Hawai?i Public Radio is proud to present broadcasts of performances by the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra recorded live during HSO’s 2016-2017 Halekulani Masterworks Series at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu. HPR Music Director Gene Schiller is your host.
All broadcasts air on Saturdays from 7-9 pm on HPR-2. See specific dates below.
Sponsored by Mid-Pacific Institute, home of Mid-Pacific School of the Arts.
July 8, 2017
Tao Rachs
Conductor – Gerard Schwarz
Soloist – Conrad Tao, piano
Brahms – Symphony No 3
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Liszt – Les Preludes
July 15, 2017
The Planets
Conductor – Sarah Ioannides
Soloist – Ray Chen, violin
Wagenaar – Overture to Taming of the Shrew
Bruch – Violin Concerto No 1
Holst – The Planets
July 22, 2017
Kennard Plays Liszt
Conductor – Ward Stare
Soloist – Sean Kennard, piano
Wagner – Overture to Rienzi
Liszt – Piano Concerto No 1
Sibelius – Symphony No 5
July 29, 2017
Augustin Plays Lalo
Conductor – Marcelo Lehninger
Soloist – Augustin Hadelich, violin
Mozart – Overture to The Magic Flute
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole
Beethoven – Symphony No 4
August 5, 2017
Ode to Joy
Conductor – JoAnn Falletta
O‘ahu Choral Society, Esther S. Yoo, artistic director
Strauss – Death & Transfiguration
Beethoven – Symphony No 9, Choral
August 12, 2017
Made in America
Conductor – JoAnn Falletta
Soloist – William Wolfram, piano
Barber – Overture to the School for Scandal
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
John Corigliano – Phantasmagoria Suite
Bernstein – West Side Story Symphonic Dances
August 19, 2017
Brahms Double Concerto
Conductor – Xian Zhang
Soloists – Ignace Jang, violin; Mark Votapek, cello
Rachmaninoff – Vocalise
Brahms – Violin & Cello Concerto in A minor
Tchaikovsky – Suite from Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky – Marche Slave
August 26, 2017
Schubert “The Great”
Conductor and soloist – Joseph Swensen, violin
Barber – Violin Concerto
Schubert – Symphony No 9, The Great
September 2, 2017
Ocean Dreams
Conductor – JoAnn Falletta
Soloist – JinJoo Cho, violin; Aaron D. Mahi, vocalist
Zemlinsky, The Little Mermaid
Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto
Anders Paulsson, Kumulipo Reflections (world premiere)
September 9, 2017
Romeo & Juliet
Conductor – Ken Lam
Soloist – Sayaka Shoji
Vaughn Williams, Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus”
Resphigi – Concerto Gregoriano
Prokofiev – Romeo & Juliet Suite
September 16, 2017
Season Finale with Otomo & Watts
Conductor – Naoto Otomo
Soloist – Andre Watts
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concert No 2
Ravel – Mother Goose Suite
Stravinsky – The Firebird