Michigan Philharmonic Opens 68th Season with 'The Golden Flute'

Now entering its 68th season, the third under a new name, the Michigan Philharmonic offers culturally enriching, adventuresome programming, which has garnered five ASCAP awards.

By highlighting new music at each concert, audiences have the opportunity to meet composers and gain an appreciation of the wonderful, new repertoire in the classical music genre. 

2013-2014 Season

The Golden Flute
Sunday, Oct. 6 • 2 p.m. • The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton
Eric Lamb, flute
Chen Yi, composer
Gioachino Rossini, "La Gazza Ladra Overture"
Chen Yi, "The Golden Flute Concerto for Flute and Orchestra" (1997)
Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1

The Phantom, a Witch and a King
Saturday, Oct. 26 • 7:30 p.m. • Steppingstone School, 30250 Grand River Farmington Hills (south of 9 Mile, between Orchard Lake & Middlebelt)
J.S. Bach Toccata in D minor
Edvard Grieg, "Hall of the Mountain King"
Modest Mussorgsky, "Night on Bald Mountain"
Andrew Lloyd Webber, "Phantom of the Opera' Highlights
Hector Berlioz, "March to the Scaffold" from "Symphonie Fantastique"
Stephen Schwartz, Highlights from "Wicked"

Highland Pipes
Sunday, Nov. 17 • 2 p.m. • First United Methodist Church, Plymouth
Nancy Tunnicliffe, highland bagpipes
Peter Elyakim Taussig, composer
Side-by-side performance with MPY O Sinfonia
Ralph Vaughan Williams, "English Folk Song Suite" (side-by-side)
Peter Elyakim Taussig, "Concerto for Bagpipe and Orchestra" (2010)
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 “Scottish”
Ulrich Roever and Michael Korb, Highland Cathedral

Holiday Pops with the Phil 
Thursday, Dec. 12 • 6 p.m. & 8 p.m. • The Penn Theatre, Plymouth
Amy Kuras, cello
A fun, family-friendly concert of pops and traditional holiday favorites,
featuring our principal cellist on Tchaikovsky’s beautiful "Andante Cantabile."
Full program TBA

Miniature Masterpieces
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 • 2 p.m. • The Inn at St. John’s Chapel, Plymouth
Joseph Deller, violin
Michael Daugherty, composer
Antonín Dvorák, Bagatelle No. 5, Op. 47
Michael Daugherty, "Ladder to the Moon" (2006)
(based on paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 10 for Winds, K.361/370a “Gran Partita”

Fabulous Fifties
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 • 7:30 p.m. • The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton
Geff Phillips & Kylee Phillips, guest vocalists
Come celebrate the 1950s American style with music from crooners Nat King Cole and Gene Kelly, and hits from iconic movies, Broadway shows, black and white TV and, of course, from the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley.

The Ives of March
Sunday, March 9, 2014 • 2 p.m. • First United Methodist Church, Plymouth
Plymouth Oratorio Society, Dr. Richard Ingram, director
Martha Sheil, soprano; Stephen Lusmann, baritone
Lee Actor, composer
Lee Actor, "Opening Remarks" (2009)
Charles Ives, Symphony No. 3 “The Camp Meeting”
Antonín Dvorák, Te Deum, Op. 103
Carl Orff, from Carmina Burana “Ecce gratum” and “O Fortuna”

Fiesta!
Saturday, April 5, 2014 • 7:30 p.m. • The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton
Gwendolyn Burgett Thrasher, marimba
Alice Gomez, composer
Side-by-side performance with
Michigan Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Alice Gomez, "Los Voladores" (1993) (side-by-side)
Silvestre Revueltas, "Sensemayá" (1938)
Ney Rosauro, "Concerto for Marimba" (1986)
Alice Gomez, "Pyramid of the Sun" (2013) (marimba & orch.)
Carlos Chávez, Symphony No. 2 (1935) “Sinfonia India”
Arturo Márquez, Danzón No. 2 (1994)

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