2016 – 2017 season

APRIL 2016

Beethoven CELEBRATION

Beethoven, Violin Concerto

Beethoven, Mass in C

The South Dakota Symphony

MAY 2016

Mahler Symphony No. 7

Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra

JUNE 2016

Bernstein, Candide Overture

Barber, Adagio for Strings

Copland, Appalachian Spring

Barber, Violin Concerto

Qingdao China

AUGUST 2016

Mozart, Serenade K. 361
Gran Partita

Dvorak, Symphony No. 9
From the New World

Hungary Crescendo Summer Institute

SEPTEMBER 2016

Ye Xiaogang, Cantonese Suite

Tchaikovsky, Rococo Variations

Rachmaninov, Symphony No. 3

Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra

OCTOBER 2016

John Luther Adams, BECOME OCEAN

The South Dakota Symphony

NOVEMBER 2016

Jon Kimura Parker Plays BRAHMS

The South Dakota Symphony

DECEMBER 2016

Holiday Collage

Handel MESSIAH

Schumann Symphony No. 2

The South Dakota Symphony

JANUARY 2017

Mozart DON GIOVANNI

The South Dakota Symphony

FEBRUARY 2017

Ravel's, BOLÉRO

SDSO FAMILY CONCERT:
A Family for Treble

The South Dakota Symphony

MARCH 2017

The Fellowship of the Strings

The South Dakota Symphony

APRIL 2017

Beethoven Symphony No. 1

Bach B MINOR MASS

The South Dakota Symphony

—Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal

—an unprecedented programming innovation.

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Delta David Gier . . . decided to perform a piece by a living
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer on each of the classical programs . . .

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Winner of the John S. Edwards Award
for Strongest Commitment to
New American Music

I just heard your performance of my second symphony. It was deeply committed and moving, and your orchestra played it. Please give them my thanks and congratulations.

You obviously understand what the root of my music is, and I only hope to hear more performances by you of my work.

Thank you so much.

With admiration,

John Corigliano

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2019–2020 season

JULY 2019 - AUGUST 2019 / HUNGARY, OSPA

Hungary Crescendo Summer Institute

HAYDN The Seven Last Words
of Our Savior from the Cross

Festival Orchestra Tokaj Hungary

SEPTEMBER 2019 / SDSO

GEORGE GERSHWIN Celebration

Catfish Row
Cuban Overture
An American in Paris

OCTOBER 2019 / SDSO

RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

JOHN CORIGLIANO Symphony No. 1
Of Rage and Remembrance

NOVEMBER 2019 / SDSO

HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler
SCHOENBERG Finding Rothko
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition

DECEMBER 2019 / SDSO

HANDEL'S’ MESSIAH

JANUARY 2020 / Thailand Philharmonic

JANUARY 2020 / SDSO

ZHOU LONG Poems from Tang

RAVEL Daphnis et Chloe (Complete)

FEBRUARY 2020 / SDSO

PROKOFIEV Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 125

soloist Tony Ross, cello

TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony, Op. 58

MARCH 2020 / SDSO

WAGNER/MAAZEL The Ring Without Words

APRIL 2020 / SDSO

MOZART Requiem

Pärt Stabat Mater

MAY 2020 / Thailand Philharmonic

JULY 2020 - AUGUST 2020 / HUNGARY, OSPA

Hungary Crescendo Summer Institute

David Gier gave a splendid reading of the Mahler [4]. The long slow movement unfolded as if in one breath, and you could absolutely feel the audience being drawn into the music. You could have heard a pin drop for the entire length of that slow movement. . . .
Watching David speak at a post-concert dinner and interact with the Volunteer League at their luncheon and the board at their meeting, it is clear that he is the complete music director package.

—Henry Fogel, On the Record Blog February 2008