Concert/rehearsal repertoire

One of the purposes of the NIHCO is to give musicians a chance to read through some of the standard orchestral repertoire in a low stress atmosphere. The following is a list of music that has been rehearsed/performed by the organization since the group's inception in the fall of 1996. Titles listed in bold have been performed at our concerts. Titles in blue are performances given by the NIH Chamber Orchestra

  • Albert -- A Maze With Grace
  • Albert -- Devil's Rain
  • Bach, J.S. -- Aria from Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen
  • Bach, J.S. -- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
  • Bach, J.S. -- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
  • Bach, J.S -- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
  • Bach, J.S. -- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
  • Bach, J.S. -- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
  • Bach, J.S. -- Prelude in C minor (orch. Goldberg)
  • Barber--Adagio for Strings
  • Barber -- Easter Chorale (with chorus)
  • Barber -- Adagio for Strings
  • Bartok -- Roumanian Folk Dances (string orchestra arrangement)
  • Bartok -- String Duos
  • Beethoven -- Piano Concerto No. 3
  • Beethoven -- Coriolan Overture
  • Beethoven -- Egmont Overture
  • Beethoven -- Egmont Overture
  • Beethoven -- Fidelio Overture
  • Beethoven -- Symphony No. 1
  • Beethoven -- Symphony No. 2
  • Beethoven -- Symphony No. 2
  • Beethoven -- Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
  • Beethoven -- Symphony No. 4
  • Beethoven -- Symphony No. 6 (Pastorale)
  • Beethoven -- Symphony No. 7
  • Beethoven -- Wellington's Victory
  • Berlioz -- Hungarian March from "The Damnation of Faust"
  • Bizet -- Carmen Suites 1 and 2
  • Boismortier -- Sonata for Flutes in D major
  • Boismortier -- Sonata for Flutes in D minor
  • Borodin -- In the Steppes of Central Asia
  • Brahms -- Nänie (with the NIH Chamber Singers and
  • Brahms -- Variations on a Theme of Haydn
  • Copland -- Fanfare for the Common Man
  • Copland -- Rodeo
  • Copland -- Variations on a Shaker Melody (excerpt from Appalachian Spring)
  • Daum--Swallowtail Jig (from Celtic Suite for Strings)**
  • Daum -- Psalm 9:11***
  • Debussy/Daum -- Reverie**
  • Debussy/Daum -- Reverie
  • Debussy/Daum -- The Little Shepherd**
  • Faure -- Pavane (with chorus)
  • Dvorak -- Symphony No. 8
  • Dvorak--Symphony No. 9
  • Dvorak -- Slavonic Dance in G minor
  • Gabrieli -- Sonata Pian e Forte
  • Gabrieli -- Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2
  • Gliere -- Russian Sailor's Dance
  • Granados -- Intermezzo from "Goyescas"
  • Handel -- excerpts from Water Music
  • Handel -- Messiah
  • Handel -- Overture to Royal Fireworks Music
  • Haydn -- Symphony No. 100 "Military"
  • Haydn -- Symphony No. 104 "London"
  • Hermann--Title Music to Psycho
  • Ippolitov-Ivanov -- Caucasian Sketches
  • Khachaturian--Adagio from Gayane
  • Mahler--Symphony No. 1
  • Mahler--Symphony No. 4
  • Mendelssohn -- Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  • Mendelssohn -- Nocturne from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  • Mendelssohn -- Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"
  • Mendelssohn -- Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"
  • Mendelssohn -- Fingal's Cave Overture
  • Mozart -- Chorus of the Janissaries (finale of "The Abduction from the Seraglio" with chorus)
  • Mozart -- Alleluia Exultate
  • Mozart -- Divertimento in D for strings
  • Mozart -- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
  • Mozart -- Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"
  • Mozart -- Symphony No. 40 in G minor
  • Mozart -- Overture to the "Magic Flute"
  • Orff -- Carmina Burana (excerpts)
  • Rodgers--Tribute to Richard Rodgers
  • Rossini -- William Tell Overture
  • Satie -- Gymnopedie No. 1 for strings**
  • Satie -- Gymnopedie No. 3 for strings
  • Sibelius -- Finlandia
  • Sibelius -- Karelia Suite
  • Schubert -- Overture to "Rosamunde"
  • Schubert -- Symphony No. 5
  • Schubert -- Symphony No. 6
  • Schubert -- Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
  • Strauss, Johann -- Thunder and Lightning Polka
  • Strauss, Johann -- Blue Danube Waltz
  • Strauss, Richard--Thus Spake Zarathustra
  • Sousa, J.P -- The Stars and Stripes Forever
  • Sousa, J.P -- The Liberty Bell March
  • Tchaikovsky--Nutcracker Suite
  • Vivaldi -- Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in A minor Op. 3, No. 8 (L'estro armonico)
  • Wagner -- Prelude to Die Meistersinger
  • Wagner -- Siegfried Idyll
  • Vaughan Williams -- English Folksong Suite
  • Verdi -- Hymn and Trimuphal March from Aida
  • Warlock -- Capriol Suite

    **First performance

    ***First performance, dedicated to Jesse Parker; the NIHCO; soloists Mary Ann Williamson, Elaine Hughes, Harold Seifried, and Michael Nansel; and to all of the unsung heroes who refuse to let hate destroy those things which are good.

    Titles in blue are performances given by the NIH Chamber Orchestra

 


This page updated November 5, 2007

 

 

 
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