2022-2023
YCO (Youth Chamber Orchestra)
Jean Sibelius, Andante festivo
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Strings in D Major, RV 121
YSO (Youth Symphony Orchestra)
Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 101 in D Major, Hob. I:101 “The Clock”
YSO (Youth Philharmonic Orchestra)
Jean Sibelius, Finlandia, Op. 26
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112, subtitled “The Year 1917”
December 4, 2022 Concert Program
2021-2022
YCO (Youth Chamber Orchestra)
Alessandro Scarlatti, Concerto Grosso No. 3 in F major
Franz Schubert, arr. Manookian, Ballet Music from “Rosamunde”
Reinhold Glière, arr. Manookian, Boston Waltz from “The Red Poppy”
Jules Massenet, arr. Manookian, Bolero from “Espada”
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Manookian, Waltz from “The Sleeping Beauty”
Sergei Prokofiev, The Montagues and Capulets from “Romeo and Juliet”
Georg Philipp Telemann, Overtures des Nations anciens at modernes
YSO (Youth Symphony Orchestra)
Johann Sebastian Bach, trans. Sanford, Fugue in G minor
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Sinfonia No. 3 for String Orchestra in E minor
Jacob Gade, arr. Birtel, Jalousie. Tango Tsigane
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Divertimento in D major, K.136
YPO (Youth Philharmonic Orchestra)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Georges Bizet, Carmen Suites No. 1
Georges Bizet, Carmen Suites No. 2
John Williams, Star Wars Suite
Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 78
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
2019-2020
YCO (Youth Chamber Orchestra)
Franz Schubert, String Quartet in C major
Johannes Brahms, arr. Isaac, Hungarian Dance No. 6
YSO (Youth Symphony Orchestra)
Samuel Taylor-Coleridge, Petite Suite de Concert
Edvard Grieg, Norwegian Dances
YPO (Youth Philharmonic Orchestra)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Johann Strauss II, An der schönen, blauen Danube (The Blue Danube Waltz)
Leroy Anderson, A Christmas Festival
Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Suite from the Ballet Swan Lake, Op. 20a
2018-2019
YCO (Youth Chamber Orchestra)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Divertimento I, K. 136
Gioachino Rossini, Overture and “Largo al factotum” from The Barber of Seville
Peter Warlock, Capriol Suite for String Orchestra
Gary P. Gilroy, With Quiet Reflection
Leonard Bernstein, arr. Mueller, Highlights from West Side Story
Alberto Ginastera, Danzas del Ballet Estancia
YSO (Youth Symphony Orchestra)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 100 in G major, “Military”
Gioachino Rossini, Overture and “Largo al factotum” from The Barber of Seville, with tenor Scott Piper
Alfredo Casella, Italia, Op. 11
Giacomo Puccini, “Viene la sera” and “Un bel di, vedremo,” from Madama Butterfly (with tenor Scott Piper and soprano Maria Briggs)
Giacomo Puccini, “Nessun dorma,” from Turandot (with tenor Scott Piper)
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma Overture
Alexander Glazunov, “From the Middle Ages,” Suite for Orchestra Op. 79
Leonard Bernstein, arr. Mueller, Highlights from West Side Story
Alberto Ginastera, Danzas del Ballet Estancia
YPO (Youth Philharmonic Orchestra)
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1 in D major, “Titan”
Eduardo di Capua, ‘O sole mio, with tenor Scott Piper
Pietro Mascagni, Prelude and Siciliana; Intermezzo, from Cavalleria rusticana
Ruggero Leoncavallo, “Vesti la giubba” and Intermezzo from Pagliacci (with tenor Scott Piper)
Giuseppe Verdi, “Gia nella note densa,” from Otello (with tenor Scott Piper)
Alfredo Casella, Italia, Op. 11
Giacomo Puccini, “Viene la sera” and “Un bel di, vedremo,” from Madama Butterfly (with tenor Scott Piper and soprano Maria Briggs)
Giacomo Puccini, “Nessun dorma,” from Turandot (with tenor Scott Piper)
George Gershwin, Cuban Overture
Aram Khachaturian, Violin Concert in D minor with Indianapolis International Violin Competition gold-medal winner Richard Lin
Juan Pablo Contreras, Mariachitlán
Alberto Ginastera, Danzas del Ballet Estancia
FOOSA 2019
Richard Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7, “Leningrad”
2017-2018
YCO (Youth Chamber Orchestra)
Jean Sibelius, Andante Festivo
Johann Stamitz, Mannheim Symphony No. 1
Dimitri Kabalevsky, arr. Barbara Ullman, Kabalevsky Suite
William Boyce, Symphony No. 1
Gustav Holst, St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29 No. 2 (Jig, Intermezzo, Finale)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture
YSO (Youth Symphony Orchestra)
Antonin Dvorak, Slavonic Dance No. 1
Charles Gounod, Ballet Music from Faust
Dimitri Kabalevsky, arr. Barbara Ullman, Kabalevsky Suite
Leroy Anderson, A Christmas Festival
Aram Khachaturian, Suite from Spartacus
Alexander Glazunov, Cortege solennel
Edward Elgar, Three Bavarian Dances
Johann Strauss II, Tales from the Vienna Woods
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture
YPO (Youth Philharmonic Orchestra)
Hans Pfitzner: Cello Concerto in A minor, Thomas Loewenheim, cello soloist
Pál Hermann: Cello Concerto, Clive Greensmith, cello soloist
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty Suite
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Suite
Leroy Anderson, A Christmas Festival
Glinka, Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
Aram Khachaturian, Suite from Spartacus
Felix Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto, Erika Raum, violin soloist
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture
Dmitri Shostakovich, Festive Overture
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concert No. 2, Steven Vanhauwaert, piano soloist
Alexander Glazunov, Stenka Razin
FOOSA 2018
Mason Lamb, Solstice (world premiere; special YOOF/FOOSA commission)
Max Bruch, Kol Nidrei, Lynn Harrell, cello soloist
Richard Strauss, Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Alfredo Casella, Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 12 (west coast premiere)
Jean Sibelius, Violin concerto Op. 47, first movement, Elan Sapir, FOOSA concerto competition winner
2016-2017
YCO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in D Major, RV 121
Leroy Anderson, Fiddle Faddle
Jean Sibelius, Karelia Overture
Arturo Marquez, Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Mason Lamb, Chris Carreon, Alex Bianco, Matthew Wheeler, Coming Home (special YOOF commission)
YSO
Bizet, Carmen Suites
Daniel-Francois Auber, La muette de Portici: Overture
Bedrich Smetana, Vltava (The Moldau)
Jean Sibelius, Karelia Overture
Arturo Marquez, Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Mason Lamb, Chris Carreon, Alex Bianco, Matthew Wheeler, Coming Home (special YOOF commission)
YPO
Giacomo Puccini, Capriccio sinfonico
Franz Liszt, Symphonic Poem #6, Mazeppa
Stravinsky, Firebird Suite
Barber, Violin concerto, Maria Sanderson, violin soloist (winner of Sphinx Junior Competition)
Chabrier, Espana and Habanera
Lalo, Namouna Suite for Orchestra
Marquez, Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez, with guest artist Daniel Bolshoy, guitar
Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto, Vadim Gluzman, violin soloist
Mason Lamb, Chris Carreon, Alex Bianco, Matthew Wheeler, Coming Home (world premiere) (special YOOF commission)
FOOSA 2017
Richard Strauss, Don Juan
Joseph Bohigian, Subnatural Delights (world premiere; special YOOF/FOOSA commission)
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 6 "Tragic" in A Minor
Chris Brubeck, Concerto for bass trombone and orchestra, Dorian Tate, FOOSA concerto competition winner
2015-2016
YCO (Youth Chamber Orchestra)
Clifton Jameson Jones, Latin American Dances
Merle J. Isaac, Cielito Lindo
Mimi Rabson, Sambasaurus
Haydn, Symphony No. 93
Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain
Bach-Stokowsky, Toccata and Fugue in D minor
YSO (Youth Symphony Orchestra)
Arturo Rodriguez, Mexican Christmas Medley, song arrangements
Francisco Gabilondo Soler, arr. Rodriguez, Cri-Crí Suite
Verdi, overture to La Forza del Destino
Dvorak Rhapsody in A minor
Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain
Bach-Stokowsky, Toccata and Fugue in D minor
YPO (Youth Philharmonic Orchestra)
Penderecki Concerto Grosso for Three Cellos and Orchestra, soloists Emilio Colon, Philippe Müller, and Csaba Onczay
Arturo Rodriguez, Mosaico Mexicano
Juan Pablo Contreras, El laberinto de la soledad
Silvestre Revueltas, La noche de los mayas
Brahms Symphony No. 3
Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No. 3, with soloist Jinjoo Cho, winner of the Indianapolis Violin Competition
Waxman Carmen Fantasie, with soloist Jinjoo Cho
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
Stravinsky, Rite of Spring
Bach-Stokowsky, Toccata and Fugue in D minor
FOOSA 2016
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 2, Laura Pederson, soprano, Kaylene Clark, mezzo, full chorus
2014-2015
YCO (Youth Chamber Orchestra)
Antonio Salieri , Concertino for Flute and Strings in G major
Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dances 5, 6, 7
Leroy Anderson, Christmas Festival
Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony Quintetto, after Symphony No. 97
George Frederic Handel, Suite from Water Music
Benjamin Boone, Water(less) Music (special YOOF commission)
Klaus Badelt, Pirates of the Caribbean
YSO (Youth Symphony Orchestra)
Alexander Borodin, Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dances 5, 6, 7
Leroy Anderson, Christmas Festival
Hector Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture, Opus 9
Georges Bizet, L’Arlésienne Suites 1 and 2
George Frederic Handel, Suite from Water Music
Benjamin Boone, Water(less) Music (special YOOF commission)
Klaus Badelt, Pirates of the Caribbean
YPO (Youth Philharmonic Orchestra)
Richard Strauss, Macbeth, Symphonic Poem Opus 23
Paul Hindemith, Symphony in E flat
John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine (Fanfare for orchestra)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Opus 64
John Williams, Star Wars Suite
Richard Wagner, The Flying Dutchman Overture
Leonard Bernstein, On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite
Claude Debussy, La mer
Benjamin Boone, Water(less) Music (world premiere) (special YOOF commission)
Klaus Badelt, Pirates of the Caribbean
FOOSA 2015
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35, 1st Movement: Allegro moderato, Mimi Jung, violin soloist, winner of FOOSA Concerto Competition
Benjamin Boone, Water(less) Music (special YOOF commission)
Paul Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 12: The Year 1917
Arturo Márquez, Danzón No. 2
2013-2014
YCO
Antonio Vivaldi, Sinfonia for Strings in G Major, RV 149 (Alla Rustica)
Leroy Anderson, Jazz PIzzicato
Klaus Badelt, Pirates of the Caribbean
George Frideric Handel, Music for the Royal Fireworks
Gustav Holst, St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29 No. 2 (Jig, Finale)
Kenneth Froelich, A Beautiful Spark (special YOOF commission)
YSO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture from The Abduction from the Seraglio
Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 (Unfinished)
Girolamo Frescobaldi, Toccata
Klaus Badelt, Pirates of the Caribbean
George Frideric Handel, Music for the Royal Fireworks
Felix Mendelssohn, Fingal’s Cave (Hebrides Overture)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (Finale)
Kenneth Froelich, A Beautiful Spark (special YOOF commission)
YPO
Richard Wagner, Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Sergei Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1, Op. 64a
Selected arias with tenor Scott Piper and soprano Laura Pedersen
Kenneth Froelich, A Beautiful Spark (special YOOF commission)
Ludwig von Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (Choral)
FOOSA 2014 (Strings only)
Mozart Adagio and Fugue K. 546
Beethoven Quartet Op. 95
Grieg String Quartet No. 1
Gade Jalousie Tango Tsigane
2012-2013
YCO
Felix Mendelssohn, String Symphony No. 2 in D major
Maurice Ravel, Pavane for a Dead Princess
Jeff Manookian, Zamba del Grillo (from Caminos Argentinos)
Edvard Grieg, In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite) arr. Manookian
Leonard Bernstein, Highlights from West Side Story (arr. Müller)
Benjamin Boone, Fresno Sin Frenos: Mariachi Madness (special YOOF commission)
YSO
Gioacchino Rossini, Overture to La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
Charles Wakefield Cadman, American Suite
Edward Elgar, Three Bavarian Dances, Op. 27
Leonard Bernstein, Highlights from West Side Story (arr. Müller)
Benjamin Boone, Fresno Sin Frenos: Mariachi Madness (special YOOF commission)
YPO
Gustav Holst, The Planets
Igor Stravinsky, Firebird Suite
Benjamin Boone, Fresno Sin Frenos: Mariachi Madness (special YOOF commission)
Aram Khatchaturian, Suite from Spartacus
Selected arias with tenor Scott Piper
Wagner, Meistersinger
Gade, Echoes of Ossian
FOOSA 2013
Gershwin, Cuban Overture
Richard Strauss, Hab mir’s gelobt
Benjamin Boone, Fresno Sin Frenos: Mariachi Madness (special YOOF commission)
Pietro Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana
Ruggero Leoncavallo, I Pagliacci