Interested in finding out some of the repertoire we've played? Here's a list of everything we've done in the past few seasons, with the most recent first:
Spring Concert: Nicholas Music Center, May 16, 2025
OUR CITY, OUR PEOPLE, OUR MUSIC
Aaron Copland “Appalacian Spring”
Eric Watson “Dialoge for Tabla and Orchestra”
Robert Langenfeld “Under the Night Sky in the Philippines” (Premire)
Arturo Marquez “Danzon No 2”
Spring March 2, March 23, April 27, 2025
“GROOVE (with the Voyager Reed Quintet)
Philip Glass
Geroge Gershwin
Leonard Bernstein
Jean-Phillip Ramea
Winter Concert: Nicholas Music Center, December 13, 2024
“A VERY MERRY BRUNSWICK”
LeroyAnderson “A Christmas Festival”
Antionio Vavaldi/Traditional “Winter Miracle”
Traditional “Christmas Concertante”
Leroy Anderson “Buglers Holiday”
Alan Silverstri/Glen Ballard “The Polar Express”
Robert Cohen “Sleep, Little Baby, Sleep”
Douglas Meyer “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”
George Frideric Handel “Hallelujah Chorus form the Messiah”
Leroy Anderson “Sleigh Ride”
Fall Salon, October 5, October 19 October 23, November 17, 2024
“SALON THIS IS AMERICA”
Philip Glass “Quartet Satz”
Jorge Tabarés (World Premier) “Divertmento”
Rhiannon Giddens “Ath the Purchaser’s Option”
Florence Price “Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint”
Spring Concert: Nicholas Music Center May 17, 2024
“NBCO IN BLUE”
Chick Corea “Spain”
Mary Lou Williams “Zodiac Suite Selections”
Duke Ellington “Take the A Train”
The Jerry Weldon Sextet
Geroge Gershwin “Rhapsody in Blue”
Paul Barbarin “Bourbon Street Parade”
Spring Salon, April 20, May 1, May 11, 2024
“SALON AMERICANA”
Antonin Dvorak “Allegro ma non troppo”
Jennifer Higdon “Sky Quartet: Blue Sky”
Jessie Montogomery “Strum”
George Gershwin “Lullaby”
William Grant Still “Lyric Quartet: The Sentimental One”
Duke Ellingotn “Take the A Trainl”
Holiday Concert: Nicholas Music Center
“HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS”
Leroy Anderson “A Christmas Festival”
R. Vaughan Williams “Fantasia on Greensleeves”
Julius Chajes “Hanukkah Song”
Martin Sedek “Love is Enough”
Morton Lauridsen “O Magnum Mysterium”
George Frideric Handel “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah
Leroy Anderson “Sleigh Ride”
Fall Salon November 1, November 15, November 19, 2023
“HAUNTED DANCE”
Camille Saint-Saens “Danse Macabre”
Joseph Haydn “Witches’ Minuet”
Dmitri Shostakovich “String Quartet #8”
George Cohen “Restless Moon”
William Bolcom “Ghost Rags”
Astor Piazzolla “Death of an Angel”
Spring Salon February 5, February 11 and 25, 2023
“THE CLARINET: Then and Now”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581, 4. Allegretto con variazioni
Max Reger Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Vivace
John Corigliano “Soliloquy”
Samuel Livingston “Quiet Summer Night”
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Quintet Larghetto
Paul Hindemith Clarinet Quintet, Schneller Ländler
Fall Salon October 9, 16, and 29, 2022
S. Rachmaninoff: String Quartet 2
John Cage: String Quartet 4 parts
Leos Janacek: String Quartet 2
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet
Johannes Brahms String Quartet 1
Spring Salon April 24, 2022
”RESISTANCE”
Mykola Lysenko: String Quartet No. 1
Kurt Weill: “Wie Lange Noch”
Viktor Ullmann: String Quartet No. 3
Frederic Chopin: “Etude Op. 10, No. 12”
Mikos Theodorakis: String Quartet No. 2
Francis Poulenc: “Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon”
Valentin Silvestrov: “Prayer for Ukraine”
NBCO Video Project February 2022
”SUBVERSIVES”Charles Ives: String Quartet No. 1
Ethel Smyth: String Quartet in E minor
Igor Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for String Quartet
Ignatius Sachno: from 12 Country Dances
George Antheil: String Quartet No. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 2 “For Sylvia Beach”
NBCO Video Project January 2021
”CREDO”Mohammed Fairouz: String Quartet “The Named Angels”
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Kevin Puts: String Quartet No. 1 “Credo”
Libby Larsen: String Quartet No. 2 “Emergence”
William Bolcom: Three Ghost Rags
LIving Roon Salons - March 2020-September 2021
”Music in the time of COVID”
Winter Salon January 19-25, 2020
”EXTENDED TECHNIQUES”Andrew Norman: Peculiar Strokes
Johannes Brahms - String Quartet No. 1. III Allegretto molto moderato
Lou Harrison - String Quartet Set - III. Estampie
Bela Bartok - String Quartet No. 4 - IV. Allegretto pizzicato
Morton Feldman - Structures
Benjamin Britten - Cello Suite
Fall Salon November 9-16, 2019
”MYTHOS”Alfred Hill “String Quartet No. 2 - A Maori Legend in Four Scenes. 1. The Forest”
Mauricio Kagel “Pan”
Terry Riley “The Wheel and Mythic Birds Waltz”
Aaron Copland “As it Fell Upon a Day”
Molly Herron “Moon Shift" (world premiere)
Stacy Garrop “Athena Triumphant”
Concert June 2, 2019FRAGMENTS
Elena Kats-Chernin “Zoom and Zip”
Thea Musgrave “Green"
Caroline Shaw “Entr’acte"
Benjamin Britten “Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge”
Spring Salon March 30-31, 2019
"HOMAGE"Timo Andres “Thrive on Routine”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “String Quartet No. 14 - Spring”
Alexander von Zemlinsky “String Quartet No. 4 - Suite”
William Bolcom “Three Rags for String Quartet"
Leoš Janáček “String Quartet No. 2 - Intimate Letters”
Concert February 9-10, 2019TRANSCENDENCE
John Tavener “Mahashakti”
Henryk Górecki “Harpsichord Concerto, Op. 40”
Arvo Pärt “Tabula Rasa”
Winter Salon January 27, 2019
"AFTER CLARA II"Jennifer Higdon “Impressions - I. Bright Palette”
Clara Schumann : selected lieder
Germaine Tailleferre “String Quartet”
Ethyl Smith ”String Quartet in E minor - I. Allegretto lirico”
Carrie Jacobs-Bond : selected songs
Libby Larsen “Emergence - II. Reactive”
Fall Saloni. October 7, 2018
"IMPRESSIONS”Claude Debussy “String Quartet in G minor - II. Assez vif et bien rythmé"
John Luther Adams “Wind in High Places - I. Above Sunset Pass”
Charles Griffes “Two Sketches on Native American Themes”
Jennifer Higdon “Impressions - III. To the Point”
Missy Mazzoli “Death Valley Junction”
Maurice Ravel "String Quartet in F Major - II. Assez vif
Concert May 20, 2018TAKE FLIGHT
Christopher Cerrone “High Windows”
Howard Hanson “Serenade”
Mason Bates "Icarian Rhapsody"
Shruthi Rajesekar “Son of Pandu”
Bela Bartok “Divertimento”
Spring Salon April 22, 2018
"ANGELS & DEMONS"Franz Schubert "String Quartet No. 14 - Death and the Maiden"
Aaron Jay Kernis “Musica Celestis”
Stacy Garrop "String Quartet No. 2 - Demons and Angels"
Mohammed Fairouz “The Named Angels”
Jessie Montgomery “Voodoo Dolls"
Winer Salon January 21, 2018
WANDERLUSTAntonin Dvorak “String Quartet No. 12 - American"
David Lang “Ark Luggage"
Gabriela Lena Frank "Leyendas, An Andean Walkabout”
Alexander Glazunov “Five Novelletten”
John Adams "Fellow Traveler"
Fall Salon November 19, 2017
"BAD ATTITUDE"Stacy Garrop “String Quartet No. 2 - Demons and Angels”
George Antheil “String Quartet No. 2 - For Sylvia Beach”
Ludwig van Beethoven "String Quartet No. 11 - Serioso"
Dmitri Shostakovich "String Quartet No. 10"
Libby Larsen "String Quartet No. 4 - Emergence"
Fall Salon October 1, 2017
"AFTER CLARA"Fanny Mendelssohn “String Quartet in E-flat”
Amy Beach “Quartet for Strings”
Jennifer Higdon “Sky Quartet”
Caroline Shaw “Limestone and Felt"
Libby Larsen "String Quartet No. 4 - Emergence"
Concert June 3, 2017begBORROWsteal
Michael Daugherty "Strut"
Alexa Canales "Once More"
Sebastian Currier "Next Atlantis"
John Corigliano "Voyage"
Dmitri Shostakovich "Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a (arr. Barshai)"
Spring Salon May 7, 2017
"HIDDEN VARIABLES"Johann Sebastian Bach "Art of the Fugue - Contrapunctus XIV"
Charles Ives "String Quartet No. 1 - From the Salvation Army"
Ludwig van Beethoven "String Quartet No. 10 - Allegretto con Variazioni"
David Wolfson "Deep Woods"
Terry Riley "G Song"
Dmitri Shostakovich "String Quartet No. 8 - Allegretto"
Winter Salon January 29, 2017
"DARK MATTER"Jeffrey Ryan "Quantum Mechanics - I. Fission"
Bela Bartok "String Quartet No. 5 - IV. Andante"
Felix Mendelssohn "String Quartet No. 6 - Requiem for Fanny"
John Luther Adams "The Wind in High Places"
Pavel Haas "String Quartet No. 2 - II. The Moon and I"
Jeffrey Ryan "Quantum Mechanics - III. Fusion"
Fall Salon October 30, 2016
"BEGINNINGS"Joseph Haydn "String Quartet No. 1"
Ludwig van Beethoven "String Quartet No. 1"
Michael Nyman "String Quartet No. 3 - Beginning"
Caroline Shaw "Entr'acte"
Terry Riley "Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector"
Concert
FOUR X 4 June 4, 2016
Judd Greenstein “Four on the floor"
Jinsil Lee “The Beginning”
Mohammed Fairouz “The Named Angels” -I. Mikhael’s Thunder
Alberto Ginastera “Concerto per corde”
Spring Salon April 24, 2016Antonin Dvorak: "String Quartet No. 3" III. Allegro energico - Trio
Osvaldo Golijov: "Yiddishbbuk" - II.
Anqi Liu - "Pastoral"
Mohammed Fairouz - "The Named Angels" I. Mikhael's Thunder & III. Jibreel at Hira
Winter Salon January 30, 2016Caroline Shaw “Punctum"
Ludwig van Beethoven "String Qt. No. 13 in B-flat Major: IV. Alla danza tedesca V. Cavatina”
Kevin Puts "Credo"
Fall Salon November 22, 2015Juan Antonio Simarro "String Quartet No. 1"
Pedro Vilarroig "String Quartet No. 2: 1st and 3rd mvmt"
Joaquin Turina "La oración del torero"
Enrique Granados "Piano Quintet: Molto presto"
Concert June 7, 2015REFLECTIONS
Aulis Sallinen “Aspekteja Peltoniemen Hintrikin surumarssista" (Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik’s Funeral March)
Liza Sobel “Skin”
Wojciech Kilar “Orawa”
Stephen Paulus “Concerto for Organ, Strings and Percussion”
Spring Salon May 3, 2015Einojuhani Rautavaara "Notturno e Danza"
Arvo Pärt "Fratres"
Liza Sobel "Skin"
Erkki-Sven Tüür "Conversio"
André Previn "Song"
Spring Salon March 7, 2015Caroline Shaw "Punctum"
Augusta Read Thomas "Eagle at Sunrise" from 'Sun Threads'
Terry Riley "Good Medicine Dance" from 'Salome Dances for Peace'
Anqi Liu "⭕️"
Winter Salon January 11, 2015Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 2 "Company"
Samuel Livingston: Quintet in C Major
John Corigliano: "Soliloquy"
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7
Celebration Weekend Part 1 June 15, 2014Edgar Girtain IV "Four Catalan Songs"
Arvo Pärt "Fratres"
Lou Harrison "Estampie" from String Quartet Set
Christopher Theofanidis "Visions and Miracles"
Tarik O'Regan "Triptych"
June 14, 2014 Part 2Aaron Copland "Quiet City"
Igor Stravinsky "Concerto in E-flat Major (Dumbarton Oaks)"
Benjamin Britten "Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings"
Aaron Copland "Appalachian Spring"
June 13, 2014 Part 3
Franz Schubert "String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (Quartettsatz)"
Paul Moravec "Vince & Jan: 1945"
Lou Harrison "String Quartet Set"
Astor Piazzola "Tango, for four"
Concert May 5, 2013
VISIONS
Franz Liszt "Angelus! Prière aux anges gardiens"
Aaron Jay Kernis "Musica Celestis"
Joel Phillips "Ark of My Dreams"
John Adams "Shaker Loops"
Concert February 23, 2013TRANSFORMATIONS
Geminiani/Wiancko "La Follia - Variations for String Orchestra"
Edgar Girtain IV "Finger of Death about Four in the Morning"
Paul Moravec "Morph"
Astor Piazzola "Quatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)"