​River Concert Series 2016

Chesapeake Orchestra
Jeffrey Silberschlag, Music Director
Each River Concert, the Townhouse Greens open at 5:00 PM and the concert begins at 7:00 PM
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José Cueto

June 17: A Night in Old Vienna 

Symphony No. 5
Franz Schubert  
Ciaccona in G minor
for violin solo and string orchestra
Tomaso Antonio Vitali
trans. Angelo Gatto
José Cueto, violin
Hungarian Dances                                
Johannes Brahms 
Voices of Spring                                     
Roses of the South                                
Emperor Waltzes                                  
On the beautiful Blue Danube              
​Johann Strauss II

June 24: The Essential Element of Jazz

The Creation of the World
Darius Milhaud
Singing Shore
Concerto for trumpet and orchestra
Matt Sargent, (SMCM Class of '06)
Variaciones Concertantes
Alberto Ginastera
Danzon # 2
Arturo Marquez
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Matt Sargent, Jeff SIlberschlag
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Bryan Bourne, Linwood Taylor
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Zachary Silberschlag

July 1 : Brass and Blues...plus Fireworks!

Music of Sousa, Filmore, Clarke, Anderson, Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears,  Prince, James Brown and more!
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​1812 Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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​Featuring
Linwood Taylor, guitar
Bryan Bourne, trombone
Zachary Silberschlag, trumpet
DC's Top Brass!
Mass in Blue
Will Todd
Lena Seikaly, soprano
Larry Vote, guest conductor
Featuring the River Concert Series Chorus

and other popular American songs​

July 8: Mass in Blue

RCS choir
RCS Choir
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Lena Seikaly
Larry Vote conducts River Concert Series 2014
Larry Vote
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Henrik Naimark Meyers

July 15: A Civilization Lost

Romanian Dances
Bela Bartok
Baal Shem
Three Picture of Chassidic Life
Ernst Bloch
trans. Angelo Gatto          
Romance No. 2
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Henrik Naimark Meyers, violin
Dances of Galanta
​Zoltan Kodaly

July 22: Mambo, Salsa, and Miles

Music of Tito Puente, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astor Piazzolla, and more!
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Featuring soloists Don Stapleson, Dan Orban, and Adolph Wright
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The River Concert Series program is subject to change