Mill Valley Philharmonic began in the fall of 2000 as a small string ensemble. Now in our twelfth season, MVP includes a music
director/conductor and sixty talented and dedicated volunteer musicians playing
strings, winds, brass, timpani and percussion. We present masterworks
and world premieres, engaging both local composers and soloists in our
programs. Innovative programming is a hallmark of Mill Valley
Philharmonic's vision; audience education in an integral component of
all our performances.
History of Repertoire:
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Twelfth Season, 2011 - 2011
Fall 2011
Symphony No. 1 Gustav Mahler
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Eleventh Season, 2010-11
Spring 2011
Poetry/Music
In the Hall of the Mountain King, Peer Gynt (Ibsen)
Edvard Grieg
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (Goethe) Felix Mendelssohn
Mother Goose Suite (fairy tales)
Maurice Ravel
Harold in Italy, movement 1 (Lord Byron) Hector Berlioz
Claudia Campazzo, viola
Tectonic (world premiere) Clark Suprynowicz and Jane Hirshfield
Winter 2011
Concerto Competition Soloists and
Dominican University Winifred Baker Chorale
Der Holle
Rache kocht in meinem Herzen W.A. Mozart
(Hell's vengeance boils in my heart) from The Magic Flute
Katie Butler,
soprano
Chant
du Menestrel, Op. 71 Alexander Glazunov
Marian Schuchman, cello
Harp Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4 No. 6 Georg Frideric Handel
Elizabeth Zosseder, Harp
Double Concerto for
Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra
Max Bruch
Elizabeth Dinsel, clarinet and Cindi Kazarian, viola
Mass No. 6 in Eb Major Franz Schubert
Kyrie, Gloria, and Agnus Dei
Winifred Baker Chorale Craig Singleton, director
Fall 2010
Slavonic Dance #8, opus 46 Antonin Dvorak
Flute Concerto no. 2 in D Major W.A. Mozart
Esther Landau, flute
Symphony no. 4 in Em, op. 98 Johannes Brahms
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Tenth Season, 2009-10
June 2010
Cortege Solennel, op. 91 Alexander Glazunov
Celebration Symphony Katrina Wreede, Moses Sedler, Alexis Alrich (world premiere)
Symphony #3, Rhenish Robert Schumann
March 2010
Celebrating Women Composers
Overture Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
D'un Soir Triste Lili Boulanger
Symphony #3, Juba and Finale Florence Price
Fanfare pour les Femmes Dione Tan (world premiere)
String Quartet 1931, Andante Ruth Crawford Seeger
Symphony #2, Gaelic Amy Marcy Beach
Allegro con fuoco and Alla Siciliana
Fall 09
Odelette Camille Saint- Saens
Nance Becker, flute
Premiere Rhapsodie Claude Debussy
Rachel Dusenbury, clarinet
Romanze Max Bruch
Claudia Campazzo, viola
Morceau Symphonique Alexandre Guilmant
Alex Dohrmann, trombone
Symphony No. 6 in F major Ludwig van Beethoven
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Ninth Season, 2008-2009
June 09
Our Musical Landscape: American Vocal Works
Crossing the Bar Charles Ives
members of the San Francisco Choral Society
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Samuel Barber
Poemes d'Automne Ernest Bloch
Angela Cadelago, soprano
The Tender Land: Orchestral Suite Aaron Copland
March 09
A Tribute to Teachers
Romeo and Juliet Peter Tchaikovsky
The Planets Gustav Holst
Academic Festival Overture Johannes Brahms
Canon XI from A Musical Offering Johann Sebastian Bach
December 08
Baroque Holiday
Alster Overture, Suite in F Georg Philipp Telemann
Mary Jane Evans, Jay Williams, Amy Barnett & Carol Yarbrough, French horns
Pastoral from The Messiah George Frideric Handel
Sinfonia in G Johann Adolph Hasse
Nance Becker & Sharon Wilborn, flutes
Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor Johann Sebastian Bach
Brynn Monteith & Cindi Kazarian, violins
Overture (Suite) No. 1 Johan Sebastian Bach
November 08
The Works Progress Admistration: Orchestral Music of the 1930s
In WPA sites with narrator, Liam Vincent
Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron Copland
Adagio for Strings Samuel Barber
From a Moonlit Ceremony George Frederick McKay
Symphony #2, Americana Ernst Bacon
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Eighth Season, 2007-2008
June 08
Take a River Trip with Mill Valley Philharmonic
| The Banks of Green Willow |
George Butterworth
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| The Water Goblin |
Antonin Dvorák |
| Ripples and Currents |
Moses Sedler |
| The Moldau |
Bedrich Smetana |
March 08
Beethoven and his Contemporaries
| Turandot Overture |
Carl Maria von Weber
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| Symphony in D major |
Luigi Cherubini |
| Nocturne from Midsummer Night's Dream |
Felix Mendelssohn |
Symphony No. 7
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Ludwig van Beethoven |
November 07
Mill Valley Philharmonic Concerto Competition Winners
and Enigma Variations
Orchestra members play selections from
Bruch, Mozart, Hummel, Mendelssohn and Peaslee
| Enigma Variations |
Edward Elgar
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Seventh Season, 2006-2007
June 07
Bach and Mozart
Cantata Arias (from 140, 84, 149, 202 & 209)
Angela Cadelago, soprano
Jane Kramer, oboe
Sharon North, flute
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J.S. Bach
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| Symphony #40 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
March 07
Music and Murals of the Works Progress Administration
Fanfare for the Common Man
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Aaron Copland
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| Summerland |
William Grant Still |
| From a Moonlit Ceremony |
George Frederick McKay |
| Symphony #2, Americana |
Ernst Bacon |
November 06
Mill Valley Philharmonic plays Brahms
Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102
Victor Romasevich, violin
Robert Howard, cello
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Johannes Brahms
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| Serenade #1, Op. 11
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Johannes Brahms
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Sixth Season, 2005-2006
June 06
Man and his Machines
Quiet City Aaron Copland
Pacific 231 Arthur Honneger
Allegretto and Minuetto, Symphony #8 Ludwig van Beethoven
Timepiece, Scherzo a la Beethoven Tara Flandreau
Allegro con fuoco, Symphony #9 Antonin Dvorak
March 06
Winners of MVP Concerto Competition
Sinfonia Concertante
Brynn Monteith, violin
Cindi Kazarian, violin |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Oboe Concerto
Jane Kramer, oboe
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Peter Krag, clarinet
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Charles Villiers Stanford
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November 05
| Overture to Coriolanus |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Violin Concerto in E Minor
Joseph Meyer, violin
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Felix Mendelssohn
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| Symphony #4 in C Minor |
Franz Schubert |
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Fifth Season, 2004-2005
August 05
Concert in the Square, Mill Valley Arts Commission
| Symphony #104 |
Franz Josef Haydn |
Carmen Suite #1
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Georges Bizet
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June 05
American Music: The Known and The New
| Appalachian Spring |
Aaron Copland
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Marimba Concerto (World Premiere)
Matt Cannon, marimba
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Alexis Alrich
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March 05
Themes and Variations
| Passacaglia and Fugue in Cm |
Johann Sebastian Bach
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| Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis |
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Dido’s Lament
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Henry Purcell
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Piangero la sorte mia
Teresa Tam, soprano
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George Frideric Handel
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| Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn |
Johannes Brahms |
November 04
An Evening of Antonin Dvorak
| In Nature’s Realm, Opus 91 |
Antonin Dvorak
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| Silent Wood, Opus 68
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Antonin Dvorak
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Rondo in G minor, Opus 94
Robert Howard, cello |
Antonin Dvorak
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| Serenade in D Minor, Opus 44 |
Antonin Dvorak |
| Czech Suite, Opus 39 |
Antonin Dvorak |
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Fourth Season, 2003-2004
June 04
Birdsong in Twentieth Century Music
| Gli Uccelli |
Ottorrino Respighi
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The Lark Ascending
Cary Koh, violin
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
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| Birdland: A Children’s Suite |
Emanuel Leplin |
| Prelude to the Seagulls and the Cormorants |
Vagn Holmboe |
March 04
Mozart Opera Arias and Overtures
Angela Cadelago, soprano and John Davey-Hatcher, tenor
| La Nozze di Figaro |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Don Giovanni |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Symphony #104 |
Franz Joseph Haydn |
November 03
| The Hebrides Overture
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Felix Mendelssohn |
Rondo for Violin and String Orchestra
Michel Snethlage, violin
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Franz Schubert
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| Symphony No. 4
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Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Symphony #104 |
Franz Joseph Haydn |
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Third Season, 2002-2003
June 03
Music of The British Isles
Flourish for Winds
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Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Gordian Knot Untied
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Henry Purcell |
Adagio on a Celtic Melody
Katie Butler, cello
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Max Bruch
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| March Past the Kitchen Utensils |
Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Symphony #104 |
Franz Joseph Haydn |
March 03
Opera Arias and Duets
Angela Cadelago, soprano and John Davey-Hatche, tenor
| Carmen |
Georges Bizet
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| La Boheme
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Giacomo Puccini |
Aida
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Giuseppe Verdi
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| La Traviata |
Giuseppe Verdi |
November 02
| Impresario Overture |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Havanaise
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Camille Saint-Saens |
Melodie from Souvenirs d'un lieu cher
Arthur Mikhailov, violin
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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| Symphony #4 (Italian) |
Felix Mendelssohn |
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Second Season. 2001-2002
June 02
Music of Spain and Latin America
Los Esclavos Felices
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Juan Crisostomo Arriaga
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| Three Cuban Dances |
Ignacio Cervantes |
Bachianas Brasileiras
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Heitor Villa-Lobos |
Estrellita
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Manuel Ponce |
| Tangos |
Astor Piazzola |
Carmen Suite, No. 1
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Georges Bizet |
March 02
| Los Esclavos Felices, Overture |
Juan Cristosomo Arriaga
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Romances for Violin, Opus 40 and 50
Alina Polonskaya, violin
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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| Symphony #1, Opus 21 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
November 01
Concerto Grosso, Opus 6, #7
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George Frideric Handel
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"Conservati Fedele,"
"L'amero, Saro Costante"
Pamela Howe, soprano
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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| Symphony #53, L'Imperiale |
Franz Joseph Haydn |
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First Season, 2000-2001
June 01
From Holberg's Time
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Edvard Grieg
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| Quiet City |
Aaron Copland |
Cello Concerto in D Major
Robert Howard, cello
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Franz Joseph Haydn
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March 01
Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041
Loretta Taylor, violin
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J.S. Bach
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Salve Regina, Opus 153
Laurie Reinsdorf, soprano |
Franz Schubert
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| Serenade for Strings, Opus 20 |
Edward Elgar |
November 00
Trio #6, Opus 9
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Luigi Boccherini
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| Songs without Words |
Felix Mendellsohn |
| Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus |
Ralph Vaughan Williams |
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