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REPERTOIRE LIST

(works conducted in performance)

 

Abel, David                 Three Hebraic Moods

 

Albinoni                      Sinfonia a cinque, Op. 2, No. 5

 

Albrechtsberger        Concerto for Alto Trombone and String Orchestra

 

Alston, Lettie B.         Conquest of Jericho

 

Arensky                       Variations on a Theme of Tschaikowsky

 

Arizaga                        Passacaglia

 

Arriaga                        “Agar,” biblical scena for Boy Soprano, Soprano & Orchestra
                                    “Erminia,” Cantata for Soprano and Orchestra
                                    Overture, Op. 20
                                    Overture to Los Esclavos Felices

 

Astol/Fox                    “La Borinqueña

 

Avetissyan                 Concerto No. 2 for Kanun and Orchestra

Azmeh                        Suite for Improvisor and String Orchestra

 

Bach, J.S.                    Cantata No. 51 “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen
                                    Cantata No. 147 “Herz und Mund und That und Leben
                                    Cantata No. 174 “Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen
                                    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049
                                    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050
                                    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, BWV 1051
                                    Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra, BWV 1043
                                    Orchestral Suite No. 1, BWV 1066
                                    Orchestral Suite No. 2, BWV 1067
                                    Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068
                                    “Quia respexit” from the Magnificat

 

Barber                        Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
                                    Fadograph of a Yestern Scene, Op. 44
                                    Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op. 7

 

Bartok                        Concerto for Orchestra
                                    Seven Rumanian Folk Dances

 

Beethoven                 Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15
                                    Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 37
                                    Concerto No. 4 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 68
                                    Concerto No. 5, for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73
                                    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
                                    Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra, Op. 56
                                    Overture to Egmont, Op. 84

                                    Overture to Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43
                                    Mass in C, Op. 86
                                    Octet for Winds, Op. 103
                                    Symphony No. 1, Op. 21
                                    Symphony No. 2, Op. 36
                                    Symphony No. 4, Op. 61
                                    Symphony No. 5, Op. 67
                                    Symphony No. 7, Op. 9
                                    Symphony No. 9, Op. 125

 

Bellini                         “Eccola! Va, mi lascia” from Norma
                                    “Ah, per sempre” from I Puritani

 

Ben-Amots                Klezmer Concerto for Solo Clarinet, String Orchestra and Percussion

 

Berlioz                        Corsair Overture, Op. 21
                                    Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust
                                    Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14      
                                    “Zaïde” for Soprano and Orchestra

 

Bizet                           Carmen – extensive excerpts
                                    “Au fond du temple saint” from Les Pêcheurs de Perles

 

Boccherini                 Rondo for Cello and Strings

 

Borodin                     Overture to Prince Igor

 

Bohm                         Perpetual Motion

 

Brahms                      Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77
                                    Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104
                                    Hungarian Dance No. 5
                                    Serenade No. 2, Op. 17
                                    Symphony No. 1, Op. 67
                                    Symphony No. 2, Op. 73
                                    Symphony No. 4, Op. 98

 

Britten                        Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31

 

Bruckner                    Requiem

 

Caltabiano                 "Medea" (Scena for Soprano and 13 Instruments)

 

Canteloube                Chants d’Auvergne” - selections

 

Capó                           Soñando con Puerto Rico

 

Cazurra                      Gran Tango

 

Cherubini                   Overture to Der Wasserträger
                                    Two Sonatas for Horn and Strings

 

Copland                      Hoe-Down and Saturday Night Waltz from Rodeo
                                   
Quiet City

 

Corelli                         Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8

 

Creston                      Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra, Op. 21
                                    Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 26

 

Csonka                       Cantata de la Semana Santa

 

Debussy                     Prelude to L'après-midi d'un faune
                                    L’Enfant Prodigue (complete opera/oratorio)

 

de Falla/Halffter        Siete Canciones Populares Españolas

de Falla/Fox               Siete Canciones Populares Españolas

 

Delibes                      Flower Duet” from Lakmé
                                   
Les filles de Cadix

 

Devienne                  Flute Concerto No. 8

 

Diamond                   Elegy for Flute, English Horn and Strings
                                   Rounds for String Orchestra

 

Donizetti                   O luce di quest’anima” from Linda di Chamounix
                                   Sextet and Finale to Act I from Lucia di Lammermoor
                                   Sinfonia Concertante

 

Dukas                        Fanfare to La Peri

Dvorak                      Notturno, Op. 40
                                  Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 53
                                  Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 104
                                  “Song to the Moon” from Rusalka
                                  Serenade for Strings, Op. 22
                                  Slavonik Dance, Op. 46, No. 3
                                  Slavonik Dance, Op. 46, No. 8
                                  Symphony No. 5, Op. 76
                                  Symphony No. 7, Op. 70
                                  Symphony No. 8, Op. 88
                                  Symphony No. 9, (“New World"), Op. 95

Eckhardt-Gramatté  Concertino for String Orchestra

 

Elgar                         Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 1
                                  Serenade for Strings, Op. 20

 

Estrada/Fox             En Mi Viejo San Juan” for Solo Baritone, Chorus & Orchestra

 

Fasch                        Concerto for Trumpet in D Major

 

Fauré                        Pavane, Op. 50
                                  Excerpts from Pelléas et Mélisande
                                  Requiem, Op. 48

                                  “Tantum ergo,” Op. 55

 

Foster/Bland           Five Stephen Foster Songs for Soprano, Baritone and Orchestra

 

Franck                      “Panis angelicus” from Messe Solonelle
                                 
  Psyche and Eros” from The Psyche Suite
                                   
Quare fremuerunt gentes
                                  Symphony in D minor

 

Gershwin                 Lullaby for String Orchestra
                                  Porgy and Bess

 

Giordano                 Extensive excerpts from Andrea Chenier
                                  “Amor ti vieta” from Fedora

 

Gliere                       Russian Sailor’s Dance from The Red Poppy

 

Goedicke                 Concert Etude, Op. 68

 

Gonzalez, Manuel  “Soy espiritu inquieto” from Aramagosso
                                  “Colóquio
                                  Misa en Do
                                  “La Romanza del Coquí” from Nela
                                  “El Regreso a Puerto Rico

 

Gounod                   “Serenade” and “The Calf of Gold” from Faust

 

Grieg                        Concerto for Piano in A minor
                                  Peer Gynt Suites, Excerpts
                                  Two Lyric Pieces

Guastavino              Tres Cantilenas Argentinas y Final

 

Handel                     Instrumental Pieces from Alceste
                                  Concerto grosso, Op. 3, No. 4
                                  Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 1
                                  Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 2

                                  Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 4
                                  Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 12
                                  Coronation Anthem No. 2
                                  Coronation Anthem No. 4
                                  Dettingen Anthem
                                  Utrecht Jubilate
                                  “V’adoro pupile” from Giulio Cesare
                                  Water Music, Suite in D Major
                                  Water Music, Suite in F Major

 

Haydn, F.J.                Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E-flat Major
                                  Overture to an English Opera, 1794
                                  Overture to La Vera Constanza
                                  Symphony No. 31 in D, “Hornsignal”
                                  Symphony No. 46 in B
                                  Symphony No. 61 in D
                                  Symphony No. 64 in A
                                  Symphony No. 68 in B-flat
                                  Symphony No. 89 in F

Haydn, M.                “Veni sancte spiritus,” MH 39

Hebden, John          Concerto grosso, Op. 2, No. 4

                                  Concerto grosso, Op. 2, No. 5

Herbert                    Four Pieces for Cello and Strings

Hernandez               “El Principe Negro” for Solo Baritone & Orchestra

Hernandez/Fox        Preciosa” for Solo Mezzo Soprano, Chorus & Orchestra

 

Hindemith               Septet for Wind Instruments
                                  Trauermusik for Solo Viola and String Orchestra

Ives                           Variations on “America

 

Kang, Sukhi             The Feast of Autumn

 

Khalifé                      Concerto Andalus for ‘Ud and Orchestra

 

Kreis, Robert           Elegy
                                  Panorama

 

Landestoy/Fox        “Romantico” for Chamber Orchestra

 

Lee, Geonyong       Ballet Suite from Bari
                                  “Song in the Dusk” for Haegum and Baroque Strings

 

Lehar                        Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiss” from Giuditta
                                  “Vilia” and The Waltz Duet from Die lustige Witwe

 

Leoncavallo             Edipo Re – extensive excerpts
                                  I Pagliacci – extensive excerpts

 

Lully                          Plaude laetare”, Motet for Two Choirs and Orchestra

 

Mahler                      Kindertotenlieder
                                  Leider eines fahrenden Gesellen
                                  Symphony No. 1 in D Major
                                  Symphony No. 2 in C minor

 

Mascagni                 Cavalleria Rusticana (complete opera)
                                  Zanetto – extensive excerpts

 

Massenet                 “Ah! J’ai en ce moment” from Don Quichotte
                                  “Vision fugitive” from Herodiade
                                  “Voila, donc le terrible cite”, “La mort de Thaïs” and the Meditation from Thaïs

 

Mendelssohn          Capriccio Brilliant, Op. 22
                                  Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 64
                                  Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra
                                  The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

 

Meyerbeer               “O, paradis” from L’Africaine

 

Milhaud                   Dixtour d’instruments a vent
                                  Scaramouche

 

Mislán                      “Tu y yo

 

Mitchell                    Concerto Grosso for Three Trombones

 

Moevs                       Main Traveled Roads

 

Montsalvatge          Cinco Canciones Negras

 

Moore, Douglas      “Willow Song” and “Warm as the Autumn Light” from The Ballad of Baby Doe
                                   The Devil and Daniel Webster (complete opera)

 

Moussorgsky/Ravel    Pictures at an Exhibition

 

Mozart, Leopold      Toy Symphony

 

Mozart, W.A.             Ah, lo previdi!” Soprano concert aria
                                   “Ave verum corpus,” K. 618
                                   Overture to Bastienne und Bastien
                                   Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, K. 191
                                   Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622
                                   Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, K. 313
                                   Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, K. 314b
                                   Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, No. 2, K. 417
                                   Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, K. 314
                                   Concerto No. 12 for Piano and Orchestra, K. 414
                                   Concerto No. 17 for Piano and Orchestra, K. 453
                                   Concerto No. 19 for Piano and Orchestra, K. 459
                                   Concerto No. 23 for Piano and Orchestra, K. 488
                                   Concerto No. 3 for Violin and Orchestra, K. 216
                                   Concerto No. 4 for Violin and Orchestra, K. 218
                                   Concerto No. 5 for Violin and Orchestra, K. 219
                                   Don Giovanni – extensive excerpts
                                   Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525
                                   “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” from Die Zauberflöte
                                   Le nozze di Figaro – extensive excerpts
                                   “Regina coeli,” K. 276
                                   Requiem, K. 626
                                   Serenade No. 4, K. 203 (189b)
                                   Serenade No. 10, K. 361
                                   Serenade No. 12, K. 388
                                   Serenata Notturna, K. 239
                                   “Si mostra la sorte,” K. 209 – Tenor concert aria
                                   Symphony No. 4, K. 19
                                   Symphony No. 13, K. 112
                                   Symphony No. 15, K. 124
                                   Symphony No. 21, K. 134
                                   Symphony No. 25, K. 183
                                   Symphony No. 26, K. 184
                                   Symphony No. 27, K. 199
                                   Symphony No. 29, K. 201
                                   Symphony No. 35, K. 385
                                   Symphony No. 40, K. 550
                                   “Voi avete,” Soprano concert aria

 

Offenbach                Overture to Orphée aux enfers

 

Pachelbel                  Canon

 

Paganini                    Concerto for Violin in D Major, Op. 6

Park, Maria Hester  Keyboard Concerto, Op. 6

 

Peaslee                     Nightsongs for Trumpet and String Orchestra

Pergolesi                   Stabat Mater

Philarmonica, Mrs.  String Sonata No. 2 in D Major

                                    String Sonata No. 3 in G minor

Piazzolla                    “Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas

 

Puccini                      La Boheme – extensive excerpts
                                   “Chi il bel sogno de Doretta” from La Rondine
                                   “In quelle trine morbide” and the Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
                                   Madama Butterfly – extensive excerpts
                                   “Nessun dorma” from Turandot
                                   “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schichi

                                   Tosca – extensive excerpts

Purcell                       Overture to "Bonduca"

 

Rachmaninoff          Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 1
                                   Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30
                                   Vocalise

 

Ravel                          Don Quichotte è Dulcinée
                                   Pavane for a Dead Princess

 

Respighi                    Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3

 

Rodrigo                     Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra
                                   Quatro Madrigales Amarosos for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra
                                   Tres Viejos Aires de Danza”

 

Rorem                       "Pilgrims” for String Orchestra

 

Rossini                      “All’idea di quell metallo” & “Una voce poco fa” from Il barbiere di Siviglia
                                 
 Naqui all’affano” and “Non più mesta” from La Cenerentola
                                  Overture to Semiramide
                                  Overture to Tancredi
                                  String Sonata No. 3

 

Frank Russo            Primum Mobile

 

John Mario Russo   Magnificat

 

Saint-Saens              Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
                                  Morceau de Concert, Harp & Orchestra, Op. 94
                                  Duet w/ the High Priest & Dalila from Samson et Dalila

 

Sammartini, G.        Christmas Concerto Grosso, Op. 5, No. 6

 

Satie/Debussy         Gymnopedies Nos. 1 & 3

 

Schubert                   “Auguste jam coelestium
                                   Konzertstück for Solo Violin and Orchestra
                                   Magnificat, D. 486
                                   Mass No. 2 in G
                                   Mass No. 3 in B-flat
                                   Rondo for Solo Violin and Strings, D. 438

                                   Rosamunde Overture
                                   “Salve regina” for Soprano and String Orchestra
                                   Symphony No. 5, in B-flat
                                   Symphony No. 8 in B minor, “Unfinished”
                                   “Tantum ergo,” D. 460
                                   “Tantum ergo,” D. 739

 

Schumann                Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 129
                                   Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra, Op. 86

 

Shostakovich            Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a
                                   Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 107
                                   Festive Overture
                                   Symphony No. 1, Op. 10
                                   Symphony No. 5, Op. 57

 

Sibelius                      Finlandia, Op. 26
                                   Symphony No. 2, Op. 43
                                   “Valse Triste” from Kuolema Suite

 

Somers                      “A Pine Barrens Legend

 

Sousa/Stokowski     Stars and Stripes Forever

 

Strauss, J. (Sr.)          Radetzky March

 

Strauss, J.                  Mein Herr Marquis” from Die Fledermaus
                                  Artist’s Life Waltzes
                                  Tales from the Vienna Woods

 

Strauss, R.                Cäcilie
                                  “Freundliche Vision
                                  “Morgen
                                  “Zueignung

 

Stravinsky                L’histoire du soldat
                                  Suite  from L'oiseau de feu (1919)
                                  Symphony in Three Movements

 

Sullivan                    “A More Humane Mikado” from The Mikado

 

Torelli                       Christmas Concerto Grosso, Op. 8, No. 6

 

Tschaikowsky          Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35
                                 The Nutcracker (complete ballet)
                                 Overture to Romeo and Juliet
                                 Suite from Sleeping Beauty
                                 Symphony No. 4, Op. 36
                                 Symphony No. 5, Op. 64

 

Turina                      Rapsodia Sinfónica, Op. 66
                                 Serenade for Strings

Ustvolskaya            Concerto for Piano, Strings and Timpani

 

Valverde/Alicea      Clavelitos

 

Vaughn Williams    Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra

 

Verdi                        Un Ballo in Maschera – extensive excerpts
                                 “Come rugiada al cespite” from Ernani
                                 “Sul fil d’un soffie” from Falstaff
                                 “Spuntato, ecco il dí” and “O, mio Rodrigo” from Don Carlo
                                 La Forza del Destino – extensive excerpts
                                 “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco
                                 “Ingemisco” from the Requiem
                                 Rigoletto – extensive excerpts
                                 La Traviata – extensive excerpts
                                 Il Trovatore – extensive excerpts
                                Overture to I Vespri Siciliani

 

Villa-Lobos             "Cantilena" from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
                                Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra
                                Prelude for Strings from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4

 

Villarini, Awilda     Cinquillo Dramático

 

Vieuxtemps            Violin Concerto No. 4

 

Vivaldi                     Concerto for Bassoon and String Orchestra in E minor
                                Concerto for Guitar and String Orchestra in D Major
                                Concerto for Piccolo and String Orchestra in C Major
                                Concerto for Two Trumpets and String Orchestra in C minor
                                Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra in A Major
                                Concerto for Four Violins and Cello in B minor,
                                   Op. 3, No. 1 of “L’estro armonico
                                Concerto for Four Violins and Cello in F Major,
                                   Op. 3, No. 9 of “L’estro armonico
                                Concerto for Four Violins and Cello in D Major,
                                   Op. 3, No. 10 of “L’estro armonico
                                Gloria
                                Magnificat

                                The Four Seasons

 

Wagner                   Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
                                 “O, du mein holder Abendstern” & Overture to Tannhäuser

 

Weber                     “Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen” from Der Freischütz

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