Concerts

Past Seasons

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September 12

A Skirmish of Wit

St. Paul's Church
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Friday 9.12.14
Felix Mendelssohn — Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ernst Chausson — Poème
Nell Flanders, Violin
Hector Berlioz — Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict
Erich Korngold — Suite from Much Ado About Nothing

September 13

A Skirmish of Wit

St. Paul's Church
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Saturday 9.13.14
Felix Mendelssohn — Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
John Williams — The Five Sacred Trees
Melissa Kritzer, Bassoon
Hector Berlioz — Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict
Erich Korngold — Suite from Much Ado About Nothing

October 24

Three Unmerry Men

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Friday 10.24.14
Tim Kiah —

The Phoenix and the Turtle

(World Premiere)
Ignaz Lachner — Concertino
Allison Nicotera, Bassoon
Bert Hill, Horn
Antonín Dvořák — Romance
Adam von Housen, Violin
Ludvig van Beethoven. — Coriolan Overture
William Walton — "Touch Her Soft Lips and Part" and "Death of Falstaff" from Henry V
Dmitri Shostakovich — Hamlet Suite

October 25

Three Unmerry Men

St. Paul's Church
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Saturday 10.25.14
Tim Kiah —

The Phoenix and the Turtle
Ignaz Lachner — Concertino
Bert Hill, Horn
Allison Nicotera, Bassoon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Horn Concerto No. 4
Theresa Rice, Horn
Ludvig van Beethoven. — Coriolan Overture
William Walton — "Touch Her Soft Lips and Part" and "Death of Falstaff" from Henry V
Dmitri Shostakovich — Hamlet Suite

December 12

Holiday Concert

St. Paul's Church
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Friday 12.12.14
Otto Nicolai — Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Max Bruch —

Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
Leonid Iogansen, Violin
Alessandro Stradella — Sonata a 8
Warren Wernick, Trumpet
Giuseppe Torelli — Concerto in D major
Warren Wernick, Trumpet
Gerard Schwarz — Variations on Greensleeves
HK Gruber — Silent Night (arr. Schwarz)
Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride
Timothy A. Miller, Guest Conductor
Aaron Dai —

The Night Before Christmas
Aaron Dai, Composer
BD Wong, Guest Narrator

January 31

Bernstein's "Romeo and Juliet"

St. Paul's Church
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Saturday 1.31.15
Ben Brody — Solo for Double Bass and Orchestra
Nick Lenchner, Double Bass
Yaniv Segal — Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Aaron Dai —

Overture alla Marcia
Leonard Bernstein — Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

March 20

Isle Full of Noises

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Friday 3.20.15
Seth Bedford — Flushing Meadows, 1964 for Saxophone and Orchestra (World Premiere)
Aaron Patterson, Saxophone
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Oboe Concerto
Robert Schumann — Cello Concerto
Eric Allen, Cello
Jean Sibelius — Overture to The Tempest
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Tempest

March 21

Isle Full of Noises

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Saturday 3.21.15
Seth Bedford — Flushing Meadows, 1964 for Saxophone and Orchestra (World Premiere)
Aaron Patterson, Saxophone
Béla Bartók — Viola Concerto
Elise Frawley, Viola
Jean Sibelius — Overture to The Tempest
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — The Tempest

April 19

Children's Concert at United Palace Theatre

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Sunday 4.19.15
Johann Strauss II — The Voice of Spring Waltz, op. 140
Seth Bedford — Primavera, World Premiere
Navida Stein, Guest Narrator
Edvard Grieg — "Morgenstimmung" from Peer Gynt
Ludvig van Beethoven. — Excerpts from Symphony No. 6, "Pastorale"
Aaron Copland — Variations on a Shaker Melody

April 25

Children's Concert in Chelsea

St. Paul's Church
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Saturday 4.25.15
Johann Strauss II — Voices of Spring Waltz
Seth Bedford — Primavera, World Premiere
Navida Stein, Guest Narrator
Edvard Grieg — "Morgenstimmung" from Peer Gynt
Ludvig van Beethoven. — Excerpts from Symphony No. 6, "Pastorale"
Aaron Copland — Variations on a Shaker Melody

May 16

Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet

St. Paul's Church
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Saturday 5.16.15
Mike Boyman — Tightrope Walker, Winner of the 2015 Composition Competition
Mike Boyman, Viola
Fazil Say — Violin Concerto ("1001 Nights in the Harem")
Jason Mellow, Violin
Sergei Prokofiev — Selections from Romeo and Juliet