PAST CONCERTS
A Sampling of Our RepertoireSee our event calendar for our programs after 2019.
2018-2019 Season
How to Make it in America
Nancy Bloomer Deussen: American Hymn
Antonin Dvorak: American Suite
William Grant Still: From the Black Belt
George Gershwin: An American in Paris
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The Trumpet Shall Sound
Soloist: Joe Brown, Trumpet – San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Nick Benavides: Magnetismus
Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of St. Gregory
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in Eb
featuring Joe Brown, Trumpet – San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Leos Janacek: Idyll for Strings (Adagio only)
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 82 “The Bear”
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Let’s Dance
Soloist: Jeff LaDeur, Piano
Bela Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances
Georges Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1
Franz Liszt Totentanz
with Jeff LaDeur, Piano
Claude Debussy/Ravel: Sarabande
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite
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Italian Nights
Soloist: Alex Frankel, Tenor
La forza del destino (Overture) – Giuseppe Verdi
Nabucco (Overture) – Giuseppe Verdi
Il barbiere di Siviglia (Overture) – Gioachino Rossini
Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana – Pietro Mascagni
mamma quel vino è generoso (Cavalleria rusticana) – Pietro Mascagni
Lamento di Ferderico (L’arlesiana) – Francesco Cilea
Ella mi fu rapita (Rigoletto) – Giuseppe Verdi
Possente Amor (Rigoletto) – Giuseppe Verdi
La donna è mobile (Rigoletto) – Giuseppe Verdi
Voices of the Past, Present, and Future
Soloist: Britton Day, Piano
Jordan Kuspa: Lemonade Battery
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Jocelyn Hagen: Adagio
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”
2017-2018 Season
Mikhail Glinka Overture to “Russlan and Ludmilla”
Christoph Gluck Overture to “Iphigenia in Aulis”
W.A. Mozart Overture to “Marriage of Figaro”
Gioachino RossiniOverture to “La Gazza Ladra”
Ludwig van Beethoven Overture to “Egmont”
Franz Schubert Overture to “Rosamunde”
Jacques Offenbach Overture to “La belle Helene”
Oscar Navarro Downey Overture
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Mozart Masterpieces – with Susan Waller, flute
W.A. Mozart Overture to “Don Giovanni”
W.A. Mozart Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G Major
W.A. Mozart Serenade No. 11 in Eb, for wind octet
W.A. Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor
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Ludwig and Leonard – with Samantha Rose Cardenas, soprano and Jeffrey Albright, tenor
Ludwig van Beethoven Overture to “Cariolanus”
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major
Leonard Bernstein Overture to “On the Town”
Leonard Bernstein Concert Suite No. 1 form “West Side Story”
Leonard Bernstein Dream with Me, from “Peter Pan”
Leonard Bernstein Overture to “Candide”
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With a Song and a Smile – with Elizabeth Hunter-Ashley, soprano
Carslile Floyd Ain’t it a Pretty Night, from “Susanna”
George Gershwin Summertime, from “Porgy and Bess”
Aaron Copland Three Selections from “Old American Songs”
Irving Berlin/arr. Healey Tribute to Irving Berlin
Hoagy Carmichael/arr. Sammy Nestico Hoagy Carmichael; Am American Treasure
Bruce Chase (arr) Broadway Tonight
Richard Rogers/arr. R.R. Bennett The Carousel Waltz, from “Carousel”
Richard Rogers/arr. John Moss A Salute to Rogers and Hammerstein
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American Idols – with Martin Morley, piano
Michael Markowski joyRIDE – Northern California Premiere
Charles Ives/orch. William Schuman Variations on “America”
Morton Gould American Salute
Alexander Safford Folk Tune and Fiddler’s Fury
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin/arr. John Whitney Fascinating Rythm
Carolyn Bremmer Early Light – Northern California Premiere
George M. Cohan/arr. Hermann George M. Cohan Salute
2016-2017 Season
Raymond David Burkhart Fanfare St. Antoni – Commissioned work, world premiere
Darius Milhaud Overture and Allegro, form “La Sultane”
Mozart Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in Bb Major
Paul Hanson Concerto Serpentique, for electric bassoon and Orchestra
Commissioned work, world premiere
Cindy McTee Circuits
Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme of Haydn (St. Antoni Variations)
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Sound Worlds – with Amy Likar, piccolo
John Knowles Paine The Tempest, Symphonic Poem
Alberto Ginastera Pompeana No. 3, Pastoral Symphony in 3 movements
Martin Rokeach Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra – second performance
Antonin Dvorak Othello Overture
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Song and Dance – with Elizabeth Hunter-Ashley, soprano
Carl Nielson Maskarade Overture
Joseph Suk Scherzo Fantastique
Giacomo Puccini Quando ne’n vo’, from “La Boheme”
Johann Strauss, Jr. Mein Herr Marquis, from “Die Fledermaus”
Jaromir Weinberger Polka and Fugue, from “Schwanda the Bagpiper”
Aram Kachaturian Waltz, from “Masquerade Suite”
Giuseppe Verdi Ah, fors’e lui; Serpre libera, from “La Traviata”
Leonard Bernstein Glitter and Be Gay, from “Canide”
Arturo Marquez Dazon No. 2
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Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Legend – with Sara Sloan, soprano/Jeffrey Albright, tenor
Leigh Harline/Ned Washington When You Wish Upon a Star, from “Pinocchio”
Bob Lowden (arr) Disney Magic
Alan Menken/arr. Harry Haden-Brown Part of Your World, form “Little Mermaid”
Alan Menken/arr. Healey A Whole New World, from “Aladdin”
Peter Tchaikovsky Waltz, from “Sleeping Beauty”
Alan Menken/arr. Healey and Prechel Go the Distance, from “Hercules”
John Williams Suite from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Michael Giacchino/arr. Datzman Music from “Up”
Alan Menken Home, from “Beauty and the Beast”
Alan Menken/arr. Bruce Chase Beauty and the Beast, from “Beauty and the Beast”
Modest Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain, from “Fantasia”
Randy Newman You’ve Got A Friend In Me, from “Toy Story”
Lopez & Lopez Love is an Open Door, from “Frozen”
Bob Lowden (arr) A Disney Super Time, A Mary Poppins Suite
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Then and Now
Noah Luna A Mighty Fortress,
based on the Lutheran Hymn “Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott”
commissioned work – world premiere
Gordon Jacob Old Wine in New Bottles, for chamber winds
Nancy Bachmann Ocean Beach, SF – second performance
William Walton/arr. Muir Mathieson Suite from the film score to “Richard III”
Steven Bryant Estatic Fanfare – Northern California Premiere
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D minor, “Reformation”
2015-2016 Season
Richard Wagner Overture to “Die Meistersinger”
Eric Satie/arr. Claude Debussy Gymnopodies No. 1 and 3
Malcolm Arnold Four Scottish Dances
Benjamin Taylor Toccata for Orchestra (East Bay Premiere)
Antonin Dvorak Romance in F minor, for Violin and Orchestra
Antonin Dvorak Mazurek (Mazurka) in e minor for Violin and Orchestra
Emmanuel Charbrier Habanera
Hector Berlioz Hungarian (Rakoczy) March
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Russian Riches – with Martin Morley, piano
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture
Alexander Borodin Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Alexander Arutunian Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in Db Major
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Broadway at the Movies – with Sara Sloan, soprano and Jeffrey Albright, tenor
Charles Sayer (Arr.) Broadway Showstoppers
Richard Rogers/arr. R.R. Bennett Music from “South Pacific”
Mitch Leigh/arr. Joe Darion Impossible Dream, form “Man of La Mancha”
Richard Rogers The Sound of Music from “The Sound of Music”
Leonard Bernstein/arr. Jack Mason Selections from “West Side Story”
Claud-Michel Shonberg Bring Him Home, from “Les Miserables”
Meredith Wilson/arr. Leroy Anderson Seventy-Six Trombones, form “The Music Man”
Frederick Lowe/Alan Lerner Selections from “My Fair Lady”
Andrew Lloyd Weber Selections from “Phantom of the Opera”
Richard Rogers/arr. R.R. Bennett Selections from “The Sound of Music”
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Mad About Mozart – with Donna Olson, soprano
Mozart Overture to “The Abduction from the Seraglio”
Mozart Serenade No. 13 in G Major “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
Mozart Arias from “Cosi fan Tutti”
Arias from “Marriage of Figaro”
Arias from “La Clemenza di Tito”
Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D Major “Haffner”
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Coplandish
Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland Variations on a Shaker Melody, from “Appalachian Spring”
Aaron Copland Down a Country Lane
Aaron Copland Four Scenes from “Rodeo”
Aaron Copland Three Latin-American Sketches
Aaron Copland Music form “The Red Pony”
Aaron Copland Danzon Cubano
2014-2015 Season
Oscar NavarroDowney Overture
Alexander Safford Folk Tune and Fiddler’s Fury
Richard Strauss Serenade, Op. 7 for Wind Instruments
Jean Sibelius Finlandia
Matt Montgomery Live Concert version of the album “Petty Troubles”
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We Are The Nation – A Salute to Veterans – with Dan Olivas, baritone
William Walton Spitfire, Prelude and Fugue
Malcolm Arnold English Dances, Set #1
John Williams Hymn to the Fallen, from “Saving Private Ryan”
Richard Rogers/Orch. R.R. Bennett Suite from “Victory at Sea”
Robert Jager “Esprit de Corps”
Ralph Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
Morton Gould American Salute
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Hooray for Hollywood – with Mary Fettig, alto saxophone
Johnny Mercer/arr. John Williams Hooray for Hollywood
Klaus Badelt/arr. Ted Rickets Pirates fo the Caribbean
Harold Arlen/arr. Rothrock and Holcombe Over the Rainbow, from “The Wizard of Oz”
Arr. Victor Lopez James Bond Medley
James Horner/arr. Jonathan Moss James Horner: Hollywood Blockbusters
Lopez & Lopez/arr. Bob Krogstad Music from “Frozen”
Henry Mancini/arr. Calvin Custer A Tribute to Henry Mancini
John Williams Catch Me If You Can: Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orch.
Alan Silvestri/arr. Calvin Custer Forrest Gump Suite
John Williams/arr. Paul Lavender A Tribute to John Williams
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Immortal Beloved – with Lino Rivera, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven Overture and Finale from “The Creatures of Prometheus”
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb Major, “Emperor”
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major “Eroica”
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Some Assembly Required
Paul Dukas Fanfare from “La Peri”
Igor Stravinsky Octet for Wind Instruments
Franz Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 101 in D Major “The Clock”
David Diamond Rounds, for String Orchestra
Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
2013-2014 Season
Peter Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Peter Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Little Russian”
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Acting Out – with Jonathan Knight, trumpet
Leonard Bernstein Candide Overture
Igor Stravinsky L’Histoire du Soldat
Alexander Arutunian Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
Kurt Weil Suite from “Threepenny Opera”
John Williams “Cowboys” Overture
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Crazy Eights
George Friedrich Handel Concerto Grosso, O. 6 No. 8
Mozart Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 388
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F
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Herstory: A Women’s History Month Celebration – with Michelle Caimotto, flute
Jennifer Higdon Fanfare Ritmico
Lili Boulanger d’un matin du printemps
Stacy Garrop Thunderwalker
Libby Larsen Overture for the End of a Century
Cecile Chaminade Concertino for Flute and Orchestra
Emma Lou Diemer Festival Overture
Estafania Webster Tren del fin del mundo – Commissioned work, world premiere
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Let’s Get Lost – with Julio Reyes, guitar
Felix Mendelssohn Overture to “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Guitar and String Orchestra in D Major
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D Major
2012-2013 Season
Nikolas Rimsky-Korsakov Overture on Russian Themes
Edwarg GriegTwo Elegiac Melodies
Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite
Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance, No. 5
Arr. Jeremy Cohen A Trio of Tangos (w/J. Cohen, violin)
Samuel Ward/arr. Carmen Dragon America the Beautiful
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Parts of the Whole
Karl Husa Divertimento for Brass and Percussion
Charles Gounod Petite Symphonie, pour instruments a vent
Felix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 1 in C Major
Benjamin Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
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Composites – with Diane Maltester, clarinet
Ottorino Respighi Gli Uccelli (The Birds)
Igor Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks, Concerto in Eb
Martin Rokeach Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Aaron Copland Lincoln Portrait
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A River Runs Through It – with Soheil Nassari, piano
W.A. Mozart Overture to “Cosi fan Tutti”
Ludwig can Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3 in Eb, “Rhenish”
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French Connection – with Dale Wolford, alto saxophone
Claude Debussy La Boite a joujoux (The Toy Box)
Maurice Ravel/arr. M. Holmes Trois Chansons
Alexander Glazunov Concerto in Eb for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra
Maurice Ravel Le Tombeau du Couperin
2011-2012 Season
Mikhail Glinka Overture to “Russlan and Ludmilla”
Christoph Gluck Overture to “Iphigenia in Aulis”
Gioachino Rossini Overture to “Semiramide”
W.A. Mozart Overture to “Marriage of Figaro”
Franz Schubert Overture to “Rosamunde”
Aaron Copland An Outdoor Overture
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Vibrant Vistas – with Eric Chang, cello
Percy Grainger Shepherd’s Hey
Percy Grainger/Stokowski Molly on the Shore
Ottorino Respighi Trittico Botticelliano
Petor Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
George Bizet Carmen Suites No. 1 and 2
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Wondrous Wolfgang – with Cheryl Albright (flute) and Joffria Whitfield (harp)
W.A. Mozart Overture to “Don Giovanni”
W.A. Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp
W.A. Mozart Overture to “Idomeneo”
W.A. Mozart Symphony No. 25 in g minor
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TransGenre – with Lino Rivera, piano
Darius Milhaud La Creation du Monde
Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major
Lukas Foss For Aaron
George Gershwin An American in Paris
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Triple Play – with Villa Sinfonia Trio
Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F Major
2010-2011 Season
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring: Ballet for Martha (full orch version)
Douglas Beavers American Transgressions for Orchestra – World Premiere
Richard Rogers Hello Young Lovers, from “The King and I”
Leonard Bernstein Somewhere, and Tonight, from “West Side Story”
Jay Lerner I Could Have Danced All Night, and Wouldn’t It Be Loverly, from “My Fair Lady”
William Schuman New England Triptych
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A Composer’s Anniversary Celebration – with Daniel Glover, piano
Igor Stravinsky Greeting Prelude
Igor Stravinsky Eight Instrumental Miniatures for 15 players
Robert Schumann Introduction and Allegro appassionato, Op. 92
Frederick Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Samuel Barber First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12
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The Three B’s – Bach, Beethoven and Brahms – with Kevin Eng (violin), Nancy Loomba (flute) and Brian Roberts (harpsichord)
Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Ludwig von Beethoven Symphony No. 5, in C Major, op. 67
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Expressions of Tribute – with Nadia Blank, piano
Pyotr Iliych Tchaikovsky Mozartiana (Suite No. 4)
Franz Liszt Concerto for Piano No. 1 in Eb
Edvard Grieg Suite from Holberg’s Time Op. 40
Darius Milhaud Suite Francaise
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A Four-Century Sampler – with the Contra Costa Children’s Choir
M. von Weber Overture to “Oberon”
Ralph Vaughan Williams Scherzo Alla Marcia, from Symphony No. 8
William Boyce Symphony No. 8
Serge Prokofiev Classical Symphony, Op 25
Stephen Paulis Sing Creations Music On
Malcolm Williams onOde to Music
Benjamin Britten Psalm 150
Andre Thomas I Dream a World
Gustav Holst/Z. Randall Stroope Homeland
2009-2010 Season
Ludwig van Beethoven Overture to “Egmont”
George Telemann Don Quixote Suite
Paul Dukas/Orch. Hubert Mouton Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
Jeremy Cohen Jeremy’s Fiddle Soup
Duke Ellington/arr. J. Cohen Ellington Medley
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Music That Merges With Words – with Cantare con Vivo Chamber Choir
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
Gordon Jacob Old Wine in New Bottles
Claude Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Percy Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry
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Music That Paints A Picture – With Kelsey Schweikert and Eri Hoshina, pianos
Camille Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals
Aaron Copland Quiet City
Frederick Delius Two Pieces for Small Orchestra
On Hearing a Cukooo in Spring
Summer Night on the River
Larry Cooperman Oceanographic – Premiere Performance
Antonin Dvorak Czech Suite
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Music That Has Stood the Test of Time – with CCCO string soloists
W.A. Mozart Overture to “The Magic Flute”
F. Handel Water Music; selections from the 3 suites
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 in D minor, “Reformation”
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Music That Dances – with Gianna Abondolo, cellist/composer
Jacques Offenbach Overture to “La Belle Helene”
Antonin Dvorak Slavonic Dances; Op. 46, No. 3 and 8
Bela Bartok Rumanian Dances
Buhuslav Martinu Revue de Cuisine; Suite from the Ballet
Gianna Abondolo En el Sueno de la Libertad – Premiere Performance
2008-2009 Season
Ludwig van Beethoven Overture to “Coriolanus”
Frank LaRocca Crossing the Rubicon – commissioned by CCCO
Igor Stravinsky Suite No. 1 and 2 for Small Orchestra
Aaron Copland Concerto for Clarinet with String Orchestra, Harp and Piano
Johannes Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D Major
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Something Old – with Kelsey Schweikert, piano
J.S. Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3
Ernest Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1 for String Orchestra with Piano Obbligato
William Boyce Symphony No. 5 in D Major
W.A. Mozart Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
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Something New – With Diane Maltester, clarinet
Timothy M. Smith Fanfare for Friends III – world premiere
John Hidalgo Meditation on a Rumi Quatrain – world premiere
Jerome Neff Concerto Giocosso for Eb Clarinet and Orchestra
Commissioned by CCCO
Michael Sentura Petra – premiere performance
Brett Keuper Abigana Prayer for String Orchestra – SF Bay Area Premiere
Robert Litton Frontier Suite:Music for an imaginary film –second performance
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Something Borrowed – With Daniel Glover, piano
Felix Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
Donal Michalsky Fanfare After 17th Century Dances
Sergei Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
John Rutter Suite for String Orchestra
Igor Stravinski Pulcinella Suite
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Something Blue – With Brenda Vahur, piano
Irving Fine Blue Towers
Frank Bridge Lament for String Orchestra
Alec Wilder Serenade for Winds
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
David H. Eshelman Incredible Blue – CCCO Commission, premiere performance
Paul Hindemith Trauermusik for Viola and String Orchestra
Michael Torke Bright Blue Music
2007-2008 Season
Joan Tower Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1
Alexandre Tansman Variations on a Theme of Girolamo Frescobaldi
Francis Poulenc Suite Frandaise, d’apres Claude Gervaise
Michael Berkeley Romance of the Rose, Theme and Variations
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8, “The Unfinished”
Aaron CoplandHoe Down, from “Rodeo”
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FRANCE – With Dale Wolford, Alto Saxophone
Gabriel FaurePavane
Claude Debussy/Orch. Henri BusserPetite Suite
Maurice Ravel/arr. HolmesTrois Chanson
Jaques Ibert Concertino da Camera for Alto Saxophone and 11 Instruments
George Bizet Symphony in C
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GERMANY – With Hanny Schmidt-Wyss, piano
Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, “St. Antoni Variations”
Harald Genzmer Sinfonietta for String Orchestra
Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 104 ion D Major, “London”
Richard Wagner Sigfried Idyl
Mozart Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Major
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ITALY – With Jay Rizzetto, trumpet
Gioacchino Rossini Overture to “La Gazza Ladra”
Giacomo PucciniI crisantemi
Guiseppe Torelli Sinfonia con tromba in Re
Giovanni Gabrieli Canzona septimi toni No. 2
Archangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 8 in G minor
Ottorino Resphigi Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1
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ENGLAND AND AMERICA – With Tony Clements, tuba
Robert Litton Springtime Jubilee – commission, world premiere
Malcolm Arnold Serenade for Small Orchestra
Edward Elgar Chanson de Matin et Nuit
Arthur Frackenpohl Concertino for Tuba and String Orchestra
Burrill Phillips Three Pieces for String Orchestra
Aleksader Sternfeld-Dunn Lamentations of a Phoenix – world premiere