Compact Disc: Evanston Symphony LIVE!

Evanston Symphony Live!

Evanston Symphony Orchestra

Lawrence Eckerling, Conductor

The ESO’s CD, Evanston Symphony Live!, is now available.

	Compact Disc Contents		PERFORMANCE DATE
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)			May 8, 2011
1	Overture to Candide	4:33
Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947) The Promised Land (Songs of the “Next Life”) World Premiere			January 30, 2011
2	Every Night When the Sun Goes Down	4:59
3	The Morning Train	4:38
4	All My Trials	6:16
5	Walk On Up To Heaven	4:32
	MICHELLE AREYZAGA, SOPRANO
Howard Hanson (1896–1981) Merry Mount Suite			May 8, 2011
6	Overture	2:50
7	Children’s Dance	1:51
8	Love Duet	4:36
9	Act II: Prelude and Maypole Dances	7:02
George Gershwin (1898–1937)			May 8, 2011
10	Rhapsody in Blue LAWRENCE ECKERLING, PIANIST	18:15
Donald Draganski (b. 1936)			February 3, 2008
11	Overture With Fanfares	11:08
	Total Time	72:16

Producers: Lawrence Eckerling, David Ellis
Engineer: Herb Simrall
Audio Post-Production: Scott Steinman, Studiomedia
Recorded at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Evanston, Illinois

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About this recording

The 2010–11 season marked the 65th anniversary of the Evanston Symphony Orchestra as well as the world premiere, on January 30, 2011, of The Promised Land (Songs of the “Next Life”), a song cycle composed by Gywneth Walker specifically for the ESO and gifted soprano Michelle Areyzaga.

The combination of the currently strong artistic standing of the orchestra and this world premiere provided the impetus for this, the ESO’s first CD.

The May 8, 2011, concert supplied an additional three great American compositions: Bernstein’s Candide Overture; the Suite from Howard Hanson’s opera Merry Mount; and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Finally, an archive tape from the February 2008 concert provided a performance of Overture with Fanfares by composer and ESO bassoonist Donald Draganski, which was commissioned for the ESO’s 50th anniversary and received its world premiere in 1996.

The program as a whole — five American compositions of the 20th and 21st centuries and two world premiere pieces never before recorded — exemplifies the ESO’s mission to educate its audience and to expand the concert repertoire. All of these performances are a tribute to the dedication and professional spirit of the volunteer musicians of the ESO.

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