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)
Philip Glass
Geroge Gershwin
Leonard Bernstein
Jean-Phillip Rameau
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
This initiative featured 47 recordings by NBCO musicians to connect our community during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown. Each performance was recorded is and is available on YouTube. Click here for a list of the pieces performed.
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)
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