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Past Programs of The Symphony of Westchester at Iona University Series 2021 - 2022 Season
Concert # 1
Mostly Mozart Program
Overture: La finta Giardiniera, K. 196
Piano Concerto no. 19, K. 459 in F Major
Zheu Jiang, pianist
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony no. 45 in F Sharp minor
( the Farewell Symphony )
Concert # 2
All Baroque Program
George Frideric Handel - Solomon: Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Water Music Suite no. 1, F Major
J.S. Bach - Suite no. 1, BWV 1066 in C Major
Violin Concerto no. 1, in A minor, BWV 1041
Catherine Yang, violinist
Concert # 3
Young Artist Showcase Concert
Concert # 4
All Romantic Music Program
Gioacchino Rossini - Semiramide Overture
Max Bruch - Violin Concerto,no.1, op. 2 6 in G minor
YooJin Jang, violinist
Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations, op. 36
2019 - 2020 Season
Concert # 1
All Beethoven Program
Coriolan Overture, op. 62
Piano Concerto no.5 op. 73, E flat Major
Alon Goldstein, soloist
Symphony no. 5, op. 67 in C minor
Concert # 2
All Baroque Program
Pachelbel's Canon
George Frideric Handel - Concerto Grosso, op. 6 no1
J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV 1048 in G Major
Violin Concerto no. 1, BWV 1041 in A minor
Alexander Abayev, soloist
Double Violin Concerto BWV 1043 in D minor
Alexander Abayev and Tetyana Byelgorodska, soloists
Concerts 3 and 4 were cancelled due to covid
Concert # 3
Young Artist Showcase Program
Composers of the Future XX
Concert # 4
All Romantic Program
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances, nos. 5 and 6
Max Bruch - Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 26 in G minor
Yoojin Jang, soloist
Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations, op. 36
2018 - 2019 Season
Concert # 1
All Romantic Music Program
Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto, op. 85 in E minor
Inbal Segev, soloist
Antonin Dvorak - Symphony no. 9, op. 95, E minor
( from the New World )
Concert # 2
All Baroque Program
J.S. Bach - Air from Suite no. 3, BWV 1068, D Major
Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV 1048, G Major
Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Alexander Abayev, soloist
Concert # 3
The Young Artist Showcase Program
Composers of the Future
Three Winners of our Annual Concerto Competition
Concert # 4
All American Program
Leonard Bernstein - Overture of West Side Story
Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring ( chamber version )
George Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F Major
Alon Goldstein, soloist
2017 - 2018 Season
Concert # 1
All Beethoven Program
Egmont Overture
Piano Concerto, no 1, op. 15 in C Major
Alon Goldstein, soloist
Symphony no.4, op. 60 in B Flat Major
Concert # 2
All Baroque Program
Johann Pachelbel - Canon
J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.5
BWV 1050 in D Major
Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Alexander Abayev , soloist
Concert # 3
Young Artist Showcase Program
Concert # 4
All Romantic Music Program
Gioacchino Rossini - William Tell Overture
Edward Elgar - Introduction and Allegro, op.47
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto, op. 35 in D Major
Tessa Lark, soloist
2016 - 2017 Season
Concert # 1
All Mozart Program
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Piano Concerto no.2, I 488 in A Major
Tian Lu, soloist
Dove Sono, Rict and Aria from
The Marriage of Figaro
Sharla Nafziger, soprano
Symphony no. 31, K.297 ( the Paris ) in D Major
Concert # 2
All Strings Program
J.S. Bach - Air: from Suite no. 3, BWV 1068 in D Major
Violin Concerto no. 2, BWV 1042 in E Major
Alexander Abayev, soloist
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Oboe Concerto
Katherine Needleman, soloist
Concert # 3
A Family Concert
Young Artist Competition Winner
Composers of the Future
Antonio Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto in E minor F.VIII no.6
Leonard Hindell, soloist
Concert # 4
All Romantic Music Program
Gioacchini Rossini - William Tell Overture
Bedrich Smetana - the Moldau
Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto, op. 64 in E minor
Tessa Lark, soloist
2015 - 2016 Season
Concert # 1
All Beethoven Program
King Stephen Overture, op. 117
Piano Concerto no. 5, op. 73, E-flat Major ( The Emperor )
Alon Goldstein, soloist
Symphony no. 1, op. 21 in C Major
Concert # 2
All Baroque Program
Johann Sebastian Bach
Air; from Suite no. 3, BWV 1068 in D Major
Violin Concerto no. 1, BWV 1041 in A minor
Alexander Abayev, soloist
Double Violin Concerto, BWV 1043 in D minor
Alexander Abayev and Benjamin Hellman, soloists
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso, op.6 no. 8 in G minor
Concert # 3
A Family Program
Seymour Barab - Three Riddles in the Ancient Tradition
Robert Sherman, narrator
Composer of the Future, XV
Student Concerto Competition Winner
Concert # 4
All Romantic Music Program
Gioacchino Rossini - Semiramide Overture
Antonin Dvorak - Violin Concerto, op. 53 in A minor
Tessa Lark, soloist
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade, op. 48
2014 - 2015 Season
Concert # 1
All Beethoven Program
Egmont Overture
Violin Concerto, op. 61 in D Major
Tessa Lark, soloist
Symphony no. 6, op. 68 in F Major
Concert # 2
All Baroque Program
Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Nurit Pacht, soloist
J.S. Bach - Air; from Suite no. 3, BWV 1068, D Major
Brandenburg Concerto no. 5, BWV 1050, D Major
Concert # 3
A Family Program
Seymour Barab - The Selfish Giant
Robert Sherman, narrator
Composers of the Future XIV
Concerto Competition Winner
Concert # 4
All Brahms Program
Academic Festival Overture, op. 80
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
Kristin Lee, violinist and Sophie Shao, cellist
Symphony no. 2, op. 73 in D Major
2013 - 2014 Season
Concert # 1
All Beethoven Program
Piano Concerto no. 4, op. 58 in G Major
Alon Goldstein, pianist
Symphony no. 5, op. 67 in C minor
Concert # 2
Chamber Musicians of the Symphony of Westchester
Franz Schubert - Quartettsatz in C Major, D 703
W.A. Mozart - Piano Quartet, K.478 in G minor
Robert Schumann - Piano Quartet, op. 44, in E flat Major
Concert # 3
Mostly Mozart Program
W.A. Mozart - Flute Concerto,no.1, K. 313, in G minor
Carol Wincenc, flutist
Symphony no. 40, K. 550, in G minor
Composers of the Future XIII
Concert # 4
All Gershwin Program
Piano Concerto in F Major
" I've Got Rhythm" Variations
Rhapsody in Blue
Adam Kent, pianist
2012 - 2013 Season
Concert # 1
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances, nos. 5 & 6
Max Bruch - Violin Concerto op. 26 in G minor
Yevgeny Kutik, violinist
Johannes Brahms - Symphony no. 1, op. 68, in C minor
Concert # 2
All Baroque Program
Georg Philip Telemann - Overture in C Major
J.S Bach - Violin Concerto no. 1, BWV 1041 in A minor
Alexander Abayev, violinist
J.S. Bach - Double Violin Concerto, BWV 1043 in D minor
Alexander Abayev and Bracha Malkin, violinists
George Frideric Handel - Concerto Grosso, op. 6 no. 7, B Flat Major
Concert # 3
All Mozart Program
Concerto for Clarinet, K. 622 in A minor
Moran Katz, Clarinet
Adagio for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261 in E Major
Rondo for Violin and Orchestra, K. 373 in C Major
Alexander Abayev, violinist
Divertimento, K.247 in F Major
Concert # 4
Robert Schumann - Piano Concerto, op. 54 in A minor
Andrei Licaret, piano
Composers of the Future XII
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 4, op. 60 in B Flat Major
2011 - 2012 Season
Concert # 1
Gustav Mahler - Adagietto from Symphony no. 5
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 35
Adam Kent, pianist
Leos Janacek - Idyla
Concert # 2
All Baroque Program
Vocal Works of J.S. Bach, Christof Gluck,
George Frederic Handel
Donald Groves, tenor
George Frederic Handel - Water Music Suite no. 1, in F Major
Concert # 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Overture: La Finta Giardiniera, K. 196
Concerto for Three Pianos, no. 7, K.242 in F Major
( arrangement for two pianos by Mozart )
Alon Goldstein and Lucille Chung, pianists
Camille Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals
Robert Sherman, narrator
Concert # 4
All Mendelssohn Program
Scherzo: Midsummernight's Dream, op. 61
Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64
Elmar Oliveira, violinist
Symphony no. 4, op. 90, A Major ( the Italian )
2010 - 2011 Season
Concert # 1
All Tchaikovsky Program -
Concerto for Violin, op. 35 in D Major
Alexander Abayev, violinist
Symphony no. 4, op. 36 in F minor
Concert # 2
All Baroque Program
J.S. Bach - Air from Suite no. 3 BWV 1068 in D Major
Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV 1048 in G Major
Georg Philipp Telemann - Concerto for Viola in G Major
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Viola in D Major
Lawrence Dutton, violist
George Frideric Handel - Concerto Grosso, op.6, no.1 in G Major HWV 319
Concert # 3
All Mozart Program
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ( Serenade ) K. 525
Piano Concerto no. 19, K. 459 in F Major
Adam Kent, pianist
Toy Symphony ( credited to Leopold Mozart )
Symphony no. 29, K .201 in A Major
Concert # 4
All Haydn Program
Cello Concerto in D Major ( Hob VIIb )
Amit Peled, cellist
Composers of the Future
Symphony no. 92, in G Major
2009 - 2010 season
Concert # 1
Sophie Shao, cellist
Antonin Dvorak - Concerto for Cello, op.104, B minor
Symphony no.9, op.95, E minor (from the New World)
Concert # 2
Alexander Abayev, violinist; Leonard Hindell, bassoon
George Frideric Handel - Concerto Grosso, op.6 no.1 in G major, HWV 319
J.S. Bach - Concerto for Violin, no. 1, A minor, BWV 1041
Brandenburg Concerto no. 5, D Major, BWV 1050
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Bassoon, C major, RV 472
Concert # 3
Alon Goldstein, pianist
Edward Elgar - Serenade, op. 20, E minor
Introduction and Allegro, op. 47
Frederic Chopin - Concerto for Piano, no.2, op. 21, F minor
(arr. for strings by Chopin)
Concert # 4
Carol Wincenc, flutist
Ernest Bloch - Suite Modale for Flute and Strings
David Amram - Theme and Variations on Red River Valley for Flute and Strings
Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring
Composers of the Future IX
2008 - 2009 season
Concert #1
Alon Goldstein, pianist
Johannes Brahms - Concerto for Piano, no. 1, op.15, D minor
Symphony no.2, op 73, D major
Concert #2
Lawrence Dutton, violist, Elizabeth Lim-Dutton, violinist
W.A. Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante, K.364, E flat Major
George Frideric Handel - Overture to Royal Fireworks Music
Water Music - Suite no. 3, G Major
Suite no. 2, D Major
Concert #3
Amit Peled, cellist
Ernest Bloch - From Jewish Life: Prayer
Franz Joseph Haydn - Concerto for Cello, Hob. VIIb:2, D Major
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings, op. 48
Concert # 4
Alexander Abayev, violinist
Antonia Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony, op. 4
Composers of the Future VIII
2007 - 2008 Season
Concert # 1
Chris Cullen, clarinet
W.A. Mozart - Symphony no. 31, K. 297, D major ( The Paris )
W.A. Mozart - Clarinet Concerto, K. 622, in A major
Franz Schubert - Symphony no. 5, D. 485, B flat major (The Spring)
Concert # 2
Alex Abayev and Boris Corchesco, violinists
Thomaso Vitali - Ciaccona for Violin and Orchestra
Georg Philipp Telemann - Suite in B flat major, TWV 55:B2
J.S.Bach - Air from Suite no.3, BWV 1068, D major
J.S.Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV 1048 in G major
J.S.Bach - Double Violin Concerto BWV 1043 in D minor
Concert # 3
Adam Kent, piano
W.A. Mozart - Overture: La Finta Giardiniera, K. 196
W.A. Mozart - Piano Concerto no. 14, K. 449 , E flat major
Joaquin Turina - Rapsodia Sinfonica
Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Concerto in D major
Concert # 4
Composers of the Future VII - Children's compositions from our collaboration
with New Rochelle's Songcatchers
Charles Griffin - World Premiere of our commission, Concerto
for Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 1, op. 21, C major
2006 - 2007 Season
Concert # 1
Julian Lempert, piano
All Beethoven Program
Leonore Overture no. 1
Concerto no.4, op. 58, G major
Symphony no.6, op.68 in F major (the Pastorale)
Concert # 2
Mark Snyder , Oboe
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto
Corelli - Concerto Grosso, op. 6 no. 8 Christmas Concerto)
J.S.Bach - Suite (Overture) no.3 BWV 1068, D major -with
the famous “Air on G String.”
Concert # 3
Annabelle Taubl, harp
Borodin - Nocturne(from quartet no. 2)
Janacek - Idyla
Mahler - Adagietto (from Symphony no. 5)
Debussy - Danses Sacree et Profane
Ravel - Introduction and Allegro
Concert # 4
Alex Abayev, violinist
Brahms - Hungarian Dances nos. 5&6
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor
Composers of the Future VI
Schumann - Symphony no.3, op.97, E flat major(the Rhenish)
2005 - 2006 Season
Concert # 1
Alex Abayev, concertmaster of the WCO, violin
All Mozart Program in celebration of Mozart’s 350th year of birth
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (serenade, K.525)
Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major (K. 216)
Symphony no. 40 in G minor (K.550)
Concert # 2
David Starobin, Guitar
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5
Ponce - Concierto del Sur
Corelli - Concerto Grosso op.6, no.8 in G minor (Christmas
Concerto)
J.S.Bach - Suite in D Major, no.4 (BVW 1069) (with famous
Air on G String movement)
Concert # 3 (cancelled due to snow)
Barber - Adagio for Strings
Bloch - Concerto Grosso no. 1 for Piano and Strings
Janacek - Idyla
Concert # 4
Alon Goldstein, Pianist
Britten - Simple Symphony, op.4
Composers of the Future V, children’s compositions in collaboration
with New Rochelle’s Songcatchers
Copland - Quiet City
Shostakovich - Concerto no.1, op 35
2004 - 2005 Season
Concert # 1
Elgar - Serenade in E minor
Elgar - Introduction and Allegro
Tchaikovsky - String Serenade
Concert # 2
Lawrence Dutton , Viola
Vaughan Williams - Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra
Bloch- Suite Hebraique
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves
Hindemith - Tuttifäntchen Suite
Handel - Royal Fireworks Suite
Concert # 3
Mozart - Divertimento in F Major, K. 247.
Stravinsky - L’Histoire du soldat
Concert # 4
Kerry McDermott, Violin
Mozart - Violin Concerto K. 219 in A Major, “The Turkish”
Mozart - Symphony no. 29, K. 201 in A Major
2003 - 2004 Season
Concert # 1
Beethoven - Egmont Overture, op. 84
Beethoven - Violin Concerto, op. 61, D major
Nai-Yuan Hu, violin
Beethoven - Symphony no.5, op. 67, C minor
Concert # 2
Gluck - Overture in D major and Concerto for Flute
in G major
Telemann - Concerto for Flute in E minor
Keith Bonner, flute
C.P.E. Bach - Symphony, H. 658, B flat major
Handel - Water Music: Suite no. 1, F major
Concert # 3
Weill - Three Penny Opera: Suite
Hindemith - Tuttifäntchen Suite
Webern - Five Movements, op. 5
Schoenberg - Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra (1910)
and Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 (1943)
Concert # 4
Robert Schumann - Adagio and Allegro, op. 70
Robert Schumann - Piano Concerto op. 54, A minor
Alon Goldstein, piano
Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4, op. 90, A major
2002 - 2003 Season
Concert # 1
Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite
Prokofiev - Classical Symphony
Beethoven - Symphony No.4, Op. 60, B Flat major
Concert # 2
Pachelbel - Canon
Vivaldi- Concerto for Four Violins and Cello, B minor
Soloists: Yuri Kharenko, Izabella Liss, Mikhail Kuchuk, Adele Hoffman
Locatelli - Concerto Grosso, Op.7, No 12 in Fmajor for Four
Solo Violins. Soloists, same as above
Corelli - Concerto Grosso, Op.6, No.8 in G major
J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, in G major
J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.5, in D major
Soloists: Yuri Kharenko, violin, Sato Moughalian, flute,
Irina Rees, harpsicord
Concert # 3
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No.5:Aria
Villa-Lobos - Ciranda das Sete Notas
Soloist: Leonard Hindell, bassoon
Saint Saens - Carnival of the Animals
Narrator - Robert Sherman
Copland - Appalachian Spring
2001 - 2002 season:
Concert # 1
Soloist, Stanley Drucker, clarinet
Sibelius - Rakastava
Prokofiev - Overture on Hebrew Themes
Copland - Concerto for Clarinet
Bartok- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste
Concert # 2
J.S. Bach -Air from Suite No 3, D major
J.S. Bach - Violin Concerto in A minor
Soloist: Yuri Kharenko
J.S. Bach - Double Violin Concerto in D minor
Soloists: Yuri Kharenko and Alex Abayev
W.A. Mozart Sacred Music with the Westchester Chorale, Daniel
Paget Chorus Master:
Ave verum Corpus, in D major, K. 618
Inter natos mulierum in G major, K. 72
Misericordias Domini in D major, K.222
Te Deum laudamus in C major, K. 141
Concert # 3
Soloist, Barbara Allen, harp
Faure - Nocturne
Debussy - Dances Sacaree and Profane
Ravel - Introduction and Allegro
Franck - Eight Short Pieces
Milhaud - Symphonies for Small Orchestra
2000 - 2001 season
Concert # 1: All Celtic Program
Robert White, tenor
Davies - A Welcome to Orkney
Stephen Foster - Beautiful Dreamer, I Dream of Jennie, Some
Folks, Come With Thy Sweet Voice Again, Medley: Ring, Ring Banjo, Camptown
Races, Oh Suzanna
Beethoven - When Mortals All to Rest Retire, Tis Sunshine At
Last, The Kiss Dear Maid, Cease Thy Funnng, On the Massacre of Glencoe,
The Pulse of an Irishman
Lohr- Little Gray Home in the West
C.Stanford - Trottin to the Fair
F. O'Connor - The Old House
T. Moore - The Last Rose of Summer
W. Balfe - Killarney
L. Ray - The Sunshine of your Smile
Soloist - John Mallozzi, tenor
J.Malloy - Oh the Days of the Kerry Dancing
Soloists - Robert White and John Mallozzi
S. O'Connor - McNamara's Band
Concert # 2
Soloist, Matt Sullivan, oboe
Corigliano - Voyage
Corigliano - " Aria " from Oboe Concerto
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto
Holst - St. Paul's Suite
Concert # 3
Soloist - Hanli Stapela, soprano
Thomson - The Plow That Broke the Plains Suite
Copland - Music of the Movies
Amram - Letters of Thomas Jefferson
Barber - Knoxville: Summer of 1915
1999- 2000 Season
Concert # 1
Soloist - E. Zoe Hassman, cello
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9
Bruch - Kol Nidrei
Boccherini - Rondo
Rachmaninoff - Vocalise
Mahler - Adagietto; Symphony No. 5
Elgar - Introduction and Allegro
Concert # 2
Copland - Quiet City
Soloists: Matt Sullivan, english horn , trumpet
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No 1, Op.35 in F major
Soloist - Rieko Aizawa, piano
Arensky - Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky - Serenade, Op. 48
Concert # 3
Faure - Pavane
Deak - Duo Concertante (World Premiere)
Soloists: Glenn Dicterow, violin; Karen Dreyfus, viola
Beethoven - Symphony No.1, Op. 21, C major
1998 - 1999 season:
Concert # 1
Handel - Water Music Suite No. 1 in F major
Mozart - Concerto for Violin in A major
Soloist: Cary Koh, violin
Baroque Opera Arias
Soloist: Randall Scarlatta, tenor
Schubert - Symphony No. 5, B Flat major
Concert # 2
Mozart - Divertimento in F Major, K. 247
Stravinsky - L'Histoire du Soldat
Soloists: Lisa Kim, violin, Jon Deak, bass, Stanley Drucker,
clarinet, Steve Smith, trumpet, David Carroll, bassoon,
Chris Lamb, percussion, Joe Alessi, trombone, Robert
Sherman, narrator
Concert # 3
Soloist - Karen Dreyfus, viola
Flagello - Nocturne for Strings
Kodaly - Adagio for Viola and Strings
Telemann - Concerto in G major
Janacek - Idyla
1997 - 1998 season
Concert #1: All Mozart
Soloists: Glenn Dicterow, violin, Karen Dreyfus, viola,
Virginia Herrera, soprano Adelmo Guidarelli, baritone
Symphony No.31, in D major, K.297
"The Paris" Recitative and Aria from Act III " The Marriage
of Figaro" (k.492 )
Aria from Act I "Don Giovanni" (k. 527)
"Madiminia, il catologo e questo"
Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat major ( k. )
Concert # 2: Music of the Heart - Valentines Day
Soloists: Kathleen Flynn, soprano, Randall Scarlata, baritone
Joseph Leniado-Chira - The Legend of Kineret
Text - Meir Sherman
Narrator - Robert Sherman
Simon Sargon - The Flame of the Lord
Moore - Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms The Harp
That Once Thro' Tara's Halls
Concert # 3 - Music of Appalachia and Appalachian Spring
Soloists: Jay Unger, violin, Molly Mason, fiddle, banjo,
mandolin, piano and vocals.
A Musical Travelogue
Jay Unger- Ashoken Farewell
Copland - Appalachian Spring
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