruce Adolphe - Tyrannosaurus Sue: A Cretaceous Concerto

A terrific program for kids, the June 25th concert will highlight the Cretaceous Concerto by Bruce Adolphe. He'll be familiar to listeners of Performance Today's Piano Puzzlers on MPR.

JULY 9  7:30 pm

FEATURING
Duo pianists Joseph Zins and Jo Anne Link

REPERTOIRE INCLUDES
Gabriel Fauré - Pelléas and Mélisande, Op. 80
Einojuhani Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61
Michael Torke - Ash
Francis Poulenc - Concerto for Two Pianos

The July 9th program features duo pianists Joseph Zins and Jo Anne Link in the Double Concerto by Francis Poulenc.

JULY 16  7:30 pm

FEATURING
Young Artist Piano Competition Winner
In collaboration with the University of Minnesota Duluth

REPERTOIRE INCLUDES
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Divertimento in D Major, K. 131
Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3
Nancy Galbraith - Dos Danzas Latinas
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102 (movements 2 and 3)

A highlight of each LSCO season is the concert featuring the winner of UMD's Young Artist Piano Camp Competition. Join us on July 16th and be one of the first to experience the talents of another amazing young pianist.

JULY 23  7:30 pm

FEATURING
Alexander Chernyshev, piano
Steve Highland, violin
Betsy Husby, cello

REPERTOIRE INCLUDES
Javier Alvarez - Metro Chabacano
Marion Bauer - A Lament on an African Theme
Antonín Dvořák - Serenade for Winds in D minor, Op. 44
Ludwig van Beethoven - Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56

The final concert of the season features LSCO concertmaster Steve Highland and his sister Betsy Husby together with pianist Alexander Chernyshev performing the Triple Concerto by Beethoven. Also on this program will be the students of the 2008 Quartet Project.