Schedule
June 23, 2024
Fresno Opera and Orchestra Summer Academy (FOOSA)
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Program:
Karol Szymanowski, Concert Overture, Op.12
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 7 in E Minor, “Song of the Night”
William Saroyan Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
June 21, 2024
Fresno Opera and Orchestra Summer Academy (FOOSA)
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Program:
Karol Szymanowski, Concert Overture, Op.12
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 7 in E Minor, “Song of the Night”
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, CA, USA
May 19, 2024
Youth Orchestras of Fresno Philharmonic, Symphony and Chamber Orchestras
Youth Music Extravaganza
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Program:
Gustav Holst, St. Paul’s Suite
Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200
Sergei Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
May 4, 2024
The Topelli Piano Trio with Guest Jaime Amador
Limor Toren-Immerman, violin
Jaime Amador, viola
Thomas Loewenheim, cello
Peter Klimo, piano
Program:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Kenneth D. Froelich, Piano Quartet
Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Fresno State Department of Music Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
April 27, 2024
Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
Carmina Burana
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Maria Briggs, soprano
Chester Pidduck, tenor
Anton Below, Baritone
Program:
George Gershwin, An American in Paris
Carl Orff, Carmina Burana
Fresno State Department of Music Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
April 26, 2024
Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
Carmina Burana
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Maria Briggs, soprano
Chester Pidduck, tenor
Anton Below, Baritone
Program:
George Gershwin, An American in Paris
Carl Orff, Carmina Burana
Fresno State Department of Music Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
March 2, 2024
Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
Violin and Viola Festival – Gala Concert
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Martin Beaver, violin
Hartmut Rohde, viola
Tyler Golding, timpani
Program:
Aaron Copland, An Outdoor Overture
Christin Kemmer, Pull
Michael Daugherty, Raise the Roof for Timpani and Orchestra
Carl Maria von Weber, Andante e Rondo Ungarese, Op. 35
Camille Saint-Saëns, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28
Leonard Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Fresno State Department of Music Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
March 1, 2024
Fresno State Violin and Viola Festival
Faculty Chamber Music Concert
Martin Beaver, violin
Limor Toren-Immerman, violin
Hartmut Rohde, viola
Thomas Loewenheim, cello
Peter Klimo, piano
Program:
Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Joaquín Turina, Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67
Robert Schumann, Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Fresno State Department of Music Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
February 18, 2024
Youth Orchestras of Fresno Philharmonic, Symphony and Chamber Orchestras
Love Conquers All
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Peter Klimo, piano
Program:
Carl Philipp Stamitz, Orchestra Quartet in F major, Op. 4, No. 4
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2
Aram Khachaturian, Spartacus Suite No. 1
Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
February 10, 2024
California Music Educators Association, Central Coast Section
High School Honor Orchestra
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Program:Felix Mendelssohn, String Symphony No. 3 in E minor
Jean Sibelius, Romance
Carl Nielsen, String Serenade, Op. 1
Jacob Gade, Tango Tsigane “Jalousie”
Cabrillo College Concert Hall
Aptos, CA, USA
February 1, 2024
California State University, Northridge ChamberFest
Julia Heinen, clarinet
Xi Chen, violin
Michael Heald, violin
David Walther, viola
Thomas Loewenheim, cello
Dmitry Rachmanov, piano
Françoise Régnat, piano
Program:
Johannes Brahms, Clarinet Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 114
César Franck, Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 14
Shigemi Matsumoto Recital Hall
Northridge, CA, USA
December 3, 2023
Youth Orchestras of Fresno Philharmonic, Symphony and Chamber Orchestras
Winter Magic
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Program:
Franz Schubert, String Quartet, D. 32
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Antonín Dvořák, Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
December 2, 2023
Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
Coming to America
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Russell Zokaites, bass trombone
Program:
Aaron Copland, An Outdoor Overture
Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring
Eric Ewazen, Bass-Trombone Concerto
Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op. 95, B. 178
Fresno State Department of Music Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
October 15, 2023
Youth Orchestras of Fresno Philharmonic, Symphony and Chamber Orchestras
Cello ǀ Fresno Gala Concert
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Brinton Smith, cello
Daniel Kim, cello
Sophie Kim, cello
Program:
David Popper, Tarantella, Op. 33
David Popper, Concert Polonaise, Op. 14
Emilio Colón, Poema – La Garza en el Daule (2023)
Erich Korngold, Cello Concerto in C major, Op. 37
Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
October 13, 2023
Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
Cello ǀ Fresno Cellomania Concert
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Emilio Colón, guest conductor
Cara Colón, cello
Emilio Colón, cello
Thomas Landschoot, cello
Thomas Loewenheim, cello
Jonathan Ruck, cello
Brian Schuldt, cello
Andrew Smith, cello
Brinton Smith, cello
Program:
Daniel Akiva, Requests for Cello and Orchestra (world premiere)
Antonín Dvořák, Silent Woods, Op. 68
José Bragato’s, Graciela y Buenos Aires
Gabriel Fauré, Élégie, Op. 24
Max Bruch, Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Alexander Glazunov, Melodie, Op. 20, No. 1
Alfredo Piatti, Serenade for Two Cellos and Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky, Firebird Suite (1919)
Fresno State Department of Music Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
September 12, 2023
Topelli Piano Trio
Limor Toren Immerman, violin
Thomas Loewenheim, cello
Peter Klimo, piano
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Trio in D major, Op.70 No.1 “Ghost”
Maurice Ravel, Piano Trio in A minor
Fresno Pacific University
Fresno, CA, USA
August 10, 2023
Topelli Piano Trio
Limor Toren Immerman, violin
Thomas Loewenheim, cello
Peter Klimo, piano
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Trio in D major, Op.70 No.1 “Ghost”
Johannes Brahms, Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
Maurice Ravel, Piano Trio in A minor
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA
June 23, 2022
Fresno Opera and Orchestra Summer Academy
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Jeremy Fielder, trombone
Program:
Launy Grøndahl, Trombone Concerto
Alexander Scriabin, Symphony No. 4, “The Poem of Ecstasy”,
Fresno State Department of Music Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
June 22, 2022
Fresno Opera and Orchestra Summer Academy
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Program:
Joan Tower, Sequoia
Alexander Scriabin, Symphony No. 4, “The Poem of Ecstasy”
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103, “The Year 1905”
William Saroyan Theater
Fresno, CA, USA
June 21, 2022
Fresno Opera and Orchestra Summer Academy
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Program:
Joan Tower, Sequoia
Alexander Scriabin, Symphony No. 4, “The Poem of Ecstasy”
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103, “The Year 1905”
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, CA, USA
May 21, 2023
Youth Orchestras of Fresno Philharmonic, Symphony and Chamber Orchestras
Youth Music Extravaganza
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Program:
Modest Mussorgsky, Hopak (arr. Jeff Manookian)
Sergei Prokofiev, March from The Love for Three Oranges (arr. Jeff Manookian)
Johann Stamitz, Sinfonia in G major, WolS III.Qs-3
Gioachino Rossini, La gazza ladra Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony NO. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
May 6, 2023
Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
The Spotlight on the Students
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Shayne Baldwin, cello
Program:
Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
Bohuslav Martinů, Symphony No. 4, H. 305
Allen Gallego, Winter Rain (world premiere)
Dalton Morris, Ecnephias Overture (world premiere)
Ottorino Respighi, Pines of Rome
Fresno State Department of Music Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
April 29, 2023
Topelli Piano Trio
Limor Toren Immerman, violin
Thomas Loewenheim, cello
Peter Klimo, piano
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Trio in D major, Op.70 No.1 “Ghost”
Johannes Brahms, Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
Astor Piazzolla, The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires “Spring”
Temple Beth-Israel
Fresno, CA, USA
April 2, 2023
Great Music at St. James – Classical Music at Six
Tomasz Golka, violin
Thomas Loewenheim, cello
Neal Stulberg, piano
Program:
Johannes Brahms, Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
Antonin Dvorak, Piano Trion no. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 “Dumky”
St, James in-the-City
Los Angeles, CA, USA
March 5, 2023
Youth Orchestras of Fresno Philharmonic, Symphony and Chamber Orchestras
Love Conquers All Gala Concert
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Scott Piper, tenor
Maria Briggs, soprano
Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro Overture, K. 492 (arr. Jeff Manookian)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni: “Là ci darem la mano“ (arr. Jeff Manookian)
Eduardo di Capua, ‘O sole mio
Ernesto De Curtis, Tu, ca nun chiagne!
Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème: Act 2 No. 13, Musetta’s Waltz “Quando m’en vo”
Otto Nicolai, The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Georges Bizet, Carmen: Act 1 Duet “Parle-moi de ma mère” (Micaëla, Don José)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni Overture, K. 527
Charles Gounod, Roméo et Juliette: Act 1 Juliette’s Waltz “Je veux vivre”
Pietro Mascagni, L’amico Fritz: Act 3 “O amore, o bella luce del core”
Pietro Mascagni, L’amico Fritz: Act 3 Intermezzo
Giuseppe Verdi, Otello: Act 1 Duet “Gia nella notte densa”
Pietro Mascagni, Amica: Act 1 – Intermezzo
Giacomo Puccini, Turandot: Act 3 “Nessun dorma”
Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
March 3 & 5, 2023
Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
Hansel and Gretel
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Maria Briggs, director
Anthony Radford, producer
Engelbert Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel
Fresno State Department of Music Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
December 4, 2022
Youth Orchestras of Fresno Philharmonic, Symphony and Chamber Orchestras
Winter Magic
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Program:
Jean Sibelius, Andante Festivo
Antonio Vivaldi,Concerto for Strings in D major, RV 121
Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob.1:101
Jean Sibelius, Finlandia, Op. 26
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 “The Year 1917”
Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
November 19, 2022
Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
Cello ǀ Fresno Gala Concert
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Emilio Colón, guest conductor
Limor Toren-Immerman, violin
Thomas Loewenheim, cello
Peter Klimo, piano
Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven, Triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56
Igor Stravinsky, Petrushka (1947 version)
Fresno State Department of Music Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA
October 8, 2022
Fresno State Symphony Orchestra
Two Pianos at an Exhibition
Thomas Loewenheim, conductor
Peter Klimo, piano
Michael Krikorian, piano
Program:
Leonard Bernstein, Overture to “Candide”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major, K. 365/316a
Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Maurice Ravel)
Fresno State Department of Music Concert Hall
Fresno, CA, USA