Past SEasons

2017-18

November  11th, 2017: Fall concert

  • Shaw - Entr'acte
  • Brandon Snyder ('18) - Good.
  • Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht

November 3rd-5th, 2017: Collaboration with Harvard Ballet Company

  • Sam Wu ('17) - In Passage

2016-2017

April 8th, 2017: spring concert

  • Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
  • Barber - Adagio for Strings
  • Lev Mamuya ('18) - televisual
  • Britten - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

November 4TH, 2016: fall CONCERT

  • Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa
  • Schubert - Death and the Maiden, Andante con moto
  • Golijov - Last Round

2015-2016

APRIL 9th, 2016: Spring Concert

  • Mendelssohn - String Octet Op. 20
  • Menachem Wiesenberg - Octet (Homage to Mendelssohn)
  • Auburn Lee ('17) - Concerto for Violin
  • Elgar - Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47

NOvember 6TH, 2015: Fall Concert

  • Mozart - Divertimento for String Orchestra in B-flat K. 137
  • Ari Korotkin ('17) - For the Last One to Drop
  • Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings

2014-2015

mARCH 29TH, 2015: rOCKPORT mUSIC cONCERT AT sHANLIN lIU pERFORMANCE cENTER

  • J.S. Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
  • Igor Stravinsky - Apollon musagète
  • Beethoven - Quartet Op. 59 No. 3

March 28th, 2015: Ft. THe Columiba Classical Performers at Paine Hall

Brattle Street:

  • J.S. Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
  • Igor Stravinsky - Apollon musagète

Columbia Classical Performers:

  • Gabriel Fauré - Dolly Suite 
  • Johannes Brahms: - Sonata No. 3 for Piano and Violin, Op. 108 
  • Máximo Diego Pujol - Tres piezas de otoño
  • Claude Debussy - Premiere Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano (Erik Helstrom, clarinet, Maria Sun, piano)
  • Astor Piazzola - Le Grand Tango
  • Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor

November 7th, 2014: Fall Concert

  • J.S. Bach - The Art of Fugue
  • Sam Wu '17 - triptych
  • Suk - Serenade for Strings in E flat major Op. 6

2013-2014

March 28, 2014: ft. the Columbia Classical Performers at Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY

  • Corelli - "Christmas Concerto" in g minor, Op. 6, No. 8
  • Brahms - String Quintet No. 2 in in G Major, Op. 111

April 4th, 2014: Brattle Street Chamber Players Spring Concert

  • Corelli - "Christmas Concerto" in g minor, Op. 6, No. 8
  • Chase Morrin '15 - New Work
  • Brahms - String Quintet No. 2 in in G Major, Op. 111

November 8th, 2013: Fall Concert

  • Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso in d minor, Op. 3 No. 11
  • George Meyer '15 - Concerto Grosso
  • Bartok - Divertimento for String Orchestra

2012-2013

Friday April 5th, 2013: Spring COncert ft. Columbia University's fourbythree

  • Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
  • Phillip Golub '16 - New Work
  • Beethoven - Grosse Fuge, Op. 133

November 10th, 2012: Fall Concert

  • Mozart - Divertimento K. 138 in F major
  • Lydia Brindamour '13 - The Bones of Things
  • Schoenberg - Verklaerte Nacht

2011-2012:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011: FALL CONCERT

  • Mozart - Divertimento K136
  • Beethoven- Opus 130- Cavatina
  • Mendelssohn- Octet in E-flat Major- Presto
  • Jorge Ballesteros '13- Shaheed
  • Tchaikovsky- Serenade for Strings

TOUR TO NEW YORK CITY

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012: CONCERT AT THE HARVARD CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY

  • Mozart - Divertimento K. 136 in D major
  • Beethoven- Opus 130- Cavatina
  • Mendelssohn- Octet in E-flat Major- Presto
  • Tchaikovsky- Serenade for Strings

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012: CONCERT WITH COLUMBIA CLASSICAL PERFORMERS AT THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS

  • Mozart - Divertimento K136
  • Mendelssohn- Octet in E-flat Major- Presto
  • Tchaikovsky- Serenade for Strings

CONCERTS AT HARVARD

FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012: SPRING CONCERT

  • Brahms - Sextet No.2 in G major Op. 36
  • Matt Aucoin '12 - Suite for Strings
  • Dvorak - Serenade for Strings in E major Op.22

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2012: ARTS FIRST PERFORMANCE

2010-2011:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010: FALL CONCERT

  • Holst- St. Paul’s Suite
  • Shostakovich- Two Pieces for String Octet
  • Britten- Simple Symphony

SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2011: SPRING CONCERT WITH COLUMBIA'S FOURBYTHREE

FourByThree:

  • Poulenc- Sonata for Two Clarinets
  • Dring- Trio for Flute, Oboe, and Piano
  • Ives- The Unanswered Question
  • Schoenberg- Transfigured Night

The Brattle Street Chamber Players:

  • Bach- The Art of Fugue"
  • Schubert- String Quintet in C Major
  • Zachary Sheets ‘13- Then the Silence Increased (Universe Premiere)
  • Geminiani- La Follia Variations for String Orchestra

2009-2010:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009: FALL CONCERT

  • Forrest O'Connor '10 - Homage to the Old Mill (world premiere)
  • Tchaikovsky- Souvenir de Florence

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010: SPRING CONCERT

  • Vivaldi- Concerto in D minor RV 128
  • Oliver Strand ’11- Monograph I (world premiere)
  • Grieg- Suite from Holberg Time

2008-2009

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2008: 10TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT

  • Wiren - Serenade, Op. 11
  • Janacek - Suite for Strings
  • Selections by Chad Cannon '09/'11

SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2009: SPRING CONCERT

  • Biber - Battalia
  • Gesualdo (trans. Taxin) - Moro lasso
  • Chris Lim '10 - Suite (world premiere)
  • Rodrigo - Dos miniaturas andaluzas

SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2009: ARTS FIRST CHAMBER CONCERT

  • Beethoven - String Quartet Op. 18 No. 3, in D Major
  • Oliver Strand '11 - Paragraph for cello and double bass (world premiere)
  • Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 3 in F Major

2007-2008:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007: FALL CONCERT

  • J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048
  • Matt Mendez '09 - Wondrous/Dross (world premiere)
  • E. Toch - Serenade for Three Violins, Op. 20
  • B. Britten - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op. 10

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2007: MODERN MUSES WITH THE HARVARD BALLET COMPANY

SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2008: SPRING CONCERT: XTREME

  • I. Stravinsky - Concerto for String Orchestra in D
  • Elizabeth Lim '08 - Gilded Glass (world premiere)
  • A. Dvorak - Serenade for Strings in E, Op. 22

SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2008: ARTS FIRST CHAMBER CONCERT

  • Dvorak - String Quintet No. 2 in D Major, Op. 77
  • Schubert - String Quintet in C Major
  • Beethoven - String Quartet Op. 95 in f minor, "Serioso"'

2006-2007:

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2006: FALL CONCERT

  • Mozart - Divertimento
  • Elgar - Serenade for Strings in E minor, op. 20
  • Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 3 in F Major

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2006: CONCERT WITH HARVARD-RADCLIFFE COLLEGIUM MUSICUM

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2007: SPRING CONCERT

  • Webern - Langsamer Satz
  • Corelli - Concerto Grosso
  • Holst - St. Paul Suite

SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2007: ARTS FIRST CHAMBER CONCERT

  • Handel-Halvorsen - Passacaglia for Violin and Cello in G Minor
  • Schoenberg - Transfigured Night, Op. 4.
  • Mozart - String Quartet in D major, K. 155
  • Mendelssohn - Octet, Op. 20 in E flat Major

2005-2006:

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2005: FALL CONCERT

  • Derrick Wang '06, To My Grandfather (Premiere Perfomance)
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9
  • Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, Serenade for String Orchestra

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2006: SPRING CONCERT

  • Mozart, Adagio and Fugue in C minor K. 546
  • Golijov, Last Round
  • Julia Carey '08, Impetus for Strings (Premiere Performance)
  • Grieg, Suite aus Holbergs Zeit Op. 40

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2006: ARTS FIRST CHAMBER CONCERT

  • Mozart, String Quartet K. 465, "Dissonance"
  • Bruch, Octet
  • Ravel, String Quartet in F major
  • Chad Cannon '09, Waking up Blind (Premiere Performance)
  • Chad Cannon '09, Salsa Crush (Premiere Performance)

2004-2005:

NOVEMBER, 13, 2004: FALL CONCERT

  • Biber, Battalia
  • Grieg, Two Elegaic Melodies
  • Janacek, Suite for String Orchestra
  • Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

APRIL, 16, 2005: SPRING CONCERT

  • Turina, La Oracion del Torero
  • Hindemith, Five Pieces for String Orchestra
  • Balliett '05, California Counterpoint (Premiere Performance)
  • Bach, Concerto for Two Violins, feat. Francesca Anderegg '05 and Alison Miller '05
  • Suk, Serenade for Strings

MAY 6, 2005: ARTS FIRST CHAMBER CONCERT

  • Rossini, Sonata for Cello and Bass, feat. Mikiko Fujiwara '07 and Justin McCarty '06
  • Mozart, Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola, feat. Ian Goh '06 and Brendan Gillis '06
  • Shostakovitch, Octet

2003-2004:

NOVEMBER, 7, 2003: FALL CONCERT

  • Mozart, Divertimento in F
  • Shostakovich, Chamber Symphony Op. 110a
  • Dvorak, Serenade for Strings

APRIL, 9, 2004: THE FOUR SEASONS

  • Bach, arr. Mozart, Five Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier
  • Wolf, Italian Serenade
  • Bach, arr. Cloud '04, Prelude (Tango) (Premiere Performance)
  • Vivaldi, Summer, feat. Rebecca Racusin '06
  • Vivaldi, Fall, feat. Miki-Sophia Cloud '04
  • Vivaldi, Winter, feat. Andrew Wang '04
  • Vivaldi, Spring, feat. Francesca Anderegg '05

MAY, 8, 2004: ARTS FIRST MENDELSSOHN OCTET

  • Mendelssohn, Octet for Strings
  • Ravel, Sonata for Violin and Cello, feat. Francesca Anderegg '05 and Peter Anderegg '04

2002-2003:

December, 15, 2002: Fall Concert

  • Corelli, Concerto Grosso no. 4
  • Elgar, Introduction and Allegro
  • Perotin, arr. Cloud '04 Sederunt (Premiere Performance)
  • Walton, Sonata for String Orchestra

April, 12, 2003: Spring Concert

  • Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 5, feat. Sonya Chung '03, Brian Seeve '03, and Professor Noam Elkies
  • Mendelssohn, Sinfonia no. 9
  • Britten, Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge

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