Past Concerts
Music Director/Conductor, Mark Gigliotti
Associate Conductor, David Wetherill
President, Sherman Leis
The Lower Merion Symphony at Har Zion Temple
Sunday, February 27 at 3:00 p.m.
Har Zion Temple | 1500 Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley, PA 19072
Details:
Mark Gigliotti, Conductor
Soloist, Hazzan Eliot Vogel
Program:
Die Fledermaus Overture, Johann Strauss
Bella Siccome un Angelo, from the Opera Don Pasquale, Gaetano Donizetti
Avant de Quitter Ces Lieux, from the Opera Faust, Charles Gounod
Swan Lake Suite Op. 20a, Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Schubert at the Lower Merion Symphony
Sunday, December 19 at 3:00 p.m. at Harriton High School
The Lower Merion Symphony is pleased to announce our winter concert with special guest conductor Martin Knoblauch.
In the last 50 years, Martin has conducted over 500 works of orchestra, opera and choral repertoire throughout the Philadelphia area!
The Pieces:
Schubert‘s Rosamunde Overture
Schubert‘s Symphony No. 9, the Great C Minor symphony
Lower Merion Symphony Returns
Date: Sunday, November 14, 2021
Location: Bala Cynwyd Middle School
The Lower Merion Symphony returned to the stage to celebrate Beethoven's 200th anniversary in our first performance since the beginning of the pandemic.
Repertoire:
Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italienne
Tchaikovsky's Waltz Scherzo for Solo Violin with Richard Amaroso from the Philadelphia Orchestra
Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
Sunday, December 15, 2019 3:00 PM
Location: Harriton High School
Dmitri Shostakovich: Eight Waltzes from Film Music, for Orchestra
Romeo Cascarino: Pathways of Love, Soloist Doloris Ferraro
Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)
Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from The Nutcracker
Sunday, October 27, 2019 3:00 PM
Location: Harriton High School 600 N Ithan Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA
Hector Berlioz: Béatrice & Bénédict Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C major
Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky
Date and Time: Sunday, December 16th, 2018 03:00 PM
Location: Harriton High School
With Guest Artist:
Sergey Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Selections from the Nutcracker
Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin
Date and Time: Sunday, October 14th, 2018 03:00 PM
Location: Harriton High School
With Guest Artist: Robin Freund
Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonora Overture No.3, Op.72b
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.1, Op.68
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2, Op.21
Mussorgsky/Ravel, Schumann
Date and Time: Sunday, May 6th, 2018 03:00 PM
Location: Harriton High School
With Guest Artist: John Koen, Cello
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor
Beach, Dvorak, Verdi
Date and Time: Sunday, March 11th, 2018 03:00 PM
Location: Harriton High School
With Guest Artist: Solomiya Ivakhiv, Violin
David Wetherill, conductor
Amy Beach: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, "Gaelic" Symphony
Antonin Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Op. 53
Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
Strauss, Strauss, Jr.
Date and Time: Sunday, January 14th, 2018 03:00 PM
Location: Welsh Valley Middle School
With Guest Artist: David Wetherill, French Horn
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, suite, TrV 227d
Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op.20
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No.1, Op.11
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Brahms, Bruckner
Date and Time: Sunday, November 12th, 2017 03:00 PM
Location: Welsh Valley Middle School
With Guest Artist:
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.4, Op.98
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.4 in E-flat major, WAB 104
Brahms
Date and Time: Sunday, April 30th, 2017 03:00 PM
Location: Welsh Valley Middle School
With Guest Artist: Mark Rovetti, Violin & Clancy Newman, Cello
Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op.102
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.2, Op.73
Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op.81
Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky
Date and Time: Sunday, March 5th, 2017 03:00 PM
Location: Harriton High School
With Guest Artist: Meng-Chieh Liu, piano
David Wetherill, conductor
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2, Op.18
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival, Op.36
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op.32
Bernardin, Giménez, Schumann, Wieniawski
Date and Time: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 03:00 PM
Location: Welsh Valley Middle School
With Guest Artist: Tessie Katz, Violin, 2016 Student Solo Winner
Paul Bernardin: Centralia
Gerónimo Giménez: La boda de Luis Alonso
Robert Schumann: Symphony No.2, Op.61
Henri Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No.2, Op.22
Mozart, Sibelius
Date and Time: Sunday, October 23rd, 2016 03:00 PM
Location: Harriton High School
With Guest Artist: Amy Oshiro, Violin
This concert is dedicated to the memory of Frank Fox, a long-time friend and supporter of LMS.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.2, Op.43
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto Op.47
Dvorak, Mozart
Date and Time: Sunday, May 15th, 2016 03:00 PM
Location: Lower Merion High School
With Guest Artist: David Wetherill, conductor
Antonin Dvorak: In Nature's Realm Overture, Op. 91
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No.9, “From the New World”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 "Prague" K. 504
Elgar, Shostakovich, Strauss
Date and Time: Sunday, April 3rd, 2016 03:00 PM
Location: Welsh Valley Middle School
With Guest Artist: Donald Montanaro, Clarinet & Holly Blake, Bassoon
Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op.47
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.9
Richard Strauss: Duett-Concertino
Richard Strauss: Serenade in E-flat major, Op.7
Bernardin, Mendelssohn, Sibelius
Date and Time: Sunday, January 24th, 2016 03:00 PM
Location: Lower Merion High School
With Guest Artist: Cara Latham, Soprano & Tessie Katz, 2016 Student Solo Winner
Paul Bernardin: Centralia
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Op.64
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.2, Op.43
Mozart, Schumann, Tchaikovsky
Date and Time: Sunday, November 8th, 2015 03:00 PM
Location: Welsh Valley Middle School
With Guest Artist: William Polk, Violin & Kerri Ryan, Viola
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major
Robert Schumann: Symphony No.3, Op.97
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Polonaise, Eugene Onegin
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite
Bernardin, Bruckner, Mozart, Schubert
Date and Time: Sunday, May 17th, 2015 03:00 PM
Location: Lower Merion High School
With Guest Artist:
Paul Bernardin: Centralia
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Magic Flute Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major
Franz Schubert: Symphony No.8, D.759 (The Unfinished Symphony)
Beethoven, Grieg, Weber
Date and Time: Sunday, March 8th, 2015 03:00 PM
Location: Lower Merion High School
With Guest Artist: TBA
David Wetherill, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.3
Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances, Op.64
Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, Op.81
Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky
Date and Time: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 03:00 PM
Location: Lower Merion High School
With Guest Artist: John Koen, cello
Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33
Brahms, Handel
Date and Time: Sunday, November 9th, 2014 03:00 PM
Location: Welsh Valley Middle School
With Guest Artist:
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.3
George Frideric Handel: Water Music
Bizet, Ravel, Saint-Saëns
Date and Time: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 03:00 PM
Location: Harriton High School
With Guest Artist: Jennifer Haas
Georges Bizet: Symphony in C major
Maurice Ravel: Boléro
Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No.3, Op.61
Bizet, Ravel
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 07:30 PM
Location: Harriton High School
With Guest Artist: Side by Side Open Rehearsal with the Philadelphia Orchestra
Georges Bizet: Symphony in C major
Maurice Ravel: Boléro
Schumann, Weber
Date and Time: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 03:00 PM
Location: Lower Merion High School
With Guest Artist: Rebecca Krown
Robert Schumann: Symphony No.1, Op.38
Carl Maria von Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op.75
Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon Overture, J.306
Bach, Dvorak
Date and Time: Sunday, January 19th, 2014 03:00 PM
Location: Lower Merion High School
With Guest Artist: Kim Fisher & Madison Marcucci
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op.72 No. 1
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No.8, Op.88
Dvorak, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky
Date and Time: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Bob Cafaro, Cello
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No.9, Op.95, "From the New World", Movement II
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1, Op.13
Copland, Schubert, Sibelius
Date and Time: Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Elise Chong
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Franz Schubert: Symphony No.1, D.82
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto Op.47
Beethoven, Reinecke, Saint-Saëns
Date and Time: Sunday, April 14th, 2013 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Udi Bar-David, Cello
Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonora Overture No.3, Op.72b
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.2, Op.36
Carl Reinecke: Harp Concerto, Op.182
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No.1, Op.33
Beethoven, Dvorak, Prokofiev
Date and Time: Sunday, February 17th, 2013 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: TBA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No.5, Op.76
Sergey Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1, Op.19
Bruckner, Handel
Date and Time: Sunday, December 16th, 2012 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Kirsten Johnson, Viola
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, WAB 105
George Frideric Handel: Viola Concerto
de Sarasate, Massenet, Rossini, Tchaikovsky
Date and Time: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Daniel Han, Solo Violin
Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs
Gioacchino Rossini: William Tell Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.3, Op.29
Bizet, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov
Date and Time: Sunday, June 3rd, 2012 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist:
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No.1
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No.2
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 6
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnole
Mozart, Strauss, Jr., Tchaikovsky
Date and Time: Sunday, April 1st, 2012 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Sherman Leis, Clarinet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6, Op.74
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Swan Lake
Bach, Brahms, Wagner
Date and Time: Sunday, January 15th, 2012 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Noah Gellar, Violin
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto, Op.77
Richard Wagner: Flying Dutchman Overture
Beethoven, Liszt, Mozart
Date and Time: Sunday, November 13th, 2011 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Yayoi Numizawa & David Nicastro
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.6, Op.68
Franz Liszt: Les Préludes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major
Beethoven, Sibelius
Date and Time: Sunday, May 1st, 2011 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Peter Smith
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.5, Op.67
Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op.11
Jean Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela, Op.22 No.2
Blatter, Dvorak, Schubert
Date and Time: Sunday, March 20th, 2011 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Robert Cafaro
Alfred Blatter: Hamlet Suite
Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto, Op.104
Franz Schubert: Symphony No.6, D.589
Mahler, Mozart
Date and Time: Sunday, January 16th, 2011 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Richard Amoroso
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K.218
Brahms, Cimarosa
Date and Time: Sunday, November 7th, 2010 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Adeline Tomasone & Student Solo Winner
Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op.80
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.1, Op.68
Domenico Cimarosa: Concerto for 2 Flutes in G Major
Dvorak, von Suppé
Date and Time: Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: To Be Announced
Antonin Dvorak: 7th Symphony
Franz von Suppé: Poet & Peasant Overture
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky
Date and Time: Sunday, March 28th, 2010 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Jennifer Haas
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.4
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
de Sarasate, Shostakovich, Stamitz
Date and Time: Sunday, January 31st, 2010 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Donald Montanaro
Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.5
Stamitz: Clarinet Concerto
Dvorak, Elgar, Wagner
Date and Time: Sunday, November 15th, 2009 03:00 PM
Location: Har Zion
With Guest Artist: John Koen
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No.9, “From the New World”
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto
Richard Wagner: Rienzi Overture
Beethoven
Date and Time: Sunday, June 28th, 2009 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: To Be Announced
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Dvorak, Tchaikovsky
Date and Time: Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Udi Bar David
Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Dittersdorf, Mendelssohn, Rimsky-Korsakov
Date and Time: Sunday, January 25th, 2009 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Philip Kates
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Symphony No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Op.64
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade
Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Wagner
Date and Time: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: Jeffrey Curnow
Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2
Richard Wagner: Meistersinger Overture
Mozart, Sibelius
Date and Time: Sunday, May 6th, 2007 03:00 PM
Location: McShain Auditorium, Rosemont College
With Guest Artist: To Be Announced
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
