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Interested in finding out some of the repertoire we've played? Here's a list of everything we've done over the past several years, with the most recent first:

2025 Spring Concert: Nicholas Music Center (May 16, 2025)

OUR CITY, OUR PEOPLE, OUR MUSIC

  • Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring

  • Eric Watson, Dialogue for Tabla and Orchestra

  • Robert Langenfeld, Under the Night Sky in the Philippines (Premire)

  • Arturo Marquez, Danzon No. 2

2025 Spring Salon (March 2 and 23, and April 27)

GROOVE (with the Voyager Reed Quintet)

  • Kinan Azmeh, Five Flying Dutchmen

  • Dietrich Buxtehude, Passacaglia D minor, arr. Wojtyla

  • Philip Glass, Etude No. 3, arr. Bartolomeo

  • Leonard Bernstein, Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, arr. Romano

  • Marc Mellits, Splinter

  • George Gershwin, 3 Preludes for Piano, arr. Bartolomeo

  • Jean-Philippe Rameau, Les Cyclops, arr. Bartolomeo

  • Jeff Scott, “I. Paradise Theater Jump” from Homage to Paradise Valley

2024 Winter Concert: Nicholas Music Center (December 13)

A VERY MERRY BRUNSWICK

  • Leroy Anderson, A Christmas Festival

  • Antonio Vivaldi/Traditional, Winter Miracle, arr. Berens

  • 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

2024 Fall Salon (October 5, 19, and 23, and November 17)

SALON: THIS IS AMERICA

  • Philip Glass, Quartet Satz

  • Jorge Tabarés, Divertmento (world premiere)

  • Rhiannon Giddens, At the Purchaser’s Option

  • Florence Price, Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint

2024 Spring Concert: Nicholas Music Center (May 17)

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

2024 Spring Salon (April 20, May 1, May 11)

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 Ellington, Take the A Train

2023 Winter Concert (December 19)

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

  • Leroy Anderson, A Christmas Festival

  • Ralph 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


2023 Fall Salon (November 1, 15, and 19)

HAUNTED DANCE

  • Camille Saint-Saëns, Danse Macabre

  • Joseph Haydn, Witches’ Minuet

  • Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8

  • George Cohen, Restless Moon

  • William Bolcom, Ghost Rags

  • Astor Piazzolla, Death of an Angel


2023 Spring Salon (February 5, 11, and 25)

THE CLARINET: THEN AND NOW

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “IV. Allegretto con variazioni” from Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581

  • Max Reger, Clarinet Quintet in A Major: Vivace

  • John Corigliano, Soliloquy

  • Samuel Livingston, Quiet Summer Night

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Quinte: Larghetto

  • Paul Hindemith, Clarinet Quintet: Schneller Ländler

2022 Fall Salon (October 9, 16, and 29)

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff, String Quartet No. 2

  • John Cage, String Quartet No. 4

  • Leos Janacek, String Quartet No. 2

  • Maurice Ravel, String Quartet in F Major

  • Johannes Brahms, String Quartet No. 1


2022 Spring Salon (April 24)

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

2021 Fall Salon (November 20)

SUBVERSIVES

  • Charles Ives, String Quartet No. 1

  • Ethel Smyth, String Quartet in E minor

  • Igor Stravinsky, 3 Pieces for String Quartet

  • Ignatius Sachno, Selection from 12 Country Dances

  • George Antheil, String Quartet No. 2

  • Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 2 (“For Sylvia Beach”)

2021 NBCO Video Project (January)

“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

2020–2021 Living Room Salons (March–September)

MUSIC IN THE TIME OF COVID

2020 Winter Salon (January 12, 19, and 25)

EXTENDED TECHNIQUES

  • Andrew Norman, “Peculiar Strokes”

  • Johannes Brahms, “III. Allegretto molto moderato” from String Quartet No. 1

  • Lou Harrison, “III. Estampie” from String Quartet Set

  • Bela Bartok, “IV. Allegretto pizzicato” from String Quartet No. 4

  • Morton Feldman, Structures

  • Benjamin Britten, Cello Suite

2019 Fall Salon (November 9, 10, and 16)

“MYTHOS”

  • Alfred Hill, “I. The Forest” from String Quartet No. 2, “A Maori Legend in Four Scenes”

  • 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

2019 Spring Concert (June 2)

FRAGMENTS

  • Elena Kats-Chernin, Zoom and Zip

  • Thea Musgrave, Green

  • Caroline Shaw, Entr’acte

  • Benjamin Britten, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

2019 Spring Salon (March 30–31)

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

2019 Winter Concert (February 10)

TRANSCENDENCE

  • John Tavener, Mahashakti

  • Henryk Górecki, Harpsichord Concerto, Op. 40

  • Arvo Pärt, Tabula Rasa

2019 Winter Salon (January 27)

AFTER CLARA II

  • Jennifer Higdon, “I. Bright Palette” from Impressions

  • Clara Schumann, Selected lieder

  • Germaine Tailleferre, String Quartet

  • Ethyl Smith, “I. Allegretto lirico” from String Quartet in E minor

  • Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Selected songs

  • Libby Larsen, “II. Reactive” from Emergence

2018 Fall Salon (October 7)

IMPRESSIONS

  • Claude Debussy, “II. Assez vif et bien rythmé” from String Quartet in G minor

  • John Luther Adams, “I. Above Sunset Pass” from Wind in High Places

  • Charles Griffes, Two Sketches on Native American Themes

  • Jennifer Higdon, “III. To the Point” from Impressions

  • Missy Mazzoli, Death Valley Junction

  • Maurice Ravel, “II. Assez vif” from String Quartet in F Major: II. Assez vif

2018 Spring Concert (May 20)

TAKE FLIGHT

  • Christopher Cerrone, High Windows

  • Howard Hanson, Serenade

  • Mason Bates, Icarian Rhapsody

  • Shruthi Rajesekar, Son of Pandu

  • Bela Bartok, Divertimento

2018 Spring Salon (April 22)

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

2018 Winter Salon (January 21)

WANDERLUST

  • Antonin 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

2017 Fall Salon (November 19)

BAD ATTITUDE

  • Stacy Garrop, String Quartet No. 2, “Demons and Angels”

  • George Antheil, String Quartet No. 2, “For Sylvia Beach”

  • Ludwig van Beethoven. “Serioso” from “String Quartet No. 11

  • Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 10

  • Libby Larsen, String Quartet No. 4, “Emergence”

2017 Fall Salon (October 1)

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”

2017 Spring Concert (June 3)

begBORROWsteal

  • Michael Daugherty, Strut

  • Alexa Canales, Once More

  • Sebastian Currier, Next Atlantis

  • John Corigliano, Voyage

  • Dmitri Shostakovich, Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a, arr. Barshai

2017 Spring Salon (May 7, 2017)

HIDDEN VARIABLES

  • Johann Sebastian Bach, “Contrapunctus XIV” from Art of the Fugue

  • Charles Ives, String Quartet No. 1, “From the Salvation Army”

  • Ludwig van Beethoven, “IV. Allegretto con Variazioni” from String Quartet No. 10

  • David Wolfson, Deep Woods

  • Terry Riley, G Song

  • Dmitri Shostakovich, “Allegretto” from String Quartet No. 8

2017 Winter Salon (January 29)

DARK MATTER

  • Jeffrey Ryan, “I. Fission” from Quantum Mechanics

  • Bela Bartok, “IV. Andante” from String Quartet No. 5

  • Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 6, “Requiem for Fanny”

  • John Luther Adams, The Wind in High Places

  • Pavel Haas, “II. The Moon and I” from "String Quartet No. 2

  • Jeffrey Ryan, “III. Fusion” from Quantum Mechanics

2016 Fall Salon (October 30)

BEGINNINGS

  • Joseph Haydn, String Quartet No. 1

  • Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 1

  • Michael Nyman, “Beginning” from String Quartet No. 3

  • Caroline Shaw, Entr'acte

  • Terry Riley, Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector

2016 Spring Concert (June 4)

FOUR X 4

  • Judd Greenstein, Four on the floor

  • Jinsil Lee, The Beginning

  • Mohammed Fairouz, “I. Mikhael’s Thunder” from The Named Angels

  • Alberto Ginastera, Concerto per corde

2016 Spring Salon (April 24)

  • Antonin Dvorak, “III. Allegro energico–Trio” from String Quartet No. 3

  • Osvaldo Golijov, Selection from Yiddishbbuk

  • Anqi Liu, Pastoral

  • Mohammed Fairouz, “I. Mikhael’s Thunder” and “III. Jibreel at HIra” from The Named Angels

2016 Winter Salon (January 30)

  • Caroline Shaw, “Punctum”

  • Ludwig van Beethoven, “String Qt. No. 13 in B-flat Major: IV. Alla danza tedesca V. Cavatina”

  • Kevin Puts, “Credo”

2015 Fall Salon (November 22

  • Juan Antonio Simarro, String Quartet No. 1

  • Pedro Vilarroig, Movements 1 and 3 from String Quartet No. 2

  • Joaquin Turina, La oración del torero

  • Enrique Granados, “Molto Presto” from Piano Quintet

2015 Spring Concert (June 7)

REFLECTIONS  

  • 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 

2015 Spring Salon (May 3)

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara, Notturno e Danza

  • Arvo Pärt, Fratres

  • Liza Sobel, Skin

  • Erkki-Sven Tüür, Conversio

  • André Previn, Song

2015 Spring Salon (March 7)

  • Caroline Shaw, Punctum

  • Augusta Read Thomas, “Eagle at Sunrise” from Sun Threads

  • Terry Riley, “Good Medicine Dance" from Salome Dances for Peace

  • Anqi Liu “⭕️”

2015 Winter Salon (January 11)

  • Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 2, “Company”

  • Samuel Livingston, Quintet in C Major

  • John Corigliano, Soliloquy”

  • Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 7

2014 Celebration Weekend, Part 3 (June 15)

  • Edgar Girtain IV, Four Catalan Songs

  • Arvo Pärt, “Fratres

  • Lou Harrison, “Estampie” from String Quartet Set

  • Christopher Theofanidis, Visions and Miracles

  • Tarik O'Regan, Triptych

2014 Celebration Weekend Part 2 (June 14)

  • Aaron Copland, Quiet City

  • Igor Stravinsky, Concerto in E-flat Major (Dumbarton Oaks)

  • Benjamin Britten, Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings

  • Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring

 

2014 Celebration Weekend, Part 1 (June 13)

  • 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

2013 Spring Concert (May 5)

VISIONS

  • Franz Liszt, Angelus! Prière aux anges gardiens

  • Aaron Jay Kernis, Musica Celestis

  • Joel Phillips, Ark of My Dreams

  • John Adams, Shaker Loops

  • Benjamin Britten, Hymn to St. Cecilia

2013 Winter Concert (February 23)

TRANSFORMATIONS    

  • 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)

If you are interested in older programs from the NBCO’s archives, please contact info@newbrunswickchamberorchestra.org.