VIP SERIES

THE GRADUATE
7:30PM | Monday | Sept. 8, 2008
Living Hope Baptist Church

Sponsored by Integra Bank
Co-sponsored by Debra Broz, Attorney at Law


It's back to school with the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra! Featured is the music of Brahms (Academic Festival Overture), Elgar (Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1), Strauss (Selections from Graduation Ball)...



SPECIAL EVENT

HOEDOWN AT SHAKERTOWN
7:30PM | Saturday | Sept. 13, 2008
Shaker Museum | South Union


John Cowan and band join the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra in the second installment of a concert of bluegrass under the stars.
Catered buffet provided by Brickyard Cafe - Franklin.




SPECIAL EVENT

GLEN CAMPBELL IN CONCERT
8PM | Friday | Sept. 26, 2008
Capitol Arts Center
Sponsored by The Encore, Carol & Denny Wedge, Bob Evans Farms
Co-Sponsored by Vicki & Dan Renshaw & Dr. Robert & Pat Goodwin


Country/pop legend Glen Campbell and Debby Campbell join the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra in concert



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FROM WORDS TO MUSIC
7:30PM | Monday | Oct. 27, 2008
Living Hope Baptist Church


Sponsored by Baker Arboretum
Co-sponsored by English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley LLP


Through the years, composers have been inspired by the written word. This concert explores how speeches, books, poetry, and plays prompted Beethoven (Egmont Overture), Vaughan Williams...




RETRO SERIES

COUNTRYMADNESS
8PM | Friday | Nov. 14, 2008
8PM | Saturday | Nov. 15, 2008
Capitol Arts Center


Sponsored by Brian Schuette, Attorney at Law

A reprise of last season's tribute to classic country.



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A LARNELLE HARRIS CHRISTMAS
7:30PM | Monday | Dec. 8, 2008
Living Hope Baptist Church


Special guest, Dick Tunney, piano

Sponsored by Jim Johnson Pontiac-Nissan-Hyundai, American Bank & Trust, David F. Broderick, Attorney at Law

Grammy and Dove-winning Christian artist Larnelle Harris reprises his 2006 sold-out concert of sacred and secular Christmas music.




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LOVE AND WAR
7:30PM | Monday | Jan. 12, 2009
Living Hope Baptist Church


Sponsored by Dr. & Mrs. David Livingston
Co-sponsored by PBI Bank & Minit Mart


All's fair in love and...well, you know. The BGCO performs music inspired by the good and the bad from the pens of Wagner (Siegfried Idyll), Walton (Two Pieces from Henry V), Mendelssohn (Wedding March), Howard Hanson (Finale from Symphony No. 2, Romantic), Lai (Theme from Love Story) and Marvin Hamlisch (What I Did for Love).




C3 SERIES

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
2PM | Sunday | Jan. 25, 2009
Historic L&N Train Depot

Sponsored by Carol & Denny Wedge

This concert explores Saint-Saens musicological and zoological fantasy.





SPECIAL EVENT

EXPLORING THE CLASSICS
7:30PM | Monday | Feb. 2, 2009
Living Hope Baptist Church - FREE CONCERT!


Sponsored by Integra Bank

Bum, Bum, Bum, Bummm! Conductor Jeff Reed and the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra discuss and perform Beethoven's masterpiece, the Symphony No. 5 in C minor.




RETRO SERIES

ONE-HIT WONDERS
8PM | Friday | Feb. 6, 2009
8PM | Saturday | Feb. 7, 2009
Capitol Arts Center


Sponsored by Dr. Patricia Mercer and Overhead Door Company of Bowling Green
Co-sponsored by Graves-Gilbert Clinic, Carol Ann & Lee Stott and United First Financial


The Rewinders and friends join the BGCO in a second tribute to those who made it big...once.



C3 SERIES

YOU CRACK ME UP!
2PM | Sunday | Feb. 8, 2009
Historic L&N Train Depot


Sponsored by Carol & Denny Wedge

How funny can classical music be? Join the BGCO and find out!




SPECIAL EVENT

LINCOLN: A MAN FOR ALL TIMES
12:30PM | Monday | Feb. 9, 2009
Living Hope Baptist Church


Presented through a grant from the Kentucky Arts Council Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and Fruit of the Loom

The Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra and Richardsville Elementary School presents the children's musical Lincoln: A Man for All Times by BGCO oboist and staff arranger Pam Thurman and Glen Rice.




C3 SERIES

HANDEL WITH CARE
2PM | Sunday | Feb. 22, 2009
Historic L&N Train Depot


Sponsored by Carol & Denny Wedge

A concert featuring the life and music of Baroque genius George Frideric Handel




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EVENING WITH JOHN WILLIAMS
7:30PM | Monday | Mar. 2, 2009
Living Hope Baptist Church


Sponsored by Col. Robert & Cora Jane Spiller
Co-sponsored by US Bank


The BGCO presents the greatest hits of Academy-award-winning film composer John Williams. Featured is music from Midway, Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1941, E.T., Saving Private Ryan and, of course, Star Wars.




VIP SERIES

AN EVENING OF RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN CLASSICS
7:30PM | Monday | Apr. 20, 2009
Living Hope Baptist Church


Sponsored by Ervin G. Houchens Foundation
Co-sponsored by Linda & Don Vitale and Mary & Norris Thomas


Songs from Carousel, State Fair, The King and I, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, and Oklahoma!




SPECIAL EVENT

HYMNFEST III
3:00PM | Sunday | May 31, 2009
First Baptist Church
Featuring Dove-Award winner Steve Green

Sponsored by JC Kirby & Son Funeral Chapels, Mary & Norris Thomas and Sandy & Dan Riley

The Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra and Choir present the greatest hymns ever written in a sing-a-long event that has become a family tradition.



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