Frisson

SAMPLE PROGRAMS:

 

7 musicians

2 violins, viola, cello, bass, oboe, clarinet

Les Reves de Jacob for oboe and strings – Darius Milhaud

Quintet for clarinet and strings - Mozart

INTERMISSION

Preludes for clarinet and strings - Gershwin

Quintet for strings in G Major, Op. 77 – Antonin Dvorak

 

9 musicians

Violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn

Three Pieces for oboe and strings – Gustav Holst

Nonet – Bohuslav Martinu

INTERMISSION

Septet in E Flat Major – L. V. Beethoven

 

9 musicians

Violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn

Quartet for oboe and strings – W. A. Mozart

Octet for strings and winds – August Walter (1863)

INTERMISSION

Tombeau de Couperin for winds – Maurice Ravel

Til Eulenspiegel – chamber version – Richard Strauss

 

9 musicians

Violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn

Til Eulenspiegel – chamber version – Richard Strauss

Nonet – Bohuslav Martinu

INTERMISSION

Johannes Brahms – Serenade No. 1 for strings and winds – nonet version

 

(some works are interchangeable between programs)

 

Chamber Orchestra of 12 musicians

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 – J. S. Bach

Concerto for oboe and violin – J. S. Bach

INTERMISSION

“Spring” from the Four Seasons – Antonio Vivaldi

St. Paul’s Suite – Gustav Holst

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

 

Chamber Orchestra of 18 musicians

The Complete Brandenburg Concerti – J.S. Bach

 

Winds of Frisson

6 musicians – 5 winds and guest pianist

Tombeau de Couperin for winds - Ravel

Sextet for piano and winds – Poulenc

INTERMISSION

Three Pieces for clarinet - Stravinsky

Quintet for piano and winds – Beethoven

 

SELECTED REPERTOIRE:

Samuel Barber - Summer Music for wind quintet

Samuel Barber - Adagio for strings

L. V. Beethoven – Septet in E Flat major, Op. 20 for strings and winds

L. V. Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” nonet version

Johannes Brahms – Serenade No. 1 for strings and winds – nonet version

Turlough O'Carolon - Suite of traditional Celtic music

Ignacio Cervantes - Cuban Dances

Copland – Appalachian Spring – chamber version

Jacques Ibert - Trois Pieces Breves for wind quintet

Leos Janacek – Mládí for wind sextet

MIchael Haydn - Divertimento for oboe, viola, and double bass

Bohuslav Martinu – Nonet H.374 for strings and winds

Mozart – Quintet for clarinet and strings

Mozart – Quartet for oboe and strings

Sergei Prokofiev – Quintet in G minor, Op. 39 for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, bass

Max Reger – Serenade, Op.141 for flute, violin, and viola

Schubert – Octet in F Major, D. 803

Ludwig Spohr – Nonet in F Major, Op.311 for strings and winds

Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks – chamber version
Wagner- Siegrfied Idyll – chamber version

Traditional – Last Rose of Summer