This site documents all of the repertoire performed by the Pomona College Orchestra since the beginning of the 1995-96 season, the first year of Eric Lindholm’s leadership of the orchestra. The Pomona College Orchestra presents four full-length programs each season. In the four years of a typical college career, a huge amount of music can be enjoyed and performed. As always, the orchestra’s repertoire includes music in a wide historical range, from the eighteenth century to the present day. Some pieces are established masterworks, while others are lesser-known gems that few musicians ever get the chance to explore.
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• Beethoven – Symphony #8 in F
• Vaughan Williams – Symphony #5 in D
• Barber – Overture to The School for Scandal
• Jespersen – Rhapsody
• Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra
• Beethoven – Piano Concerto #5 in E-flat, Op. 73 "Emperor" (with Roger Sheu '14, piano, winner of the 2011 PCO Concerto Competition)
• Musorgsky/arr. Ravel – Pictures at an Exhibition
• Mozart – Solemn Vespers of the Confessor, K. 339(with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, director; Hayden Eberhart, soprano; Amy Fogerson, alto; Michael Lichtenauer, tenor; and Scott Graff, bass)
• Brahms – Andante from Symphony #3 in F, Op. 90
• Borodin – Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)
• Brahms – Tragic overture
• Britten – Four Sea Interludes (from Peter Grimes)
• Britten – Serenade for tenor, horn and strings (with Eddie Sayles ‘11, tenor, winner of the 2010 PCO Concerto Competition)
• Haydn – Symphony #95 in C minor
• Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber
• Liszt – Les Préludes
• Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto #2 in C minor (with Sonya Ursell '11, piano, winner of the 2010 PCO Concerto Competition)
• Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez (with Jack Sanders, guitar, faculty soloist)
• Strauss – Death and Transfiguration
• Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
• Verdi – Requiem (with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, director; the Cal State Long Beach Chamber Choir, Jonathan Talberg, director; Lucy Shelton, soprano; Leslie Inman, mezzo-soprano; Sal Malaki, tenor; and Scott Graff, bass)
• Beethoven – Symphony #3 in E-flat, “Eroica”
• Bernstein – Dream with Me (with Patrice Michaels, soprano)
• Dvořák – Symphony #8 in G
• Falla – Ritual Fire Dance (from El Amor Brujo)
• Hüe – Fantaisie for flute and orchestra (with Anatolia Evarkiou-Kaku ’13, flute, winner of the 2009 PCO Concerto Competition)
• Kohn – Return (world premiere)
• Milhaud – Quatre chansons de Ronsard (with Patrice Michaels, soprano)
• Mozart – Requiem (with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, director)
• Rossini – Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri
• Satie – selected songs (with Patrice Michaels, soprano)
• Stravinsky – Petrushka
• Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms (with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, director)
• Tailleferre – Chansons du folklore de France (selections, with Patrice Michaels, soprano)
• Tower – Made in America
• Beethoven – Piano Concerto #4 in G (with Genevieve Lee, faculty soloist)
• Brahms – Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny, with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, director)
• Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
• Chopin – Piano Concerto #1 in E minor (with Elisha Nuchi ’09, concert competition winner)
• Dukas – Fanfare to precede La péri
• Ginastera – Dance suite from Estancia
• Hindemith – Nobilissima Visione suite
• Mendelssohn – Symphony #4 in A, “Italian”
• Shostakovich – Symphony #10 in E minor
• Vaughan Williams – Dona nobis pacem (with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, director)
Eric Lindholm was on leave during the Spring 2009 semester. The March 2009 program was conducted by Ray Burkhart and the April 2009 program was conducted by Donna Di Grazia.
• Beethoven – Symphony #6 in F, “Pastorale”
• Brahms – Symphony #1 in C minor
• Holst – Venus, the Bringer of Peace
• Martinů – Oboe Concerto (with Francisco Castillo, faculty guest soloist)
• Mendelssohn – “Hebrides” overture (or “Fingal’s Cave”)
• Mozart – Flute Concerto #1 in G (with Yoon-Chan Kim ’10, concerto competition winner)
• Mozart – Mass in C (“Coronation”), K. 317 (with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, director)
• Poulenc – Gloria (with Holly Shaw Price and the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, director)
• Sibelius – Symphony #1 in E minor
• Sibelius – Symphony #7 in C
• Dvořák – Nocturne for strings
• Flaherty – In the Midst of Darkness, Light Persists (with Cynthia Fogg, viola and Tom Flaherty, cello)
• Mozart – Overture to Don Giovanni
• Orff – Carmina Burana (with the Pomona College Choir, Prof. Donna M. Di Grazia, director, and vocal soloists)
• Pärt – Fratres (version for string orchestra and percussion)
• Shostakovich – Symphony #9 in E-flat, op. 70
• Robert Simpson – Symphony #7
• Wagner – Die Walküre, Act III (semi-staged production with Nmon Ford, Vannessa Hulme, Gwendolyn Lytle, Cynthia Snyder, Erin Murphy, and Adrien Raynier, with stage direction by Heinz Blankenburg)
• Weber – Clarinet Concerto #2 in E-flat (Lucie McGee ’07, clarinet, winner of the 2006 PCO Concerto Competition)
• Berg – Seven Early Songs (with Gwendolyn Lytle, soprano)
• Corigliano – Elegy for Orchestra
• Dvořák – Symphony #7 in D minor
• Grieg – Piano Concerto (with Megan Kaes, piano, winner of the 2005 PCO Concerto Competition)
• Mendelssohn – Elijah (with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, director)
• Mozart – Overture to The Magic Flute (Charles Hummel, conductor)
• Ravel – “Mother Goose” suite
• Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade
• Saint-Saëns – Symphony #3 in C minor, “Organ” (with William Peterson, organ)
• Beethoven – Overture to King Stephen
• Brahms – Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor (with Todor Pelev and Roger Lebow, faculty soloists)
• Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem (with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, director)
• Elgar – Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma”
• Kodály – Dances of Galanta
• Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto #2 in G minor (with Victoria Brown, piano, 2004 concerto competition winner)
• Shostakovich – Symphony #8 in C minor, op. 65
• Verdi – Overture to I Vespri Siciliani
Eric Lindholm was on sabbatical during the Spring 2005 semester. The March 2005 program was conducted by Tony Rowe and the April 2005 program was conducted by Donna Di Grazia.
• Copland – Appalachian Spring
• Debussy – Nocturnes (Nuages and Fêtes)
• Gould – American Salute
• Hanson – Symphony #2, “Romantic”
• Herrmann – Suite from Vertigo
• Ives – Symphony #2
• North – Suite from A Streetcar Named Desire
• Prokofiev – Violin Concerto #2 (Charles Hummel ’06, violin)
• Soler/Wright – Fandango (with Jack Sanders, guitar)
• Strauss – Horn Concerto #1 (Angela Nierman ’06, horn)
• Stravinsky – Suite (1919) from The Firebird
• Tchaikovsky – Symphony #6 in B minor, “Pathétique”
• Waxman – Suite from Taras Bulba
• Berlioz - Requiem (with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, director)
• Bernstein - Overture to Candide
• Brahms - Symphony #2 in D
• Mozart - Bassoon Concerto
• Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
• Nielsen - Symphony #4, “The Inextinguishable”
• Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto #2 in C minor (with Genevieve Feiwen Lee)
• Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol
• Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings
• Wuorinen - Music for Orchestra
• Bartók - “Moderato,” from Orchestral Suite #1
• Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances
• Beethoven - Fantasia for piano, chorus, and orchestra (“Choral Fantasy”)
• Beethoven - Piano Concerto #3 in C minor (with Wendy Iskenderian ’04, piano)
• Dvořák - Symphony #9 in E minor, “From the New World”
• Glinka - Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
• Haydn - Symphony #45 in F-sharp minor, “Farewell”
• Luening and Ussachevsky - Rhapsodic Variations (for orchestra and electronic tape)
• Mahler - Symphony #1 in D major
• Mozart - Mass in C minor, “The Great” (with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, conductor)
• Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals (with Karl and Margaret Kohn, duo-pianists)
• Vaughan Williams - Two Hymn-Tune Preludes
• Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra
• Beethoven - Symphony #5 in C minor
• Brahms - Serenade #2 in A major
• Elgar - Serenade for string orchestra
• Leoncavallo - Intermezzo from I Pagliacci
• Mozart - Clarinet Concerto (with Arielle Cooley ’01, concerto competition winner)
• Mozart - Requiem (with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, conductor)
• Polay - Cathedral Images
• Rossini - Overture to The Barber of Seville
• Verdi - “Caro Nome” from Rigoletto (with Jennifer Milicent Lindsay HMC ’02, concerto competition winner)
• Verdi - Triumphal march and ballet music from Aida
• Villa-Lobos - Fantasia for cello and orchestra (Roger Lebow, faculty soloist)
• Beethoven - Symphony #1 in C major
• Liszt - Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo
• Mendelssohn - “Hebrides” overture (or “Fingal’s Cave”)
• Mozart - Symphony #39 in E-flat major
• Poulenc - Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (Susan Chen ’02 and Peter Chang ’01, pianos)
• Schumann - Symphony #3 in E-flat major, “Rhenish”
• Stravinsky - Suite from The Firebird
• Tchaikovsky - Symphony #5 in E minor
• Tchaikovsky - Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
• Tower - Clarinet Concerto (Gary Bovyer, faculty guest soloist)
Eric Lindholm was on leave from the College during the Fall 1999 semester, and the orchestra’s two programs in the first half of the year were be led by Gregory Magie.
• Barber - Adagio for Strings
• Beethoven - Symphony #6 in F major, “Pastoral”
• Copland - A Lincoln Portrait
• Dukas - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
• Dvořák- “Song to the Moon” from Rusalka (Martha Kate Lind, soprano)
• Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor (Helen Wong, piano)
• Handel - Zadok the Priest (with the Pomona College Choir, Donna M. Di Grazia, conductor)
• Mahler - Totenfeier
• Milhaud - La création du monde (The Creation of the World)
• Mozart - Mass in C major, “Coronation” (with the Pomona College Choir)
• Poulenc - Concert champêtre (Bill Peterson, harpsichord, faculty guest soloist)
• Shostakovich - Symphony #1 in F minor
• Wagner - Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Eric Lindholm was on leave from the College during the Spring 1999 semester. The orchestra’s two programs in Spring 1999 were led by Gregory Magie.
• Beethoven - Piano Concerto #2 in B-flat major (Ting Chou, piano)
• Beethoven - Symphony #3 in E-flat major, “Eroica”
• Dvořák - Serenade for Winds
• Handel - Messiah (with the Pomona College Choir, Jon Bailey, conductor)
• Kohn - Concert Music for string orchestra
• Mozart - Symphony #40 in G minor
• Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by M. Ravel)
• Prokofiev - Violin Concerto #2 in G minor (Todor Pelev, violin, faculty guest soloist)
• Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
• Webern - Six Pieces for Orchestra, opus 6
• Adams - The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
• Beethoven - Overture to Egmont
• Brahms - Piano Concerto #2 in B-flat major (Genevieve Lee, piano, faculty guest soloist)
• Dvořák - Symphony #6 in D major
• Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor (Andrew Glazier, cello)
• Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma”
• Mendelssohn - Incidental music to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Mozart - Flute Concerto #1 in G major (Phoebe Harvey, flute)
• Sibelius - Valse Triste
• J. Strauss - Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
• Stravinsky - Pulcinella suite
• Walton - Excerpts from Façade
• Berlioz - Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict
• Boccherini - Cello Concerto in B-flat major (Jeannette Lin, cello)
• Brahms - Symphony #1 in C minor
• Copland - Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson (Gwendolyn Lytle, soprano, faculty guest soloist)
• Fauré - Pelléas et Mélisande suite
• Flaherty - Timedelusions (United States premiere)
• Haydn - Symphony #75 in D major
• Mozart - Requiem (with the Pomona College Choir, Jon Bailey, conductor)
• Rossini - Introduction, Theme and Variations (Neva Kerbeshian, clarinet)
• Schumann - Symphony #4 in D minor
• Tchaikovsky - Capriccio Italien
• Vaughan Williams - Overture to The Wasps