Past MSYO Concerts

MSYO Concert Program Repertoire by Semester

Fall 2023
Offenbach: Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”
Brahms: Hungarian Dances WoO 1
Márquez: Danzón No. 2
Spring 2023
Bernstein: Candide Overture Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto e minor 1st mvmt (Dheyan Lim)
Piazzolla: Oblivion for String Quartet Bach: Little Fugue in G minor for Brass Quintet
Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Bruch: Violin Concerto in G minor 1st mvmt (Mica Schillinger-Hyman)
Coolidge: Pioneer Dances
Fall 2022
von Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture (Skywalker)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Jim Stopher)
Purcell: Music for Queen Mary II (Brass Ensemble)
Dvorák: Symphony No. 8
Spring 2022
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture (Skywalker recording)
Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra (Owen Xu)
Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte (small chamber ensemble)
Prokofiev: The Montagues and Capulets, from Romeo and Juliet
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor 1st movement (Ted Chor)
Bernstein: Overture to West Side Story, arr. Peress
Fall 2021 (in person but separate winds/strings)
Holst: St. Paul’s Suite in C Major for Strings I. III. IV.
Holst: Suite from The Planets (winds, brass, perc. Andrei Gorchov conductor)
Elgar Nimrod from Enigma Variations (winds, brass, per. Andrei Gorchov conductor)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major
Spring 2021 (Virtual Recording)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Fall 2020 (Virtual Recording)
Verdi: Nabucco Overture
Spring 2020 (Halted in March, never completed)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Stravinsky: The Firebird
Dittersdorf: Harp Concerto I.
Reinecke: Flute Concerto III.
Fall 2019
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in Eb Major (John Freeman)
Albert: Fanfare for 13 Brass
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (Skywalker recording)
Spring 2019
Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1
Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz
Gershwin: American in Paris
Dvorvák: Slavonic Dances Op. 46 No. 8
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations (Zuill Bailey, cello)
Fall 2018
Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau) (Skywalker recording)
Brahms: Hungarian Dances 4, 5, 6 (Skywalker recording)
Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, The Peacock
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in Eb Major (John Freeman) – Canceled
Spring 2018
Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles ‘Mlada’ (Andrei Gorchov conductor)
Stamitz: Flute Concerto 1st movement (Chris Boyadjiev Andrei Gorchov conductor)
Lalo: Cello Concerto 1st movement (Benji Wu)
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Bernstein: 3 Dance Episodes from ‘On the Town’
Fall 2017
Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Skywalker recording)
Faure: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite
Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah (Skywalker recording)
Spring 2017
Copland: Rodeo
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto 1st movement (Stephanie Oh)
Ravel: Bolero
Rossini/Britten: Soirees Musicales
Fall 2016
Liam Wallace: Freedom March
Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor 4 violins, cello, strings 1st movement
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto E Minor iii. (Karen Shinozaki Sor/Midori)
Bizet: Les Toreadors from Carmen Suite No. 1
Bernstein: West Side Story Overture, arr. Peress
Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade (Skywalker recording)
Spring 2016
Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major 1st (Daniel Jordan, Andrei Gorchov conductor)
Bruch: Violin Concerto in G minor 1st (Anna Okada)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major (Skywalker recording)
Fall 2015 Williams: Olympic Fanfare, arr. Riggio (Skywalker)
Weber: Oberon Overture
Kabalevsky: Galop from The Comedians (Euan Shields)
Chaminade Concertino (Andrei Gorchov)
Dvorak Symphony 8 (Skywalker)
Spring 2015
Glinka: Overture to Russian and Ludmilla
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major 1st (Matthew DeFilippis)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e minor 3rd (Myer Johnson-Potter)
Sibelius: Finlandia (Andrei Gorchov conductor)
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
Fall 2014
Williams: Theme from Superman (Skywalker recording)
Hovhaness: Artik Concerto for Horn and Strings (Katie Dennis)
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite, Arr. Merle Isaac (Danse Infernale, Berceuse, Finale) (Skywalker recording)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5 (Skywalker recording)
Spring 2014
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Andrei Gorchov conductor)
Mozart: Violin Concerto No 4 1st (Lainie Johnston)
Hindemith: Geschwindmarsch (winds)
Chabrier: Espana
Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria: Rusticana
Sibelius: Violin Concerto d minor 2nd (David Sohn)
Mozart: Flute Concerto in D Major 1st (Jaime Lee, Andrei Gorchov conductor)
Borodin: Polovitsian Dances
Fall 2013
Rossini: Girl in Algiers Overture
J.S. Bach: Little Fugue in G Minor (Winds)
Schubert: Ave Maria (Brass)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol (Skywalker recording)
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante 3rd (Jenny Douglass and Karen Shinozaki Sor)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 2 4th movement
Williams: Raiders March (Skywalker recording)
Spring 2013
Smetana: Dance of the Comedians (Andrei Gorchov conductor)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major 1st (Matthew Lee)
Bloch: Rhapsodie from Suite Hebraique (Kira Collins)
Ehrenberg: Sogno di Speranza (2013)
Beethoven: Symphony No 1
Fall 2012
Verdi: Nabucco Overture
J.S Bach: Double Violin Concerto 1st (Joyce Lee and Alina Polonskaya)
Elgar: Nimrod from Enigma Variations (winds)
Schubert: Marche Militaire (winds)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in Eb (chamber)
Schubert: Symphony 8 Sibelius: Symphony 2 IV. Finale
Spring 2012
Rossini: Overture from La Gazza Ladra (Andrei Gorchov conductor)
Mozart: Flute Concerto in D Major (Hallie Gist)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 4
Fall 2011
Smetana: The Moldau
Robert Allen: Haumea from the Dwarf Planets (2011)
Holst: Mars and Jupiter from The Planets
Dvorak: Symphony 9
Spring 2011
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No 3 (Julie Ramseier)
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (Andrei Gorchov conductor)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Fall 2010
Copland: Billy the Kid
Williams: Three Pieces from Schindler’s List (Karen Shinozaki Sor)
Beethoven: Symphony 5