TOMASZ GOLKA

February 10 & 11, 2018

Riverside Philharmonic   |   Riverside, CA

Tomasz Golka, conductor

CHARLES FERNANDEZ Animatus Eventus

JACQUES IBERT Concertino da Camera for Sax & Orchestra

(intermission)

TOMASZ GOLKA "Felix in Hollywood" (cartoon, 1923) [world premiere]

THOMAS J. PETERS "April Maze" (cartoon, 1930) [world premiere]

MARK WATTERS "Alice's Little Parade" (cartoon, 1923) [world premiere]
CHARLES FERNANDEZ "Mouse's Bride" (cartoon, 1928) [world premiere]

April 20, 2018

The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's  |   Los Angeles, CA

Tomasz Golka, conductor

Yi-Huan Zhao & Kevin Kumar, violins

O'CONNOR The American Seasons: Summer, Autumn

PIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Winter, Spring

(intermission)

NATHAN WANG Panda-monium [world premiere]

TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for strings

April 20, 2018

The Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew's  |   Los Angeles, CA

Tomasz Golka, conductor

Yi-Huan Zhao & Kevin Kumar, violins

O'CONNOR The American Seasons: Summer, Autumn

PIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Winter, Spring

(intermission)

NATHAN WANG Panda-monium [world premiere]

TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for strings

May 26, 2018

Lake Charles Symphony Orchestra  |   Lake Charles, LA

Bohuslav Rattay, conductor

Tomasz Golka, violin

MOZART Violin Concerto #3 in G major

June 8, 2018

The Chamber Orchestra and Choir at St. Matthew's   |   Los Angeles, CA

Tomasz Golka, conductor

Lauren Eberwein, voice

ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture

PUCCINI La Boheme: "Quando men vo"

PUCCINI Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus

PUCCINI Tosca: "Vissi d'arte"

VERDI La traviata: "Noi siamo zingarelle"

VERDI Il trovatore: "Vedi le fosche notturne"

VERDI La traviata: "E strano... Sempre libera"

(intermission)

BIZET Carmen: Overture

BIZET Carmen: Chorus of cigarette girls & Habanera

GOUNOD Faust: "Vin ou bière"

GOUNOD Romeo et Juliette: "Je veux vivre"

MONIUSZKO Straszny Dwór: "Hej, zagrajcie siarczyscie"

BERNSTEIN (arr. Peress) West Side Story: Overture (beginning)

BERNSTEIN West Side Story: "Somewhere"

BERNSTEIN (arr. Peress) West Side Story: Overture (ending)

June 15, 2018

Coil Auditorium   |   Riverside, CA

Tomasz Golka, violin + Adam Golka, piano

BEETHOVEN Sonata for piano & violin #5 in F major "Spring"

BRAHMS Sonata #3 in d minor for violin & piano

other works TBA

July 3, 2018

Riverside Philharmonic   |   Riverside, CA

Tomasz Golka, conductor

R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra (opening)

SMITH Star Spangled Banner

UNGAR Ashokan Farewell

GOLKA Garryowen Variations (world premiere)

WILLIAMS Liberty Fanfare

IVES/SCHUMAN Variations on America

FILLMORE Lassuss Trombone [conducted by R. Reeson]

STEINER The Caine Mutiny March

ALFORD Col. Bogey March

KORNGOLD Seahawk: Main Theme

KORNGOLD The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex: Victory March

KORNGOLD Captain Blood: Main Theme

arr. LOWDEN Service Song Medley

(intermission)

BARBER Adagio

WILLIAMS Schindler's List: Main Theme

WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries

VERDI Triumphal March

STRAUSS, Joh. Sr. Radetzky March

TCHAIKOVSKY Coronation March

SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever

September 15, 2018

Riverside Philharmonic  |  Tomasz Golka, Music Director | Riverside, CA

Maksim Velichkin, cello

Garik Terzian, cello

HAYDN Symphony #26 in d minor "Lamentatione"

GOLIJOV Last Round

RUBTSOV Andante dolente e scherzo

(intermission)

MOZART Symphony #40 in g minor

September 16, 2018

Riverside Philharmonic  |  Tomasz Golka, Music Director | Lake Arrowhead, CA

Maksim Velichkin, cello

Garik Terzian, cello

HAYDN Symphony #26 in d minor "Lamentatione"

GOLIJOV Last Round

RUBTSOV Andante dolente e scherzo

(intermission)

MOZART Symphony #40 in g minor

October 3, 2018

Orquesta Sinfonica de la Universidad de Chihuahua  |  Tomasz Golka, conductor | Chihuahua, México

Maria Callas in Concert | The Hologram Tour

ROSSINI La gazza ladra: Overture

GOUNOD Romeo et Juliette: "Ah! Je veux vivre"

VERDI Macbeth: "Vieni! T'affretta"

BIZET Carmen: Prelude, Habañera, Card Scene

VERDI Macbeth: Sleepwalking Scene

CATALANI La Wally: "Ebben? ... Ne andrò lontana"

THOMAS Hamlet: "A vos jeux, mes amis"

PUCCINI Tosca: "Vissi d'arte"

BELLINI Norma: "Casta Diva"

October 5, 2018

Orquesta Sinfonica de la Universidad de Chihuahua  |  Tomasz Golka, conductor | Juarez, México

Maria Callas in Concert | The Hologram Tour

ROSSINI La gazza ladra: Overture

GOUNOD Romeo et Juliette: "Ah! Je veux vivre"

VERDI Macbeth: "Vieni! T'affretta"

BIZET Carmen: Prelude, Habañera, Card Scene

VERDI Macbeth: Sleepwalking Scene

CATALANI La Wally: "Ebben? ... Ne andrò lontana"

THOMAS Hamlet: "A vos jeux, mes amis"

PUCCINI Tosca: "Vissi d'arte"

BELLINI Norma: "Casta Diva"

October 7, 2018

Sinfónica de la Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey  |  Tomasz Golka, conductor | Monterrey, México

Maria Callas in Concert | The Hologram Tour

ROSSINI La gazza ladra: Overture

GOUNOD Romeo et Juliette: "Ah! Je veux vivre"

VERDI Macbeth: "Vieni! T'affretta"

BIZET Carmen: Prelude, Habañera, Card Scene

VERDI Macbeth: Sleepwalking Scene

CATALANI La Wally: "Ebben? ... Ne andrò lontana"

THOMAS Hamlet: "A vos jeux, mes amis"

PUCCINI Tosca: "Vissi d'arte"

BELLINI Norma: "Casta Diva"

October 11, 2018

Orquesta Filarmónica del Desierto  |  Tomasz Golka, conductor | Saltillo, México

Maria Callas in Concert | The Hologram Tour

ROSSINI La gazza ladra: Overture

GOUNOD Romeo et Juliette: "Ah! Je veux vivre"

VERDI Macbeth: "Vieni! T'affretta"

BIZET Carmen: Prelude, Habañera, Card Scene

VERDI Macbeth: Sleepwalking Scene

CATALANI La Wally: "Ebben? ... Ne andrò lontana"

THOMAS Hamlet: "A vos jeux, mes amis"

PUCCINI Tosca: "Vissi d'arte"

BELLINI Norma: "Casta Diva"

October 12-14, 2018

Boulder International Chamber Music Competition   |   Boulder, CO

Tomasz Golka, composer-in-residence

A commissioned work by Tomasz Golka "True Green," is the obligatory composition for this competition

November 17, 2018

Orquesta Sinfonica de Puerto Rico  |  Tomasz Golka, conductor | San Juan, Puerto Rico

Maria Callas in Concert | The Hologram Tour

ROSSINI Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

GOUNOD Romeo et Juliette: "Ah! Je veux vivre"

VERDI Macbeth: "Vieni! T'affretta"

BIZET Carmen: Prelude, Habañera, Card Scene

VERDI Macbeth: Sleepwalking Scene, Waltz (Act 3)

CATALANI La Wally: "Ebben? ... Ne andrò lontana"

THOMAS Hamlet: "A vos jeux, mes amis"

PONCHIELLI La Gioconda: "Suicidio!"

PUCCINI Tosca: "Vissi d'arte"

BELLINI Norma: "Casta Diva"

December 15, 2018

Riverside Philharmonic   |   Riverside, CA

Tomasz Golka, conductor

JESSEL Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

CLARKE Combined Carols (version for string orchestra) 

ROTHSTEIN Variations on "Ki Anu Amechu"

J. STRAUSS II Unter Donner und Blitz Polka, Op. 324 [ conducted by P. Piazza]

TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake: Scène & Waltz

(intermission)

ANDERSON A Christmas Festival

MARTIN/BLANE/arr. GOLD Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

SHERMAN/arr. LOWDEN Medley from Mary Poppins

GUARALDI/arr. PUGH A Charlie Brown Christmas

FINNEGAN Christmas Carol Sing-along

(encore: ANDERSON Sleigh Ride)