2007 – 2008

The following concerts were delivered in the 2007 through 2008 season.

September 16, 2007, 2:30pm
Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1704 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose
Honoring Mexico
Javier Alvarez        Metro Chabacano
Federico Ibarra      Segunda Sinfonia
Candelario Huizar   Imagenes
Bernal-Jimenez       Angelus
Manuel Ponce        Concierto del Sur
Rodolfo Troncoso, guitarist

November 3, 2007, 7:30pm
Le Petit Trianon, 72 N. 5th St., San Jose
Poetry in Sound
Brian Holmes        Death’s Jest-Book Overture (Premiere)
Claude Debussy     Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun
Mozart        Overture to Marriage of Figaro
Ludwig van Beethoven      Piano Concerto no. 3
Aileen Chanco, pianist

February 2, 2008, 7:30pm
Le Petit Trianon, 72 N. 5th St., San Jose
Woodwinds Rule!
Josep Pla              Concerto for Two Flutes
Howard Hanson    Pastorale for Oboe, Harp, and Strings
Jean Berger           Short Overture for Strings
Howard Hanson    Nymphs and Satyr Ballet Suite
A. Glazunov           Concerto for Alto Saxophone
Heitor Villa-Lobos  Fantasia para Saxophone
Ashu, saxophonist

March 16, 2008, 2:30pm
Le Petit Trianon, 72 N. 5th St., San Jose
Chamber Music Concert and Silent Auction
Beethoven            Quartet, op. 59/, no. 3, mvt 1
Borodin                Nocturne
Pacific Strings
Shostakovich        Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor, op. 67
Noer Trio
Mussorgsky          Night on Bald Mountain
MCO Cello Quartet
Ferenc Farkas       Ancient Dances 
(/Regi Magyar Tancok/)
MCO Woodwind Quintet

May 4, 2008, 2:30pm
Heritage Theatre, 1 West Campbell Ave., Campbell
Opera Favorites in Concert
Verdi            Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore)
Triumphal March (Aida)
Bizet             March of the Toreadors (Carmen)
Rossini          Overture and Villager’s Chorus 
                   (William Tell)
Osmand-Balzellsoprano
Pedro Betancourt, tenor
Adam Meza, baritone
William O’Neill, baritone
San Jose Symphonic Choirvocalists 

San Jose Arts Commissioner Jill Arnone, makes a special guest appearance to conduct “America the Beautiful”.

June 8, 2008, 3:00pm
Five Wounds Church, 1375 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose
Music of Portugal
Bomtempo              Symphony no. 1
Freitas Branco        Suite Alentejano no. 2
Verdi                      Ah fors e lui, La Traviata
Verdi                      Merce dilette amiche, Vespri Siciliani
plus Ohlos negros and A Casinha Pequenina
Elizabeth Medeiros Hogue