2026-2027

Concert #1 – October 20, 2026, 7:30pm, Beall Hall “Simple Gifts”

  • Nicolai — Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor [2(2=pic).2.2.2 — 4.2.3.0 — tmp+2 — hp — str], 9’
  • Bartók — Dance Suite [2.2.2.2 — 4.2.2.1 — tmp+3 — hp — pf/cel — str], 16–18’
  • Copland — Appalachian Spring (1945 suite, full orchestra) [2(2=pic).2.2.2 — 2.2.2.0 — tmp+2 — hp — pf — str], 23–25’

Concert #2 – November 24, 2026, 7:30pm, Soreng Theater “Arcadia”

  • Debussy — Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune [3.3(3=eh).2.2 — 4.0.0.0 — antique cymbals — 2 hp — str], 10’
  • Mozart — Symphony #41 “Jupiter” [1.2.0.2 — 2.2.0.0 — tmp — str], 30–33’
  • Ravel — Daphnis et Chloé, Suite #2 [4.3.4.4 — 4.4.3.1 — tmp+8 — 2 hp — cel — str], 15–17’

Concert #3 – January 28, 2027, 7:30pm, Beall Hall “Iron and Elegy” — Brian McWhorter, conductor

  • Honegger — Pacific 231 [3(3=pic).3(3=eh).3(3=bcl).3(3=cbn) — 4.3.3.1 — 4 perc — str], 6–7’
  • Jolivet — Concertino for Trumpet [solo tpt — str], Joe Klause, trumpet, 10’
  • Dvořák — Symphony #7 [2(2=pic).2.2.2 — 4.2.3.0 — tmp — str], 38–40’

Concert #4 – March 2, 2027, 7:30pm, Soreng Theater “Deliverance” — Brian McWhorter, conductor

  • Beethoven — Leonore Overture #3 [3(3=pic).2.2.2 — 4.2(+offstage).3.0 — tmp — str], 14–15’
  • Coleridge-Taylor — Ballade in A minor, Op. 33 [3(3=pic).2.2.2 — 4.2.3.1 — tmp+1 — str], 13’
  • *Bacewicz — Symphony #3 [3(3=pic).2.2.2 — 4.3.3.1 — 4 perc — str], 28’

Concert #5 – April 22, 2027, 7:30pm “The Long Farewell”

  • Wagner — Siegfried’s Funeral March from Götterdämmerung [2.2.2.2 — 4.2.3.1 — tmp+3 — hp — str], 8’
  • Menotti — “To This We’ve Come” from The Consul [1.1.1.1 — 2.2.1.0 — hp — pf — str], Jaclyn Beck, soprano, 5’
  • Brahms — Symphony #4 [3(3=pic).2.2.3(3=cbn) — 4.2.3.0 — tmp+tri — str], 40’

Concert #6 – May 21, 2027, 7:30pm “City and Forest”

  • Gershwin — An American in Paris [3(3=pic).3(3=eh).3(3=bcl).2 — 4.3.3.1 — 3 sax — tmp+4 — cel — str], 16–18’
  • Bruckner — Symphony #4 “Romantic” (1878/80) [2.2.2.2 — 4.3.3.1 — tmp — str], 70’