2011-2012 Season: A Tribute to Gustav

40 YEARS! WHAT A WONDERFUL JOURNEY!

Your consistent support and participation – and our mutual love of music -- have made the past four decades possible.

It continues to be an enormous source of personal and professional pleasure to be a part of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony, and I am honored that this season will celebrate my lengthy tenure with the GBS by highlighting many of my “favorites” – favorite moments, composers, pieces and events since joining the orchestra in 1972.

It has been especially fulfilling for me to be part of the GBS’ recent successes and growth.  I look forward to welcoming back our faithful audience and to greeting new supporters as they join our ever-growing family of music lovers.

See you at the Klein!

Gustav Meier

Gustav's First
Saturday, October 15, 2011 8:00 PM
Sunday, October 16, 2011 3:00 PM
Gustav and Mozart
Saturday, November 12, 2011 8:00 PM
Sunday, November 13, 2011 3:00 PM

Gustav and Mozart

A program of music by Gustav's favorite: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Gustav Meier, conductor
Elena Urioste, violin

Symphonies #23, #1, and #41 "Jupiter"
Violin Concerto #5

Händel's Messiah
Gustav in America

Gustav in America

Music by American composers and Gustav's friends

Edward Cumming, guest conductor
Michael Ludwig, violin

Copland Suite from "Rodeo"
Corigliano Chaconne from the "Red Violin"
Carl White Heron (World Premiere)
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

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Edward Cumming, guest conductor
Edward Cumming

Concert sponsored by Ruby Concert Sponsor
People's United Bank
People's United Bank

Gustav’s Song and Dance – an all-Strauss concert

Gustav's Song and Dance

Waltzes, Songs and Opera – all music from Gustav's beginnings

Gustav Meier, conductor
Diana McVey, soprano

J.Strauss Blue Danube Waltz, and the Overture and Czardas from "Die Fledermaus"
R.Strauss Suite from "Der Rosenkavalier" and The Four Last Songs

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GBS Guest Artist Recital 1: Violinist Elena Urioste in Recital

First Church Congregational
Fairfield, CT

Elena Urioste, Violin
Benjamin Loeb, Piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in B flat Major, KV 378
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata for Violin and Piano #1 in f minor
Michael Brown "Echoes of Byzantium" (2006)
Richard Strauss Sonata for Violin and Piano 

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GBS Guest Artist Recital 2: Brahms Liebeslieder
Monday, December 19, 2011 7:30 PM

Wien Black Box Theatre at the Quick Center, Fairfield University

Allison Charney, soprano
Ryu-Kyung Kim, mezzo soprano
Brian Downen, tenor
Thomas Woodman, baritone
Sakiko Ohashi and Benjamin Loeb, piano

Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52

Brahms Waltzes for Piano 4-hands, Op. 39
Schumann Bilder aus Östen
Faure Dolly Suite
Schubert Fantasie in f minor

Side-by-Side with GBSYO

A joint concert with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Youth Orchestras featuring 2012 GBS Carlson Horn Competition Winner and a performance by the combined forces of the GBS and the GBSYO.  Both GBYO Music Director Chris Hisey (pictured right) and Gustav Meier will conductor.

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