NIH Philharmonia — Selected works from past concerts/seasons…
Season 2010-2011
“Let’s Dance!”
Dvorak – Slavonic Dance no. 8
Bartok – Rumanian Dances
Brahms – Hungarian Dances nos. 5 & 6
Ravel – Bolero
“The One and Only”
Beethoven – Leonore Overture no. 3
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
“We’re Traveling Abroad”
Saint-Saëns – Suite Algerienne
Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 2 (Little Russian)
“Back in 10”
Jacobs – Mass for the Living (World premiere)
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Schumann – Symphony no. 3 (Rhenish)
“Getting Darker”
Shostakovich – Symphony no. 5
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Season 2009-2010
“A Little Taste of NIH Phil”
Vivaldi – “Summer” from the Four Seasons
Mozart – Symphony no. 41 (Jupiter)
“It’s for the Birds”
Respighi – Gli Uccelli (The Birds)
Stravinsky – L’oiseau de feu (The Firebird) (1919 version)
“Let’s Order American”
Copland – An Outdoor Overture
Barber – Capricorn concerto
“A Bass Ball”, Jonathan Deutsch, bass
Mozart – aus dem Serail, Ha! Wie will ich triumphieren
Verdi – Nabucco, Prayer: Tu sul labbro de’ veggenti
Strauss, Joh, Jr. – Emperor Waltz
Ponchielli – La Gioconda, Dance of the Hours
Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin, Gremin’s aria
Gounod – Faust, Vous qui faites l’endormie
“Ein Deutscher Abend”
Mahler – Adagietto from Symphony no. 5
Beethoven – Symphony no. 7
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Season 2008-2009
“Spring is Russian In”
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3, Matthew Van Hoose, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherezade
“Fallen Heroes”
Vaughan Williams – Variations on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
“NIH Phil Goes to the Opera”, Millicent Scarlett, soprano
Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro, Porgi Amor
Puccini – Manon Lescaut, In quelle trine morbide
Puccini – Gianni Schichi, O mio babbino caro
Verdi – La Forza Del Destino, Overture
Puccini – La Boheme, Si mi chiamano Mimi
Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo
Catalani – La Wally, Ebben Ne andro lontano
“How Sweet It Is”
Corigliano – Voyage, Susanne Goldberg, flute
Brahms – Symphony No. 2
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Season 2007-2008
“A Celebration”
Beethoven – Symphony no. 9. Op 125 “Choral”, with the Friday
Morning Music Club Choral
“An Evening with Friends”
Jacob – Bassoon Concerto, Robin Gelman, bassoon
Elgar – Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (Variations on an Original Theme)
“Story Tellers”
Cowell – Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf, Ron David, narrator
“Old & New ‘Suits’”
Corelli – Suite for String Orchestra
Grundstrom – Suite for Chamber Orchestra (World Premiere)
Dvorak – Symphony no. 7, op. 70, D minor
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Season 2006-2007
“Downtown Meets Uptown”
Berlioz – Beatrice & Benedict Overture
Faure – Requiem, with the 18th Street Singers
“A Lovers Tryst”
Schumann, Clara –
Brahms – Serenade no. 2
Schumann, R. – Symphony no. 4
“Something Old, Something New”
Lilge – Oboe Concerto, Emily Bentgen, oboe
Handel – Water Music Suite no. 2
Schubert – Symphony no. 3
“Bach, Beethoven and the Boys”
Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture
Mozart, L. – Kindersymphonie
Beethoven – Symphony no. 1
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Season 2005-2006
“All Mozart”
Mozart – Adagio & Fugue
Mozart Wind Serenade, Eb major
Mozart – Piano Concerto no. 21, k. 467, Maria Alvarez, piano
Concert no. 3
Corelli –Sarabanda, Giga & Bandinerie
Respighi – Ancient Airs & Dances, Set I
Concert no. 2
Weber – Overture to Oberon
Mozart – Horn Concerto, k. 495, Nancia D’Alimonte, horn
Beethoven – Symphony no. 5
Concert no. 1
Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Haydn – Symphony no. 92 (Oxford) |
Season 2005
“Czech it Out”
Suk – Serenade
Dvorak – Czech Suite
Mozart – Symphony no. 38 (Prague)
The First Program of NIH Philharmonia, originally NIHCO
(National Institutes of Health Chamber Orchestra)
Grieg – Holberg Suite
Bizet – L’Arlesienne Suite
Beethoven – Symphony no. 8 |
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