2007-2008 Season

48th Season
Lewis J. Buckley, Orchestra Director
Kevin L. Mack, Chorale Director

Concert 1 – Orchestra
“Classical Highlights”
Saturday, October 27, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Trinity Covenant Church
302 Hackmatack Street
Manchester, Connecticut
Pre-concert writeup
Beethoven Fidelio Overture
Debussy Danses Sacrée et Profane
Copland Appalachian Spring
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Concert 2 – Chorale/Orchestra
“A Chanukah Celebration”
Saturday, December 8, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
North United Methodist Church
300 Parker Street
Manchester, Connecticut
Sunday, December 9, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
Congregation Mishkan Israel
785 Ridge Road
Hamden, Connecticut
G.F. Handel Judas Maccabeus
Concert 3 – Orchestra
“Young Artist Concert”
Saturday, March 8, 2008, 7:30 pm
Manchester Community College
Great Path
Manchester, Connecticut
Pre-concert writeup
Ives/Arr. Schuman Variations on “America ”
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
with Mark Tondi
Holst The Planets
Concert 4 – Chorale/Orchestra
“Our New England Heritage”
Saturday, April 26, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Nazarene
218 Main Street
Manchester, Connecticut
Pre-concert writeup
Daniel Read Down Steers the Bass
Charles Ives The Celestial Country
Aaron Copland Canticle of Freedom
R. Thompson Americana
Concert 5 – Chorale/Orchestra – Pops
“A Tribute to Leroy Anderson”
Saturday, June 7, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Manchester Community College
Great Path
Manchester, Connecticut
Pre-concert writeup
Rossini William Tell Overture
Anderson Belle of the Ball
Sandpaper Ballet
Rakes of Mallow
Minstrel Boy
Irish Washerwoman
Clarinet Candy
Serenata
Trumpeter’s Lullaby
Bugler’s Holiday
Berlin/Murch Irving Berlin’s America