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2008 Program Notes

Program notes for the Peninsula Music Festival are provided each year by Dr. Richard E. Rodda, Cleveland, Ohio. Program Notes are provided below as PDF downloads.

Complete 2008 Season PDF


      • Star Spangled Banner
      • Ticheli :: Blue Shades
      • Gershwin :: Piano Concerto in F
      • Franck :: Symphony in d minor
      • Mystery Piece – attend this concert to find out what Victor has programmed to surprise you!

Sponsored by the Egan Foundation and the Egan Family in Memory of Peg Egan


      • Wagner :: Overture to The Flying Dutchman
      • Beethoven :: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19
      • Brahms :: Symphony No. 1 in c minor, Op. 88
      • Pre Concert Talk 6:30 to 7:15

Sponsored by OC & Pat Boldt


      • Sibelius :: Spring Song, Op. 16
      • Sibelius :: Humoresque I for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 87, No. 1
      • Sibelius :: Humoresque II for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 87, No.2
      • Sibelius :: Violin Concerto in d minor, Op. 47
      • Shostakovich :: Symphony No. 6 in b minor, Op. 54
      • Pre Concert Talk 6:30 to 7:15





      • Purcell :: Suite from King Arthur
      • Vivaldi :: Two Cello Concerto in g minor, RV 531
      • Neruda :: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major
      • Purcell/Britten :: Chacony in g minor
      • Haydn :: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major (Drum Roll)
      • Post Concert Encore - join us after the concert for a ten minute question & answer about the concert with the conductor and soloist(s)

This concert is sponsored by the Horween Foundation in memory of Marion Horween Chase



      • Sousa :: March, tba
        [conducted by Battle of the Baton All-Stars winner]
      • Berlioz :: Le Roi Lear, Op. 4
      • Frank Martin :: Petite symphonie concertante
      • Brahms :: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
      • Pre Concert Talk 6:30 to 7:15

This concert is sponsored by Richard Kozak in memory of Marian R. Polito



      • Mozart :: Cosi fan Tutte, K. 588
      • Enjoy this semi-staged version of Mozart’s beloved opera complete with costuming and minimal sets. Sung in Italian with supertitles.
      • Please note curtain time change for this concert!!!!
      • Post Concert Encore - join us after the concert for a ten minute question & answer about the concert with the conductor and soloist(s)





      • Stravinsky :: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
        [1947 revised version]
      • Prokofiev :: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19
      • Rachmaninoff :: Symphony No. 2 in e minor, Op. 27
      • Pre Concert Talk 6:30 to 7:15

Sponsored by Bibs, Marge and Sarah


      • Schumann :: Overture to Genoveva, Op. 81
      • Brahms :: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
      • Liszt :: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125
      • R. Strauss :: Don Juan, Op. 20
      • Pre Concert Talk 6:30 to 7:15

Sponsored by June & Jerome Maeder


      • Dvorak :: Cello Concerto in b minor, Op. 104
      • Brahms :: Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 98

Sponsored by Marcia Larsen in memory of her husband, Charles



Past Program Notes





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