December 2, 2023
Aaron Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday, Corral Nocturne, Saturday Night Waltz, Hoe-Down
John Corigliano, Composer; Dylan Thomas, Poet: Fern Hill — with the NIH Community Chorus; Joan Dine, Soprano
George Frideric Handel: Selections from Messiah — with the NIH Community Chorus
June 3, 2023
Leroy Anderson: Belle of the Ball, Blue Tango, The Waltzing Cat
Set of American Songs, performed by the NIH Community Chorus:
How Can I Keep from Singing (Gwyneth Walker); Shenandoah (arranged by Andrea Ramsey); Now Touch the Air Softly (Susan LaBarr); Sing me to Heaven (Daniel Gawthrop)
Jessica Meyer: Hello
Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie in B-flat major, Andante cantabile; Scherzo: Allegro Moderato
Aaron Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Cole Porter: Cole Porter Salute (arranged by John Whitney)
March 18, 2023
Molly Joyce: Fresh
Percy Aldridge Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
Cecile Chaminade: Concertino for Flute and Orchestra
(Cara Dailey, Flute)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20 (Selections)
December 3, 2022
Johann Strauss II: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie
Morten Johannes Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium (NIH Community Chorus)
George Frederic Handel: Judas Maccabeus (Selections)*
Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett: Many Moods of Christmas (Suite Four)*
*Orchestra & Chorus
Roger Zare: Fanfare Solaris
Florence Price: Violin Concerto in in D Major, No. 1
(Camille Jones, Violin)
Amy Beach: Gaelic Symphony, Op. 32
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Petite suite de concert, Op. 77
Franz Liszt: Les Preludes
William Grant Still: Christmas in the Western World
(With the NIH Community Chorus)
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture
Verdi: Ave Maria and Stabat Mater from Quattro Pezzi Sacri
(With the NIH Community Chorus)
Wieniawski: Concerto for Violin in D minor, No. 2, Op. 22
(Camille Jones, Violin)
Khachaturian: Three Dances from Gayaneh
March 31, 2019
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
(Marza Wilks, Guest Soloist)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, From the New World
December 9, 2018
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Bennett: Many Moods of Christmas
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Brahms: Nanie, Op. 82
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 I. Allegro non troppo
(Heather MacArthur, violin)
Dvorak: American Suite, Op. 98a
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 (Nos. 1 & 2)
Britten: Courtly Dances from Gloriana
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Grieg: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (From Lyric Pieces)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
(I. Allegro ma non troppo IV. Allegro V. Allegretto)
Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1
Berlioz: Excerpts from L’Enfance du Christ
Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker
Darby/Simeone: T’was the Night Before Christmas
Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival
Verdi: Overture to Nabucco
Mozart: Excerpts from Coronation Mass in C major, K. 317
Bernstein: Overture to West Side Story
John Williams: Tango Por Una Cabeza
(Heather MacArthur, violin)
Rogers/Hammerstein: Selections from The Sound of Music
Humperdinck: Overture to Hansel & Gretel
Mussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain
Mozart: Overture to Cosi Fan Tutte
Brahms: Serenade No. 1
(I. Allegro molto, IV. Menuetto, VI. Rondo)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Delius: Brigg Fair, An English Rhapsody
Grainger: Colonial Song
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
Hanson: Song of Democracy
Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major
Borodin: Overture to Prince Igor
Frescobaldi/Kindler: Toccata
Mozart: Concerto for Violin No. 5 in A major, K. 219
(Elizabeth Kim, violin)
Franck: Symphony in D minor
(I. Lento – Allegro ma non troppo – Allegro)
Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde
Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams
(I. Allegro tranquillo)
Shaw/Russell Bennett: The Many Moods of Christmas
Handel: Selections from The Messiah
Simple Gifts: The Music of Aaron Copland:
*Dance Episodes from Rodeo
(Corral Nocturne, Saturday Night Waltz, Hoe-Down)
*Variations on a Shaker Melody
*Old American Songs
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 (I. Allegro non tanto)
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 (I. Allegro Moderato)
Handel: Selections from The Messiah