2006-07 Pomona College Orchestra Repertoire

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.  

 

  • 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 TBA)
  • Pärt – Fratres (version for string orchestra and percussion)
  • Shostakovich – Symphony #9 in E-flat, op. 70
  • Robert Simpson – Symphony #7
  • WagnerDie 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)

 


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