Instrumentation notes
58th season
2017-18
(as of 8/17/2017)
| Music Garden Concert – reduced orchestra Friday, September 8, 2017 at 6:30 pm Charter Oak Park Music Garden, Manchester, CT |
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| National Anthem | ||
| Bizet – Selections from Bizet Carmen Suite #2 | ||
| Piazzolla – Oblivion | strings only | |
| Autumn Leaves | ||
| Sousa – Stars & Stripes Forever | ||
| Concert 1 – Chorale “Simple Gifts” Saturday, November 18th, 2017 (7:30pm) Emanuel Lutheran Church, Manchester, CT |
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| Schubert – Mass in G | SATB, STB Soli 0.2.0.2/0.2.0.0 TIMP ORG STR | |
| Brahms – How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place | SATB | |
| Copland – Simple Gifts | SATB | |
| Copland – Zion’s Walls | SATB | |
| Dawson – Ain’ a That Good News | SATB | |
| Haydn – The Heavens Are Telling | SATB, STB Soli | |
| Larson – Sing to the Lord of Harvest | SATB | |
| Rutter – For the Beauty of the Earth | SATB | |
| Rutter – Gaelic Blessing | SATB | |
| Sleeth – A Song of Thanksgiving | SATB | |
| Thompson – The God Who Gave Us Life | SATB | |
| Thompson – The Road Not Taken | SATB | |
| Concert 2 –Orchestra “Nutcracker” Friday, December 1st, 2017 (7:30pm) Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT |
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| Anderson – Christmas Festival | 2+1.2.2.2/4.3.3.1 TIMP 6 PERC AAT SAX | |
| HP (ORG) STR | ||
| Verdi – La Forza del Destino Overture | 2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1 TIMP HP STR | |
| Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto #1 | 2.2.2.2/4.2.0.0 TIMP STR | |
| Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello | ||
| Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker | 3D2.2+1.2+1.2/4.2.3.1 TIMP PERC 2HP CEL STR | |
| Anderson – Sleigh Ride | 2+1.2.2.2/4.3.3.1 PERC SAX STR | |
| Extra – Orchestra performance of Nutcracker Ballet with CCB Saturday, December 9th, 2017 (12:00pm and 4:00pm) Manchester High School, Manchester, CT |
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| Concert 3 – Chorale/Orchestra “Fauré Requiem” Saturday, March 24th, 2018 (7:30pm) Location TBD |
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| Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine | SATB | |
| Mozart – Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297 “Paris” mvmts 1 & 3 | 2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0 TIMP STR | |
| Wagner – Good Friday Spell from Parsifal | 3.3.2.2/4.2.3.1 TIMP STR | |
| Fauré – Requiem | SATB div, SB soli | |
| 2.0.2.2/4.2.3.0,timp,org,hp,str full instrumentation | ||
| 0.0.0.(2)/4.2.0.0,(2 timp),hp,org,str, violin solo Min: 2hn,hp,org,str,vn solo (all other optional) | ||
| Concert 4 – Orchestra “Exploring Sound” Saturday, April 21st, 2018 (7:30pm) Manchester High School |
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| Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man | 0.0.0.0/4.3.3.1 TIMP PERC | |
| Dvorak – Wind Serenade | 0.2.2.2+1/3.0.0.0 STR | |
| Bach – Concerto for Two Violins | CEM STR | |
| Berlioz – March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique | 2.2.2.4/4.2+2.3.2 TIMP PERC STR | |
| Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol | 3.2.2.2/4.2.3.1 TIMP PERC HP STR | |
| Concert 5 – Chorale/Orchestra “Pops” “An American Road Trip” Saturday, June 9th, 2018 (7:30pm) Location TBD Discovering the USA through music |
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