Sponsored by the Wright State University School of Fine and Performing Arts
With additional funding from the Ohio Arts Council
Every Saturday morning, Discover Classical presents recorded concerts by many of the region's finest performing arts ensembles, like the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Bach Society of Dayton, Chamber Music Yellow Springs and others.
Bach Society of Dayton
David Crean, director
R. Alan Kimbrough, accompanist
Erin Keesy, soprano; Rachel Boezi, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Jones, tenor; Kenneth Shaw, bass-baritone
"Handel's Messiah"
Recorded April 13, 2025, at the Arbogast Performing Arts Center
George Frideric Handel: Messiah
Dayton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Patrick Reynolds, conductor
"It's a World of Dance"
Recorded March 16, 2025, at the Schuster Center
Read the program booklet (start at Page 23)
Bedrich Smetana: Dance of the Comedians
Edvard Grieg: Morning from Peer Gynt
Edward Elgar: Moths and Butterflies from The Wand of Youth
Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
Edvard Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt
Edvard Grieg: March of the Trolls from Lyric Suite
Astor Piazzolla: Libertango
Ronan Hardiman: Lord of the Dance
Soon Hee Newbold: Irish Legend
Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
Bill Whelan: Reel Around the Sun from Riverdance
Arturo Marquez: Danzon No. 2
Dayton Philharmonic Junior Strings and Youth Strings
"Spring Concert"
Recorded March 23, 2025, at the Roger Glass Center for the Arts
Dayton Philharmonic Junior Strings
Michelle Mastin, conductor
George Frideric Handel (arranged by H. B. Fisher): Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
Douglas E. Wagner: Appalachian Suite
Antonio Vivaldi (arranged by Vernon Leidig): Spring and Autumn from The Four Seasons
Modest Moussorgsky (arranged by Elliot A. Del Borgo): Pictures at an Exhibition
Dayton Philharmonic Youth Strings
Maureen Hickey Haitch, conductor
William Grant Still: Danzas de Panama - II. and IV.
Carlos Gardel (arranged by Scott Woolley): "Por una cabeza" Tango
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings - II. Waltz
Peter Warlock: Capitol Suite
Johannes Brahms (arranged by Merle Isaac): Hungarian Dance No. 5