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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, 2019

  • FRAGMENTS

  • 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, 2019

  • TRANSCENDENCE

  • 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, 2018

    TAKE 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  
    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"

    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, 2017

    begBORROWsteal

  • 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, 2016

  • Antonin 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, 2016

  • Caroline 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, 2015

  • Juan 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, 2015

    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” 

    Spring Salon    May 3, 2015

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara "Notturno e Danza"

  • Arvo Pärt "Fratres"

  • Liza Sobel "Skin"

  • Erkki-Sven Tüür "Conversio"

  • André Previn "Song"

    Spring Salon    March 7, 2015

  • Caroline 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, 2015

  • Philip 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, 2014

  • 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"

     June 14, 2014 Part 2

  • 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"

     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, 2013

    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)"