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ORCHESTRA 1 – Rachmaninoff

(Sept ’24)
Joseph Young, conductor
Oleg Volkov, piano
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Sergei Babayan, piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini        (22′) 

     3[1.2.pic]  3[1.2.Eh]  2  2 — 4  2  3  1 — tmp+4 — hp — str
          Oleg Volkov, piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 1        (27′) 

     2  2  2  2 — 4  2  3  0 — tmp+2 — str

          Daniil Trifonov, piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3        (39′)

     2  2  2  2 — 4  2  3  1 — tmp+2 — str

          Sergei Babayan, piano

MCPS – 2nd Graders Concerts

(Nov ’24)
Naima Burrs, conductor

Oscar Navarro, Paconchita (3′)

     2[1.2/pic] 2 2 2 – 3 3 3 1 – tmp+4 – hp – str [10.8.6.5.2]

L. v. Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (1st movement excerpt) (3′)

     2 2 2 2 – 2 2 0 0 – tmp – str [10.8.6.5.2]

Florence Price – Allegretto from Suite of Dances for Orchestra (2′)

      2 0 2 1 — 2 2[or 2crt] 0 0 — tmp+3 — str [10.8.6.5.2]

Simama Kaa, Stand Up – Sit Down (3′)

     3[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] – 4 3 3 1 – tmp+4 – hp – pno – str [10.8.6.5.2]

Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt: Suite No. 1, op. 46: In the Hall of the Mountain King (3′)

     2  2  2  2 — 4  2  3  1 — tmp+2 —str [10.8.6.5.2]

Joe Hisaishi, My Neighbor Totoro (4′)

     3[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.Eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] – 4 3 3 1 – tmp+3 – pno/cel – hp – str [10.8.6.5.2]

Charlie Barnett, Second Grade Second Line (3′)

     3[1.2.pic] 2 3[1.2.bcl] 2 – 4 3 3 1 – tmp+3 – hp – str [10.8.6.5.2]

John Williams, Main Theme from “Star Wars: A New Hope” (5′)

     3[1.2.3/pic] 2[1.2] 3[1.2.bcl] 2 – 4 3 3 1 – tmp+2 – hp – pf/cel – str [10.8.6.5.2]

CHORALE 1 – Verdi’s Requiem

(Nov ’24)
Victoria Gau, conductor
Amber Monroe, Soprano
Magdalena Wòr, Mezzo Soprano
Rafael Moras, Tenor
Zaikuan Song, Bass Baritone
Cantate Choir

Giuseppe Verdi, Messa da Requiem (84′)

3[1.2.3/pic]  2  2  4 — 4  8[4tp offstage]  3  1[oph] — tmp+1 — str: 12 10 8 8 4

CHORALE 2 – Handel’s Messiah

(Dec ’24)
Anthony Blake Clark, conductor
Aundi Marie Moore, Soprano
Lucia Bradford, Mezzo Soprano
Norman Shankle, Tenor
Jorell Williams, Bass Baritone
Baltimore Choral Arts Society

George Frideric Handel, Messiah

0 2 0 2 — 0 2 0 0 — tmp — cnt, org — str: 8 8 6 4 2

CHORALE 3 – Washington Chorus

(Mar ’25)
Eugene Rogers, conductor
Damien Norfleet, baritone
Monique Holmes-Spells, mezzo soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms (20′)

     0 0 0 0 — 0 3 3 0 — tmp+7 — 2hp — str[12.10.8.8.4]

Reginald Mobley, countertenor

Nkeiru Okoye: Invitation to a Die-In (12′)

     2(1,2/pic) 2(1,eh) 2(1,bcl) 1 – 4 2 1 1(or btbn) – T+3-str[12.10.8.8.4]

      Damien Norfleet, Spoken Word

Stevens/Lynne/Smith arr. Rogers: Glory (from Selma) (5′)

     2[1/pic.2] 2 2 2 – 2 2 2 1 – tmp+2 – electric bass – str[12.10.8.8.4]

      Damien Norfleet, Baritone

      Monique Holmes-Spells, Spoken Word

Rollo Dilworth: Weather: Stand the Storm (20′)

     2 1 4[1.2.3.bcl] 2 – 4 3 3 1 – euphonium – 2asx, tsx, bsx – tmp+4 – pno – str[12.10.8.8.4]

      Damien Norfleet, Narrator

ORCHESTRA 2 – Shostakovich’s 5th

(Apr ’25)
Naima Burrs, conductor

Ethel Smyth, Overture to The Boatswain’s Mate (6′)

     2[1.2/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+2 — hp — str[12.10.8.8.4]

Margaret Bonds, Montgomery Variations (27′)

     3(1.2.3/pic/alto) 3(1.2.eh) 3(1.2.3/bc) 3(1.2.ctr) – 4331-T+3 Hp – Str[12.10.8.8.4]

Dmitry Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 (45′)

     3[1.2.pic] 2 3[1.2.Ebcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+4 — 2hp[1part] — pf/cel — str[12.10.8.8.4]

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