Modern period – Past Concerts

Natalie Dietterich – aeolian dust
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"

New concertmaster Dawn Posey is featured on Ralph Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending in this program book-ended by 2 Classical greats: Joseph Bologne's Symphony No. 2 & W.A. Mozart's Symphony No. 29.

Sarah Kirkland Snider – Something for the Dark
PaviElle French – Requiem for Zula
Samuel Barber – Essay for Orchestra No. 1, Op. 12
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite

Reena Esmail – When the Violin
Trevor Weston – Juba for Strings
William Grant Still – Suite for violin & piano
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25

Natalie Dietterich – aeolian dust
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"

Cocktail hour performances; a full concert with the Thomas Dausgaard & the orchestra, featuring Igor Stravinsky's Firebird Suite; & a formal dinner featuring Chef Kristi Brown.

Caroline Shaw – Thousandth Orange for piano quartet
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Anton Arensky – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32

Nino Rota – Sarabanda e Toccata
Domenico Scarlatti – Keyboard Sonata in A major, K. 208
Gabriel Fauré – Impromptu No. 6 in D-flat major, Op. 86

Outdoor concert film screening of selections from Seattle Chamber Music Society's 2021 Online Summer Festival. Works by Johannes Brahms, Florence Price, & Franz Schubert. Includes movie snacks & door prizes!

St, James' new Assistant Director of Music & Organist, Christopher Stroh, performs a program in honor of the Virgin Mary, including Dietrich Buxtehude's Magnificat.

Fanny Mendelssohn – "I. Allegro molto vivace" from Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
David Baker – "IV. Boogie Woogie" from Roots II
Rebecca Clarke – "II. Andante molto semplice" from Piano Trio
Mieczysław Weinberg – "II. Toccata" from Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15

Maurice Ravel – "IV. Alborada del Gracioso" from Miroirs
Igor Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D major
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Fanny Mendelssohn – "I. Allegro molto vivace" from Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
David Baker – "IV. Boogie Woogie" from Roots II
Rebecca Clarke – "II. Andante molto semplice" from Piano Trio
Mieczysław Weinberg – "II. Toccata" from Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 24
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15

Marcel Dupré – "IV. Final" from Suite, Op. 39
Robert Schumann – "IV. Innig (A-flat major)" from 6 Studien in kanonischer Form, Op. 56
Felix Mendelssohn – Allegro, Chorale, and Fugue in D minor
Pierre Cochereau – Boléro sur un thème de Charles Racquet
Louis Vierne – "I. Allegro" from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 20
Philip James – Méditation à Sainte Clotilde
Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Jonathan Scott – Finale from Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony"

Sergei Rachmaninoff – Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio in A minor
Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8

George Gershwin, arr. James Cohn – Three Preludes
Amy Beach – Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Ludwig van Beethoven – "I. Music, Love, and Wine" from 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
Franz Schubert – "IV. Andantino – Allegretto" from Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout”
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Roman Sokruta – Libertango
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Pablo Ziegler – Michelangelo '70
Aram Khachaturian, arr. Greg Anderson – "Sabre Dance" from Gayane
Jennifer Higdon – A Gentle Notion
Morton Gould – "VIII. Jaunty" from Benny’s Gig
Dick Hyman – "Allegro" from Sextet for clarinet, piano, & string quartet

George Gershwin, arr. James Cohn – Three Preludes
Amy Beach – Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Ludwig van Beethoven – "I. Music, Love, and Wine" from 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
Franz Schubert – "IV. Andantino – Allegretto" from Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout”
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Roman Sokruta – Libertango
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Pablo Ziegler – Michelangelo '70
Aram Khachaturian, arr. Greg Anderson – "Sabre Dance" from Gayane
Jennifer Higdon – A Gentle Notion
Morton Gould – "VIII. Jaunty" from Benny’s Gig
Dick Hyman – "Allegro" from Sextet for clarinet, piano, & string quartet

Nadia Boulanger – Selected songs TBA
Lili Boulanger – Cortège
Erik Satie – Passacaille
Pierre Menu – Sonatine pour quatuor à cordes
Germaine Tailleferre – Piano Trio
Georges Auric – Trois Interludes
Francis Poulenc – "Toccata" from Trois Pièces, FP 48
Elsa Barraine – Crépuscules et Fanfare
Albert Roussel – Sérénade, Op. 30

Olivier Messiaen – "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"

Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra plays host to orchestra conductors from around the globe in this final concert of the PNW Conducting Institute. Works by Antonín Dvořák, Grażyna Bacewicz, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Hanna Benn.