2014/2015 Season Features Seventeen Iconic Productions Pops at the Paramount Returns for the First Time since the 2008 Flood
Orchestra Iowa will bring the world of exhilarating, live performing arts to Eastern Iowa through seventeen symphonic, ballet, chamber music, opera, musical theater and special presentations in its 2014/2015 season. Iowa’s premier orchestra will be joined during its 93rd season by Ballet Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Theatre Cedar Rapids, Simpson College and an extensive roster of international guest artists.
Keeping with tradition, the Creative Corridor’s cultural season opens with Brucemorchestra! on September 7, 2014. An outdoor concert on the lawn at Brucemore, the evening features Bass-Baritone, Kevin Deas, and an all-American program showcasing the music of George Gershwin, Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. Highlights from the orchestra’s main stage symphonic productions include Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, Dvořák’s Symphony No. 6, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis featuring the Simpson College Choir, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Debussy’s La Mer. Solo guest artists include Canadian pianist Winston Choi, Armenian cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and American violinist Brian Lewis.
In addition to their symphonic performances, Orchestra Iowa once again joins together with Iowa’s finest leading arts organizations for six spectacular productions. Orchestra Iowa and Ballet Quad Cities will present four ballets: Dracula Returns (performed with the Orchestra Iowa String Quartet), Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet on Valentine’s Day and Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty. The Orchestra will also partner with the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre in their January 2015 production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni and team up with Theatre Cedar Rapids for the pair’s second musical theater collaboration, Rodgers and Hammerstein Classics in Concert!. Two additional popular presentations will be offered by Orchestra Iowa during the season: Holiday Spectacular and Cirque MUSICA.
Musicians from the Orchestra will afresh their spotlighted ensemble playing in the Showcase Chamber Series. The intimate musical experience will appear in September, January and May and feature the works from the likes of Beethoven, Schumann and Dvořák.
Locations this season include Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Davenport, Coralville and Fairfield. Performances will also be broadcast statewide on Iowa Public Radio.
Subscriptions will go on sale to renewing subscribers by the end of April and to new subscribers on June 15. Packages include the three-concert Showcase Chamber Series, the four-concert “Compose-Your-Own”, the five-concert Pops at the Paramount and the ten-concert Masterworks subscription. New this year, patrons will have the option to select all fourteen main stage performances with guaranteed seating, special benefits and a twenty percent discount for a low monthly price starting at $17 per month.
Information on Orchestra Iowa’s 2014/2015 season can be found at orchestraiowa.org or by calling 319.366.8203.
ORCHESTRA IOWA
Founded in 1921, Orchestra Iowa is widely recognized as the state’s premier symphony orchestra. The Orchestra’s mission is to foster enjoyment of, and support for fine symphonic music through quality performances, education and community involvement. Under the direction of Timothy Hankewich, now celebrating his eighth season as Music Director, its 68 professional musicians perform more than 150 public performances throughout the year, many of which can be heard on Iowa Public Radio and seen on Iowa Public Television. Orchestra Iowa showcases its artistic excellence each season through an accomplished array of classical, ballet, opera, popular and chamber performances, in addition to extensive community education and involvement.
2014-2015 SEASON
Brucemorchestra!—American Salute
Sunday, September 7, 7:00 PM, Brucemore Estate
Kevin Deas, Bass-Baritone
BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess Suite (Catfish Row)
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
GERSHWIN Cuban Overture
COPLAND Old American Songs
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Showcase Chamber Series—Autumn Abroad
Friday, September 19, 2014, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Opus Concert Café
Saturday, September 20, 2014, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Opus Concert Café
Sunday, September 21, 2014, 2:30 PM, Coralville Center for the Performing Arts
PROKOFIEV Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56
FRANCAIX Quartet for English Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 “Rasumovsky”
Symphonie Fantastique
Friday, October 17, 7:30 PM, Iowa City
Saturday, October 18, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Winston Choi, Piano
SCHUMANN Manfred Overture
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
Dracula Returns
Saturday, October 25, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Ballet Quad Cities
Orchestra Iowa String Quartet
MOZART Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
VARIOUS Dracula
Old World Wonders
Friday, November 7, 7:30 PM, Iowa City
Saturday, November 8, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Sunday, November 9, 3:00 PM, Fairfield Sondheim Center
Narek Hakhnazaryan, Cello
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto
DVORAK Symphony No. 6
The Nutcracker
Saturday, December 6, 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Sunday, December 7, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Saturday, December 13, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM, Davenport Adler Theatre
Sunday, December 14, 2:30 PM, Davenport Adler Theatre
Ballet Quad Cities
TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker
Holiday Spectacular
Saturday, December 20, 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Sunday, December 21, 2:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Various Guest Artists
Showcase Chamber Series—Madness & Musings
Friday, January 9, 2015, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Opus Concert Café
Saturday, January 10, 2015, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Opus Concert Café
Sunday, January 11, 2015, 2:30 PM, Coralville Center for the Performing Arts
CORELLI Sonata in D minor, Op. 5, No.12 for Violin, Cello and Harpsichord
DOHNANYI Serenade in C Major for Violin, Viola and Cello
SCHUMANN Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
Don Giovanni
Friday, January 16, 8:00 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Sunday, January 18, 2:00 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Presented by the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
MOZART Don Giovanni
Romeo and Juliet
Saturday, February 14, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Ballet Quad Cities
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet
Rodgers and Hammerstein Classics in Concert!
Friday, February 27, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Saturday, February 28, 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Sunday, March 1, 2:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Theatre Cedar Rapids
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Missa Solemnis
Saturday, March 7, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis
The Sleeping Beauty
Saturday, April 11, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Sunday, April 12, 2:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Saturday, April 17, 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM, Davenport Adler Theatre
Ballet Quad Cities
TCHAIKOVSKY The Sleeping Beauty
Russian Masters
Friday, May 1, 7:30 PM, Iowa City
Saturday, May 2, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Brian Lewis, Violin
GLAZUNOV The Spring
BORODIN Symphony No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Showcase Chamber Series—Fifth Element
Friday, May 8, 2015, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Opus Concert Café
Saturday, May 9, 2015, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Opus Concert Café
Sunday, May 10, 2015, 2:30 PM, Coralville Center for the Performing Arts
WEBER Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34
DVORAK String Quintet in G major, Op. 77
Cirque MUSICA
Saturday, May 16, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Sunday, May 17, 2:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
Featuring Cirque MUSICA
Water Music
Saturday, June 6, 7:30 PM, Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre
WAGNER Overture to The Flying Dutchman
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome
DEBUSSY La Mer