Octava Chamber Orchestra – Past Concerts

Joaquín Rodrigo — Fantasía para un gentilhombre (Mark Hilliard Wilson, guitar)
Felix Mendelssohn — The Hebrides, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"

Johannes Brahms — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (Matt Weiss, violin)
Robert Nathaniel Dett — "Adagio Cantabile" from Cinnamon Grove
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a "Paris"

Richard Strauss — Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 11 (Jaime Faucher, French horn)
Charles Gounod — Petite symphonie in B-flat major for winds
Michel Edward — Symphony No. 4

Franz Joseph Haydn — Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, Hob. VIIe:1
Franz Joseph Haydn — Overture to Die Schöpfung ("The Creation"), Hob. XXI:2
Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 100 in G major, Hob. I:100 "Military"

Premiering all-new music, celebrating living composers local and abroad.

Johann Baptist Vanhal — Double Bassoon Concerto in F major (Lesley Petty & Richard D. Simon, Jr., bassoons)
Aaron Copland — Quiet City (for strings, trumpet, & English horn)
Franz Schubert — Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485

Joaquín Rodrigo — Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra (Mark Hilliard Wilson, guitar)
Georges Bizet — Carmen Suite No. 1
Georges Bizet — Carmen Suite No. 2
Mikhail Glinka — Spanish Overture No. 1 "Caprice brillant en forme d’Ouverture sur le Thème de la Jota aragonesa"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 (Jennifer Lim, piano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 "Jupiter"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Divertimento in D major, K. 136 "Salzburg Symphony No. 1"

Johann Sebastian Bach — Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R (with soloists John Dimond and Matt Weiss)
Peter Warlock — Capriol Suite
Jean Sibelius — Andante festivo
Jean Sibelius — Impromptu for Strings, Op. 5
Benjamin Britten — Simple Symphony, Op. 4

Program includes works by Matthew Weiss, Andre Van Haren, Paul Safar, Brandon McIntosh, Frank Halferty, Patrick O'Keefe, Nathan Jensen, and Luke Fitzpatrick.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach — Flute Concerto in A minor, H. 431
Johann Sebastian Bach — Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 (arr. for marimba)
Felix Mendelssohn — String Symphony No. 8 in D major, MWV N 8

Matthew Weiss – Overture to "Octava"
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga – Symphony in D
Robert Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Richard Strauss – Suite in B-flat for thirteen instruments ("Suite for Winds"), Op. 4
Alexander Glazunov – Serenades Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 7 & 13
Georg Philipp Telemann – Trumpet Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D7
Henri Casadesus, attributed to Johann Christian Bach – Viola Concerto in C minor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620
Antonín Dvořák – In Nature's Realm, Op. 91
Antonín Dvořák – Othello, Op. 93
Darius Milhaud – Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone

Featuring new music from all around the world in a variety of genres.

Franz Joseph Hadyn – Concerto for Two Horns in E-flat major
Francis Poulenc – Sinfonietta
Michael Edward – Elegie for Violin and Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Norman Dello Joio – New York Profiles
New work TBD

Felix Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 7 in D minor
Jonathan Dove – Figures in the Garden
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Concerto for Trumpet and 5 players
Étienne-Nicolas Méhul – Symphony No. 1 in G minor

Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 103 "Drumroll"
Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Delian Suite "Remembering Joseph Dillon Ford"

New music from all around the world in a variety of genres by Frank Halferty, Greg Bartholomew, Jean Chatillon, Andrzej Panufnik, Patrick O'Keefe, Joe Oakes, and Nathan Jensen.