MYO Concert Archive

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The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Kansas City was created in 1997. It is currently in its tenth season.

Contents 1 Second Season 1.1 Fall Concert - November 22, 1998 1.2 Winter Concert - February 21st, 1999 1.3 Spring Concert - May 16th, 1999 2 Third Season 2.1 Fall Concert - November 6, 1999 2.2 Winter Concert - February 13, 2000 2.3 Spring Concert - April 30, 2000 3 Fourth Season 3.1 Fall Concert - November 4, 2000 3.2 Winter Concert - February 11th, 2001 4 Sixth Season 4.1 Fall Concert - November 17, 2002 4.2 Holiday Concert - December 21, 2002 4.3 Winter Concert - March 2, 2003 4.4 Spring Concert - May 4, 2003 5 Seventh Season 5.1 Fall Concert - November 9, 2003 5.2 Winter Concert - February 22, 2004 5.3 Spring Concert - May 2, 2004 6 Eighth Season 6.1 Fall Concert - November 21, 2004 6.2 Winter Concert - February, 2005 6.3 Spring Concert - April 24, 2005 7 Ninth Season 7.1 Fall Concert - November 20, 2005 7.2 Winter Concert - February 19, 2006 7.3 Spring Concert - April 30, 2006 8 Tenth Season 8.1 Fall Concert - November 12, 2006 8.2 Winter Concert - February 11, 2007

[edit] Second Season

Conducted by Jim Murray & Sheri Cain

[edit] Fall Concert - November 22, 1998

• Finlandia - Jean Sibelius (arranged by Owen Goldsmith)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks - G. F. Handel (arranged by Thor Johnson)
• Finale from Symphony No. 3 - Gustav Mahler (arranged by Vernon J. Leidig)
• Highlights from West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein (arranged by Frederick Müller)
• Bacchanale from Sampson & Delilah - Camille Saint-Saëns (arranged by Merle J. Isaac)

[edit] Winter Concert - February 21st, 1999

• Les Preludes - Franz Liszt (arranged by Vernon Leidig)
• Chorale Prelude: “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” - J.S. Bach (arranged by Eugene Ormandy)
• Pavane - Maurice Ravel (arranged by Merle J. Isaac)
• Rákóczy March - Hungarian Melody (Orchestrated by N. Clifford Page)
• St. Lawrence Overture - Robert Washburn
• Three Renaissance Trios - (arranged by Marco Katz)
  • Ma fin est non commencement – Guillame de Machaut
  • Fantasía a tres por el primer tono – Estesban Daza
  • Duélete de mi, senora – Juan Vasquez
• Midnight Beguine - Clare Grundman
• Symphony No.7 – Third Movement - Anton Bruckner (arranged by Vernon Leidig)

[edit] Spring Concert - May 16th, 1999

• Centennial Overture - William Hofeldt
• Perpetuum Mobile - Johann Strauss, Jr. (adapted by Henry Sopkin)
• Ballet from Petite Suite - Claude Debussy (arranged by Merle J. Isaac)
• Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Franz Liszt (Arranged by Owen Goldsmith)
• Andante from the Farewell Symphony - Joseph Haydn
• Ave Maria - Anton Bruckner (arranged for brass choir by Douglas Yeo)
• Themes from the Unfinished Symphony - Franz Schubert (Arranged by Owen Goldsmith)
• “The Empire Strikes Back” Medley - John Williams (arranged by John C. Whitney)

[edit] Third Season

Conducted by Jim Murray & Sheri Cain

[edit] Fall Concert - November 6, 1999

• Selections from Carmen - Georges Bizet (arranged by Jack Bullock)
  • I. Allegro Giocoso
  • II. Allegro
  • III. Allegro Moderato
  • IV. Andantino
• Introduction and March from Symphony No. 6 - Peter Tchaikovsky (arranged by Vernon Leidig)
• Shaker Variants - Elliot del Borgo
• Selections from “The Phantom Menace” - John Williams (arranged by Jerry Brubaker)

[edit] Winter Concert - February 13, 2000

• Overture to Nabucco - Giuseppe Verdi (arranged by Sandra Dackow)
• Capriccio Italien - Peter Tchaikovsky (arranged by Merle Isaac)
• Åses Tod (The death of Åse) - Edvard Grieg
• Procession of the Nobles from Mlada - Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arranged by Merle Isaac)
• Polka from The Golden Age Ballet - Dmitri Shostakovich (arranged by Merle Isaac)
• Russian Sailors’ Dance - Reinhold Glière

[edit] Spring Concert - April 30, 2000

• An American Rhapsody - Richard Meyer
• March Militaire Française from the Algerian Suite - Camille Saint-Saëns (arranged by Merle Isaac)
• Overture to Rienzi - Richard Wagner (arranged by Sandra Dackow)
• Rhosymedre - Ralph Vaughan Williams (arranged by Arnold Foster)
• Third Movement from Symphony No. 4 - Johannes Brahms (arranged by Vernon Leidig)
• By Loch and Mountain - Robert W. Smith
• Jupiter-Bringer of Jollity - Gustav Holst

[edit] Fourth Season

Conducted by Jim Murray & Paul Cooper

[edit] Fall Concert - November 4, 2000

• Essay for Orchestra - Elliot del Borgo
• Finale from Symphony #9 - Ludwig van Beethoven (arranged by Vernon F. Leidig)
• March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (arranged by Vernon F. Leidig)
• Poet and Peasant Overture - Franz von Suppé (arranged by Merle J. Isaac)

[edit] Winter Concert - February 11th, 2001

• Prelude to Die Meistersinger - Richard Wagner (scored by Edmund Siennicki)
• Hungarian Dance Number Six - Johannes Brahms (arranged by Tom Fritz)
• Pavane, Op. 50 - Gabriel Fauré (Edited by Carl Simpson)
• Tejas - Carold Nunez
• Fidelio Overture - Ludwig von Beethoven (arranged by Merle Isaac)
• Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird Suite" - Igor Stravinsky (arranged by Merle Isaac)

[edit] Sixth Season

Conducted by Jim Murray & Paul Cooper

[edit] Fall Concert - November 17, 2002

• Roman Carnival Overture - Hector Berlioz (arranged by William Rich)
• España - Emmanuel Chabrier (edited by Carl Simpson)
• Intermezzo from the opera Goyescas - Enrique Granados
• Suite from the ballet The Three Cornered Hat - Manuel de Falla (edited by Steven Rosenhaus)
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Afternoon
  • III. The Neighbor's Dance (Seguidilla)
  • IV. The Miller's Dance (Farraca)
• Nimrod from the Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar
• Procession of the Sardar - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (edited by William Ryden)
• Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla - Mikhail Glinka (edited by Clark McAlister)

[edit] Holiday Concert - December 21, 2002

• Carol of the Bells - Leontovich/Wilhousky (arranged by Richard Hayman)
• Selections from The Nutcracker - Peter Tchaikovsky
  • I. Mother Ginger
  • II. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
  • III. Chinese Dance
  • IV. Waltz of the Flowers
• In the Bleak Midwinter - Gustav Holst (arranged by Robert W. Smith & Robert McCashin)
• Shalom Chavarine - Israeli Folk Song (arranged by Elliot del Borgo)
• Stille Nacht - Franz Gruber (arranged by Chip Davis & Calvin Custer)
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Martin/Blane (arranged by John Whitmey)
• White Christmas - Irving Berlin (arranged by Bruce Chase)
• Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson

[edit] Winter Concert - March 2, 2003

• Overture to La Forza del Destino - Giuseppe Verdi (edited by William Ryden)
• Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri - Gioacchino Rossini (edited by William Ryden)
• Pavane for a Dead Princess - Maurice Ravel (edited by Clark McAlister)
• Finale from Symphony No. 3 - Gustav Mahler (edited by Vernon Leidig)
• Finlandia - Jean Sibelius (edited by William Ryden)

[edit] Spring Concert - May 4, 2003

• Symphonic Suite from The Lord of the Rings - Howard Shore (arranged by John Whitney)
• Saturday Night at the Firehouse - Henry Cowell
• Symphonette No. 2 - Morton Gould
  • I. Moderately Fast
  • II. Pavanne
  • III. Very Fast
• Baccanale from Samson and Delilah - Camille Saint-Saens (arranged by Merle Isaac)
• Themes From 007 - (arranged by Calvin Custer)

[edit] Seventh Season

Conducted by Jim Murray

[edit] Fall Concert - November 9, 2003

• Hopak from Sorochinsky Fair - Modest Mussorgsky (orchestrated by Anatol Liadov / edited by Clark McAlister)
• Emperor Waltzes - Johann Strauss, Jr. (edited by Clark McAlister)
• Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda - Amilcare Ponchielli (edited by Steven Rosenhaus)
• Waltz from Swan Lake - Peter Tchaikovsky (edited by William Ryden)
• Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor - Alexander Borodin (edited by Carl Simpson)
• Hungarian Dances - Johannes Brahms (edited by William Ryden)
  • No. 5
  • No. 6
• The Bartered Bride - Bedřich Smetana (edited by Donald Miller)
  • Polka
  • Dance of the Comedians

[edit] Winter Concert - February 22, 2004

• Marche Joyeuse - Emmanuel Chabrier
• Roumanian Rhapsody No. 2 - Georges Enesco
• The Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) - Felix Mendelssohn
• Romeo and Juliet: Introduction and Finale - Peter Tchaikovsky
• Siegfried Idyll - Richard Wagner
• March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz

[edit] Spring Concert - May 2, 2004

• Themes from Chicago
• Firebird - Stravinsky
• Themes from Spiderman - Danny Elfman
• Pirates of the Caribbean - Klaus Badelt (arranged by Ted Ricketts)

[edit] Eighth Season

Conducted by Jim Murray & Monty Carter

[edit] Fall Concert - November 21, 2004

• The Barber of Seville overture - Rossini

[edit] Winter Concert - February, 2005

• Carnival Overture
• Mars: Bringer of War - Gustav Holst

[edit] Spring Concert - April 24, 2005

• An American in Paris
• 1812 Overture
• Rollercoaster
• Poet & Peasant Overture
• The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams

[edit] Ninth Season

Conducted by Jim Murray & Monty Carter

[edit] Fall Concert - November 20, 2005

[edit] Winter Concert - February 19, 2006

• Carmen Suite - Georges Bizet
• Carnival of the Animals - Camille Saint-Saens

[edit] Spring Concert - April 30, 2006

• Cuban Overture - George Gershwin
• Wicked

[edit] Tenth Season

Conducted by Jim Murray & Monty Carter

[edit] Fall Concert - November 12, 2006

[edit] Winter Concert - February 11, 2007

• Toccata - Girolamo Frescobaldi (arranged by Hans Kindler)
• Finale from Symphony No. 3 - Gustav Mahler (arranged by Vernon Leidig)
• Suite from L'Arlésienne - Georges Bizet (edited by Carl Simpson)
  • I. Overture
  • II. Minuetto
  • III. Entr'acte
• Waltz from Swan Lake - Peter Tchaikovsky (edited by William Ryden)
• Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri - Gioacchino Rossini (edited by William Ryden)
• Finale from Symphony No. 5 - Ludwig Van Beethoven (arranged by Ralph Matesky)