Past Orchestra Repertoire
2009-2010
Prologue and Variations for String Orchestra by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939)
Concerto in D minor for Harpsichord and Strings, BWV 1052 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Michael Haberkorn, harpsichord soloist
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro
Offertory for String Orchestra by Jennifer Bernand Merkowitz (1981)
World Premier Performance
Suite for Strings by Joan Trimble (1915-2000)
- Prelude
- Air
- Finale
The Wasps Overture by Ralph Vaughn Williams (1872-1958)
Siegfried Idyll by Richard Wagner
Rhosymedre by Ralph Vaughn Williams
Procession fo the Nobles by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Heavens are Telling by Franz Josef Haydn
Festive Ode by Karel Husa
Procession of the Sardar by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
2008-2009
Divertimento in F Major, K. 138 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Allegro
- Andante
- Presto
Apollon Musagete (1928, rev. 1947) by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
- A Ballet en Deux Tableaux
- Premier Tableau (Prologue)
- Second Tableau
- Variation d'Apollon (Apollon et les Muses)
- Pas d'Action (Apollon et les trios Muses: Calliope, Polymnie et Terpsichore)
- Variation de Calliope
- Variation de Polymnie
- Variation Terpsichore
- Variation d'Apollon
- Pas de Deux (Apollon et Terpsichore)
- Coda (Apollon et les Muses)
- Apotheose
Three Blues for String Orchestra by Christian Berg (b. 1954)
- Prelude
- Dialog
- Anglo-Blue
Lullaby by George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Richard Lopez, jazz piano
Rounds for String Orchestra by David Diamond (1915-2005)
- Allegro molto vivace
- Adagio
- Allegro vigoroso
Concerto "La Primavera" Op. 8 No. 1 by Antonio Vivaldi (ca. 1675-1741)
- Allegro (Daniel Bolton, solo violin)
- Largo e pianissimo sempre (Bonnie Shore, solo violin)
- Allegro - Danza Pastorale (Nate Rute, solo violin with Jordan Koogler, solo second violin)
Crisantemi by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). Arrangement by Lucas Drew.
Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 48 by Peter Ilyich Tachaikovsky (1840-1893)
- Pezzo in forma di Sonatina
- Walzer
- Elegie
- Finale (Tema Russo)
2007-2008
Fechtschule by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (ca. 1623-1680)
- Aria 1
- Aria 2
- Sarabande
- Courente
- Fechtschule
- Bader Aria
Concerto in G Major for Viola by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Steven Wedell, soloist
- Largo
- Allegro
- Andante
- Presto
"Holberg" Suite in Olden Style, Op. 40 by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
- Praludium
- Sarabande
- Gavotte
- Air
- Regaudon
Rumanian Folk Dances by Bela Bartok (1881-1945). Arrangement by Arthur Willner.
- Jocul Cu Bata
- Braul
- Pe Loc
- Buciumeana
- Poarga Romaneasca
- Maruntel
- Maruntel
American Suite by Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881-1946)
- Indian
- Negro
- Old Fiddler
Shuo by Chen Yi (b. 1953)
Traditional Fiddle Medley
Alexandra Vargo, fiddle; Matt Horne, mandolin; Jon Allen, guitar; and Nate Cote, bass
- Goldrush by Bill Monroe. Arrangement by Andy Carlson
- Randy's Waltz by Andy Carlson
- Fisher's Hornpipe/Maid Behind the Bar by Traditional. Arrangement by Andy Carlson
Portraits of Country Fiddlers, Op. 26 by Pehr Henrikk Nordgren (b. 1944)
- Napsyttaja - The Plucker
- Tuumiskelija - The Thinker
- Vanhan miehen menuetti - The Old Man's Minuet
- Pelimannin elamankappale - The Fiddler's Favorite Tune
Creaking Tree by Darol Anger (b. 1953). Arrangement by Bob Phillips.
Fantasy on Themes by John Merbecke by John Lloyd (b. 1938)
Suite for String Orchestra by Dennis Davenport (b. 1953)
- Lively
- Moderately Slow
- Joyous
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Suite for Symphonic Strings by Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
- Estampie
- Chorale "Et in Arcadia Ego"
- Double Fugue, "In Honor of Heracles"
- Ductia, "In Honor of Eros"
- Lament
- Canonic Variations, "In Honor of Apollo"
- Little Fugue, "Viola's Reward"
- Round, "In Honor of Hermes"
- Nocturne
2006-2007
Concerto in C major BWV 1061 for Two Harpsichords by Johann Sebastian Bach
Michael Haberkorn and Richard Lopez, harpsichords
- Allegro
- Adagio ovvero Largo
- Fuga
Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra with Piano Obbligato by Ernest Bloch
Michael Haberkorn, piano
- Prelude
- Dirge
- Pastorale and Rustic Dances
- Fugue
Bohemian Rhapsody by Freddie Mercury (words and music) Arrangement by Richard Maximoff for the Hampton String Quartet
Eleanor Rigby by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arrangement by Eric Van Wagner
Natalie Bowsher and Stacey Moyer, vocalists
Strut for String Orchestra by Michael Daugherty (b. 1954)
The Juliet Letters by Elvis Costello and The Brodsky String
Quartet: Michael Thomas, ian Belton, Paul Cassidy and Jacquelin Thomas
(words and music)
- Deliver Us (Orchestra)
- For Other Eyes (Brandon Motz, vocal soloist)
- Swine (Brandon Motz, vocal soloist)
- Expert Rites (Jarod Ogier, vocal soloist)
- Dead Letter (Orchestra)
- I Almost Had a Weakness (Erin Myers, vocal soloist)
- Why? (Kate Mock, vocal soloist)
- Who Do You Think You Are? (Jarod Ogier, vocal soloist)
- Taking My Life in Your Hands (Tina Scariano, vocal soloist)
- This offer is Unrepeatable (Brandon Motz, vocal soloist)
- Dear Sweet Filthy World (Jarod Ogier, vocal soloist)
- The Letter Home (Laura Douce, vocal soloist)
- Jacksons, Monk and Rowe (Kate Mock, vocal soloist)
- This Sad Burlesque (Brandon Motz, vocal soloist)
- I Thought I'd Write to Juliet (Brandon Motz, vocal soloist)
- Last Post (Orchestra)
- The First to Leave (Tina Scariano, vocal soloist)
- Damnation's Cellar (Jarod Ogier, Kate Mock and Laura Douce, vocal soloists)
- The Birds Will Still Be Singing (Tina Scariano, vocal soloist)
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 by Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
- Largo
- Allegro Molto
- Allegretto
- Largo
- Largo
Voyage for Flute and Strings by john Corigliano (b. 1958)
Jennifer Parker-Harley, flute
Tango Concertante by Frederick Speck
2005-2006
Serenade in G major, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 by Wolfgang. Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Allegro
- Romance
- Menuetto
- Rondo
Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6 by George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)
- Largo affettuoso
- A tempo giusto
- Musette
- Allegro
- Allegro
Dance of Transylvania by Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
- Bagpipers
- Bear-Dance
- Finale
Serenade for String, Op. 20 by Sire Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
- Allegro piacevole
- Larghetto
- Allegretto
Aria in Classic Style for Harp and String Orchestra by Marcel Grandjany (1891-1975)
Gretchen Streiff, harp soloist
Concerto in C major for Violin "Il Piacere" by Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741)
Erin Gilliland, violin soloist
- Allegro
- Largo e Cantabile
- Allegro
Skylife by David Balakrishnan