2011-2012 50th Anniversary Concert Season
Unleashed and Unexpected
Robert Franz, Music Director
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Opening Night - September 16 & 17
Robert Franz, conductor
Carol Wincenc, flute
Jake Heggie, guest composer
Michael Daugherty | Route 66
Jake Heggie | Flute Concerto: Fury of Light
Pyotr Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 4
Boise Sponsor - 
Nampa Sponsor - 
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 Sponsors - C.K. Haun & Karen Ann Meyer
Artist Sponsor - John & Linda Stedman
Heroic Beethoven - October 21 & 22
Robin Browning, Guest Conductor
Carlos Cesar Rodriguez, piano
Sir Edward Elgar | Serenade for Strings
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor"
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
Boise Sponsor - The Honorable Stephen S. & Mrs. Carol Trott
Nampa Sponsor - 
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 Sponsor - Ken & Elizabeth Rhoades
Artist Sponsor - Ken & Jeanie Smith
Rachmaninov 3 - November 18 & 19
Robert Franz, conductor
Barry Douglas, piano
Sergei Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No. 3
Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No. 7
Boise Sponsor - 
Nampa Sponsor - 
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 3 Sponsor - Dayle Fowler
Artist Sponsor - 
Wizard of Oz - January 21 & 22 (Saturday & Sunday)*
Robert Franz, conductor & film
*Note that Nampa subscribers will enjoy their concert at the Morrison Center on January 21
Boise Sponsor - 
Grantor - Morrison Center Endowment Foundation
Caroline Goulding, violin - February 24 & 25
Robert Franz, conductor
Caroline Goulding, violin
Miklós Rózsa | Spellbound Concerto
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Violin Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich | Symphony No. 10
Hospitality Concert Sponsor - 
Boise Sponsor - Chris Davidson & Sharon Christoph
Nampa Sponsor - 
German Requiem - March 23 & 24
Robert Franz, conductor
Mary Wilson, soprano
Grant Youngblood, baritone
Boise Philharmonic Master Chorale
Felix Mendelssohn | Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”
Johannes Brahms | German Requiem
Boise Sponsor - Bob and Anne Hay
Nampa Sponsor - 
Brahms - German Requiem Sponsor - John Fiedler & Lesley Bahner
Artist Sponsor - C.K. Haun & Karen Meyer
Don Quixote - April 20 & 21**
Robert Franz, conductor
Behzad Ranjbaran, guest composer
Geoffrey Trabichoff, violin
David Johnson, viola
Samuel Smith, cello
Claude Debussy | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Behzad Ranjbaran | Violin & Viola Concerto
Richard Strauss | Don Quixote
**Note that Nampa subscribers will enjoy their concert at Jewett Auditorium at the College of Idaho on April 20.
Sponsor - 
Strauss - Don Quixote Sponsor - Brent & Sandra Fery
Mahler 2 -- May 5 & 6 ***
Robert Franz, conductor
Boise Philharmonic Master Chorale
Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection"
***Note that Nampa subscribers will enjoy their concert at the Morrison Center on May 5.
Boise Sponsor - Howard & Dottie Goldman
Concert Media Sponsor - 
Mahler 2 Sponsors - Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hennessey, Julie Kilgrow & Alan Gardner, Richard A. & SUsan Floriana Riley and Jeff & Jo-Anne Smith