Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis – Vaughan Williams
The Pines of Rome—Respighi
FEBRUARY
First Series:
Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde—Wagner
Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto—Chen Gang and He Zhanzao
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture—Tchaikovsky
Second Series:
The Water Goblin—Dvorák
Suite from Der Rosenkavalier—Strauss
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini—Rachmaninov
MARCH
First Series:
El Salon Mexico—Copland
Piano Concerto, op. 67, “Memo Flora”—Takashi Yoshimatsu
Sinfonia No. 6 — Carlos Chávez
Second Series:
Roman Carnival Overture—Berlioz
Adagio for Strings—Barber
Ein Heldenleben— Strauss
APRIL
First Series:
Piano Concerto—Schumann
Symphony No. 7—Bruckner
Second Series:
Sensemayá—Revueltas
Violin Concerto in D—Stravinsky
Concerto for Orchestra — Bartok
MAY
First Series:
Overture from Egmont—Beethoven
Valse—Ravel
Symphony No. 4 — Ives
Second Series:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2—Bach
Symphony No. 1, Jupiter—Mozart
Enigma Variations— Elgar
SPECIAL SEASON FINALE
Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”—Mahler
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CLAIRE LEGRAND used to be a musician until she realized she couldn’t stop thinking about the stories in her head. Now a writer, Ms. Legrand can often be found typing with purpose at her keyboard, matching patrons with their books at her local library, or embarking upon spontaneous adventures to lands unknown. Her first novel was The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls. Claire lives in New York, New York. Visit her at claire-legrand.com.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Legrand, Claire, 1986–
The year of shadows / Claire Legrand.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Forced to move into a haunted concert hall with her distant father, “The Maestro,” and aging grandmother, Nonnie, twelve-year-old Olivia, and classmate Henry try to lay to rest ghosts tied to the Hall’s past before time and money run out.
ISBN 978-1-4424-4294-8 (hardcover)
[1. Ghosts—Fiction. 2. Haunted places—Fiction. 3. Orchestra—Fiction. 4. Family
problems—Fiction. 5. Fathers and daughters—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.L521297Ye 2013
[Fic]—dc23
2012034667
Contents
Acknowledgments
Part One
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Part Two
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Part Three
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Part Four
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Author’s Note
About Claire Legran