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The Medical College of Wisconsin Orchestra Winter 2022 Concert Nutcracker Suite - March, Trepak, Waltz of the Flowers By Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Conducted by: Alexander Mandl, DMA

String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77 by Antonín Dvořák II. Scherzo Violin 1 - Zach Buehler, Research Program Assistant Violin 2 - Jesus Munoz, Summer Research Student Viola - Michelle Streit, PA-C Cello - Elizabeth Alessio, MD/PhD Student Bass - Aleks Zielonka, PhD Student

Tiger Rag by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band Arranged by Jack Gale Trombone 1 - Julie Govert, Community Musician Trombone 2 - Nathan Bosch, Genetic Counseling Student Trombone 3 - Michael Kjentvet, MD Student Trombone 4 - Jared Staten, MD Student

Poet and Peasant Overture, Part 1 by Franz von Suppé Arranged by Bruce Evans Soprano Saxophone - Lynn Lewandowski, Educational Technology Alto Saxophone - Sam Swift, PhD Student Tenor Saxophone - Jacob Meyer, Froedtert Behavioral Health Baritone Saxophone - Becky Rehborg, Clinical Research, Department of Neurology

Sinfonico, Op. 12 by Anton Reicha I. Allegro Flute 1 - Hannah Edens, Research Technologist II Flute 2 - Devon Riegel, MD Student Flute 3 - Teresa Sundararajan, Imaging Assistant Flute 4 - Danielle Neubauer, Administrative Assistant

5 Novelettes, Op.15 by Aleksandr Glazunov II. Allegro con brio. III. Interludium in modo antico. Andante. Violin 1 - Abigail Ruchti, RN Violin 2 - Katrina Erickson, MD Student Viola - Shana Terai Lara, MD/PhD Student Cello - Brian Smith, PhD, Associate Professor, Biochemistry

The Medical College of Wisconsin Orchestra Spring 2023 Concert Prelude to “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” By Richard Wagner Conducted by: Alexander Mandl, DMA Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1861-1867)  holds a unique place in his output. It is the only stage work missing “supernatural elements” and the only one that is not a tragedy. Inspired by the real 16t...

The Medical College of Wisconsin Orchestra Spring 2023 Concert In the Steppes of Central Asia By Alexander Borodin Conducted by: Alexander Mandl, DMA When Alexander II of Russia held his silver jubilee in 1880, he commissioned Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) to compose a symphonic poem. It was intended to be the soundtrack to a tableau vivant - a slightly curious, and now largely forgotten art fo...

The Medical College of Wisconsin Orchestra Spring 2023 Concert Hungarian March from Damnation of Faust  By Hector Berlioz Conducted by: Alexander Mandl, DMA Hector Berlioz's (1803-1869) approach to Goethe’s Faust was liberal indeed, and the Germans fumed at the liberties he took with their beloved masterpiece. As the legend on which the play is based was ancient and therefore in “public domain,...

The Medical College of Wisconsin Orchestra Spring 2023 Concert Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2 By Manuel De Falla Conducted by: Alexander Mandl, DMA The Three-Cornered Hat is a ballet written by Spanish composer Manuel De Falla (1876-1946) for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, choreographed by Léonide Massine and with set design by Pablo Picasso-an artistic dream team if there ever was one. The name c...

The Medical College of Wisconsin Orchestra Spring 2023 Concert Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major  W. A. Mozart Featuring Dr. Brian Volkman on French Horn Conducted by: Alexander Mandl, DMA Mozart's Horn Concertos, composed in Vienna between 1781 and 1791, are exuberant works which reflect his characteristic humor and optimism. His extraordinary genius in overcoming the natural horn's melodic ...

The Medical College of Wisconsin Orchestra Spring 2023 Concert Danse Negre, Op. 35, No. 4  By Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Conducted by: Alexander Mandl, DMA Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912): Danse Negre, Op. 35, No. 4  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was a noted Afro-English composer whose works thrived mostly around the decades surrounding the turn of the 20th century. Born and raised near London, he w...

The Medical College of Wisconsin Orchestra Winter 2024 Concert Georg F. Handel: Hallelujah chorus, from “Messiah” Conducted by: Alexander Mandl, DMA Handel wrote the oratorio Messiah (1741) for modest vocal and instrumental forces, with optional settings for many of the individual numbers. In the years after his death, the work was adapted for performance on a much larger scale, with giant orch...

The Medical College of Wisconsin Orchestra Winter 2023 Concert Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky: Selections from “The Nutcracker Suite” March - Russian Dance “Trépak” - Waltz of the Flowers Conducted by: Alexander Mandl, DMA The third and last of Tchaikovsky’s great ballets was Nutcracker, first staged in St Petersburg on 18 December 1892. At first, he found no particular attraction in the subject of The N...

Pavane, Op. 50

Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2

Concerto in G minor, Op. 6 No. 8 “Christmas”

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”) 4. Finale: Allegro con fuoco

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”) 1. Adagio-Allegro molto

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”) 3. Scherzo: Molto vivace

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”) 2. Largo

Swedish Rhapsody No.1, Op. 19

Finlandia, Op. 26

“Vårsång” Spring Song, Op. 16

Symphony No. 6 I. Allegro ma non troppo Beethoven

Concerto No. 4 for Strings

Symphony No. 1 IV. Finale Tchaikovsky

Sigurd Jorsalfar

Ten Duos for Two Cellos