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2011-2012 Season

Tak Ng Lai, Artistic Director and Conductor
Joyce Lai, Concertmaster


Concert #1: A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES(Young Artist Concert)

Saturday October 15, 2011, 8 PM
Glenn Gould Studio - 250 Front St. W.

Julian Milkis, clarinet
Joyce Lai, violin
AND Guest students joining the orchestra

Program:
Alexander Goldstein-Nino Rota: "Rotissimo" for clarinet, violin and strings
(Canadian premiere)
Carl Stamitz: Concerto for Violin, Clarinet and Orchestra in B flat Major
Gustav Mahler: "Adagietto" for strings

Concert #2: OCTET PLUS 1

Saturday November 26, 2011, 8 PM
Glenn Gould Studio - 250 Front St. W.

Alexander Tselyakov, piano
Joyce Lai, Sarah Boyer, Kenin Mckay, Jennifer Burford, violins
Aleksandar Gajic, Moira Burke, violas
Rachel Mercer, John Marshman, cellos

Program:
W.A. Mozart Divertimento No. 1 in D major, K. 136
Allegro-Andante-Presto

Frederic Chopin Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor
Maestoso-Larghetto-Allegro vivace

Felix Mendelssohn String Octet in E flat Major
Allegro moderato ma con fuoco-Andante-Scherzo-Presto


Concert #3: CELEBRATING CHINESE NEW YEAR

*** CANCELLED ***

January
Glenn Gould Studio - 250 Front St. W.


Concert #4: CS WINE AND CHEESE

Sponsored by Cambridge Food and Wine Society

Saturday February 25, 2012, 8 PM
Heliconian Hall - 35 Hazelton Ave

Michael Esch, piano
Olivia Brayley-Quackenbush, horn
Joyce Lai, violin

Program:
Alfred Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style for Violin and Piano
Maurice Ravel: Sonata for VIolin and Piano in G Major
Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio, Op. 40

Concert #5: SAINT-SEANS AND FAURE

Saturday March 31, 2012, 8 PM
Glenn Gould Studio - 250 Front St. W.

Rachel Mercer, cello
Toronto Cantata Chorus with Aileen Lee, soprano

Program:
Camille Saint-Saens:: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor
Gabriel Faure: Elegie for Cello and Orchestra
Gabriel Faure: Requiem (Chamber Version)