Abbreviations: Pic = piccolo, Eh = English Horn, Bel = Bass clarinet, cabs = contrabassoon
asx = alto sax, tmp = Timpani, hp = harp, pf = Piano, str = strings, perc = percussion, etc.
Gala
Saturday Sept. 7, time TBD
Katherine McPhee, music and instrumentation TBD (standard instrumentation expected)
POPS on the Green
Saturday Sept. 28, 3 p.m.
music and instrumentation TBD (standard instrumentation expected)
Festive Fairy Tales
Saturday Dec. 7, 2024, 8 p.m.
15′ Bizet L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1
2 2[1/Eh.2] 2 2 — 4 4[2tp, 2crt] 3 0 — opt asx — tmp+1 — hp[or pf] — str
16′ Barber: Die Natali 3[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+4 — hp — cel — str
perc: bd, cym, td, tri, tamtam, glock, xyl, crot
7′ Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose), Prélude & Danse du rouet
18′ Ravel: Ma Mère L’Oye (Mother Goose Suite) 2222-2000 T+3, hp, cel Note: 2nd bassoon is a contrabassoon solo part>
Expressions of Youth
Saturday Feb. 15, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
10′ Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
3[1.2.pic] 2 2 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+3 — str perc: bd, cym, tri
Concerto Winners TBD
20′ Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Symphonic Variations on an African Air (150th bday)
3[1.2.pic] 2[1/Eh.2] 2 2-4 2 3 1, tmp+2, hp,str perc: bd, bd/cym, cym, sd, tri
(Possible Encore if program concerto winners repertoire is short in duration)
Romantic Masterpieces
Saturday April 12, 20257:30 p.m.
Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin soloist
Opening work TBD
33′ Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto 2 2 2 2 — 4 2 0 0 — tmp — str
37′ Franck: Symphony in D
2 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 2 — 4 4[2tp, 2crt] 3 1 — tmp — hp — str
Celestial Sounds
May 31, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Heidi Moss Erickson, soprano soloist
2′ Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Opening
10′ Zare: NEOWISE 2222-4231 Timp +3
6′ Holst: Planets, Mars
10′ Holst: Planets, Venus
7′ Holst: Planets, Jupiter
The parts are cued to make performance possible with the following minimum instrumentation: 3[incl pic] 3[incl Eh] 3[incl bcl] 2 — 4 3 3 1 — 2tmp+3 — 2hp, cel — str.
5′ Debussy Clair de Lune 2 2 2 2 — 2 0 0 0 — hp — str
6′ Duparc: Aux étoiles (to the stars) 2222-2000-str. (publisher Salabert)
3′ Erickson, Kurt: “I Sang it to you and the Moon” from his Chicago Songs,
2222 / 221 / perc (3) / harp / piano-celesta / sop solo / strings, Heidi Moss Erickson
6′ Dvořák: Rusalka Song to the moon (standard instr. plus harp) Heidi Moss Erickson
15′ John Williams: Star Wars (Full concert JW signature series edition, LAS owns it) 3[1.2.3/pic] 2[1.2/Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+5 — hp — pf/cel — str
perc: bd, cym, sus cym, tri, tamtam, glock, vib, 2sd
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