FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Hidden Treasures from the United Kingdom
E.J. Moeran, In the Mountain Country
Eric Coates, London (London Every Day), Suite for Orchestra
Arthur Sullivan, Symphony in E (The Irish) for Orchestra
DECEMBER 13, 2024
5th Annual Cathedral Christmas Festival (Part 1)
Gustav Holst – Christmas Day – Choral Fantasy on Old Carols
Frederick Delius – Sleigh Ride
Adolphe Charles Adam (arr. Calvn Custer) – O Holy Night
Arthur H. Brown (arr. Albert Oliver Davis) – Elizabethan Carol
Traditional Christmas sing-along music for chorus, orchestra and audience, including:
Angels We Have Heard on High
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Joy to the World
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Silent Night
What Child Is This?
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Three Blind Mice
Patrick Thomas, local composer – Journey to a Glorious Day (premiere)
W.A. Mozart – Ruhe Sanft, Mein Holdes Leben from the opera Zaïde, (featuring vocalist Noelle Harb)
Serge Koussevitzky – Double Bass Concerto, Op. 3, (featuring bassist Lance Gaupp, 2024 concerto competition winner)
Intermission (featuring harpist Megan Keb)
Felix Mendelssohn – Ruy Blas, Op. 95
Giacomo Puccini – Suor Angelica Intermezzo
Joseph Holbrooke – Three Blind Mice, Op.37, No.1
MAY 3, 2024
New Favorites
George Frideric Handel, arr. Sir Edward Elgar – Overture in D Minor,
Frank Bridge – The Sea, A Suite for Orchestra
Vasily Kalinnikov – Symphony No. 1 in G Minor
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Sing to the Lord: 4th Annual Cathedral Christmas Festival (Part 1)
Traditional, Arr. by Douglas E. Wagner – A Festival of Carols
Traditional, Arr. by Bob Cerulli – Christmas Sing-A-Long
Traditional, Adapted and Arr. by Alfred Reed – Greensleeves
Arr. by Brian Luckner – O Holy Night (with Chorus)
Leontovich, Wilhousky (Arr. by RIchard Hayman) – Carol of the Bells
Humperdink – Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel
Traditional, Arr. by Robert A. Hudson – Away in a Manager
Traditional, Arr. by Robert A. Hudson – The First Noel
Bizet (rev. by Varum Soontornniyomkij- L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2: IV. Farandole (revised version)
NOVEMBER 3 , 2023
Something Old, Something New
Strauss – Ohne Sorgen
Saint-Saëns – Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 (featuring soloist Chris Keum, 2023 Youth Concerto Competition Winner)
Holst – A Fugal Overture
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto, Op. 35 (featuring soloist Elizabeth Burch, 2023 Adult Concerto Competition Winner)
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 “New World”
APRIL 28, 2023
Sketches
Elgar – Sevillaña, Op.7
Debussy – D’un cahier d’esquisses
Glazunov – Finnish Sketches, Op.89
Chadwick – Symphonic Sketches
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Time and the mountains
Copland – Fanfare For the Common Man
Weber – Der Beherrscher der Geister, Op.27
Haydn – Symphony No. 101
Franck – Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne
Enescu – Rhapsody No.1, Op. 11
MAY 6, 2022
Orchestra Treats
Rossini – Overture to the opera William Tell (French opera composed by an Italian based on a German play itself based on Swiss legend)
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, Mvt. 1
Holst – “Jupiter” from The Planets
Coleridge-Taylor – Rhapsodic Dance, The Bamboula, Op. 75
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, Mvt. 1
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
A Fantasy, a Discovery, and a Premiere
Strauss Jr. – Perpetuum Mobile & Kuss Waltz
Wright – A Kingdom Where Nobody Dies
Bruch – The Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, Op. 46 – Introduction and mvts. I & II
Ries – Symphony No.4
DEC 7, 2019
Christmas Festival of Joy at Johnson University
Combined (SCO & Johnson University Choir) Selections
Ames (arr.)- Gloria Fanfare
Hoggard (arr.)- Personent Hodie
Forrest (arr.)- See, Amid the Winter’s Snow
Forrest (arr.)- Blessed is the Lord (Benedictus)
Berlioz- The Shepherd’s Farewell to the Holy Family
Martin (arr.)- Joy to the Word
SCO Selections
Humperdinck- Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime scene from Hansel and Gretel
Hayman (arr.)- Carol of the Bells
Ades (arr.)- A Carol Festival
NOV 22, 2019
Bohemian Romance
Verdi – Overture to La forza del destino
Dvorak – Silent Woods
Smetana – The Moldau
Dvorak – Romance, Op.11
Dvorak – Symphony No. 8
MAY 10, 2019
Brahms, Borodin and Budding Stars
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Fauré – Élégie for Cello and Orchestra
Lalo – Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op. 21, mvt. 1
Winter- Festfanfare (intermission giving music)
Borodin – Symphony No. 2 in B minor
DECEMBER 1, 2018
Christmas Festival of Joy at Johnson University
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Bizet – Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Reed (arr.) – Greensleeves
Holst (arr.)- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Forest (arr.) – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Martin (arr.) – Joy To the World
NOVEMBER 9 & 15, 2018
All The Colors Of The Orchestra
Suppé – Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
Debussy – Petite Suite
Holst – A Somerset Rhapsody
Enescu – Rhapsody No.2 in D major
Nguyen – Good Morning, Moon
Tchaikovsky – Introduction from Mazeppa
Bizet – “Farandole” from L’Arlésienne Suite No.2
MAY 8, 2018
Classics and Concertos
Rimsky-Korsakov – Procession of the Nobles, from Mlada
Bottesini – Concerto in B Minor for Double Bass
Wagner – Overture from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Griffes – Poem for Flute and Orchestra
Popper – Tarantelle
Copland – Variations on a Shaker Melody
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2, Mvt. 4
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Fire and Ice
Fire
Puccini – Coro a bocca chiusa from Madama Butterfly
Puccini – Intermezzo from Madama Butterfly
Leoncavallo – Intermezzo from Pagliacci
Mascagni – Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Rossini – Overture from Barber of Seville
Ice
Nielson – Helios Overture
Sibelius – Finlandia
Grieg – “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Knoxville 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb
Traditional, lyrics by Key- The Star-Spangled Banner
Traditional – Taps
Traditional (arr. Del Borgo) – Amazing Grace
Traditional (arr. Dimer) – Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Ungar – Ashokan Farewell
Kamen (arr. Phillipe) – Music from the HBO series “Band of Brothers,”
Mascagni – Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Ward (arr. Reed) – America the Beautiful
MacDowell – “Dirge” from Second (“Indian”) Suite
Elgar – “Nimrod” from Enigma Variations
Berlin (arr. Christopher & Moss) – God Bless America
Story – Freedom Finale
APRIL 7, 2017
Around the World in Eight Pieces
Eastern Hemisphere
Asia: Traditional, (arr. Li)- Arirang (Korean: 아리랑)
India: Khan – Gandhi Symphony (Coda)
Russia: Tchaikovsky – Marche slave
Africa: Coleridge-Taylor – “Danse Nègre” from African Suite
Europe: Strauss II – An der schönen blauen Donau
Western Hemisphere
South America: Rodriguez – La cumparsita
Latin America: Lecuona (arr. Grofe) – “Malagueña” from Suite Andalucía
North America: MacDowell – Indian Suite
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Veterans Day Concert
Presentation of the Colors with Taps (traditional)
Traditional, lyrics by Key- The Star-Spangled Banner
Williams (arr. Riggio)- Olympic theme
Ungar (arr. Cerulli) – Ashokan Farewell
Rodgers – Victory at Sea
Lowden (arr.)- Armed Forces Salute
Custer (arr.)- Salute to Big Bands
Grainger – Handel in the Strand
Ward – America the Beautiful
Copland – Lincoln Portrait
APRIL 8, 2016
Old Friends, New Faces
Traditional, lyrics by Key- The Star-Spangled Banner
Webber (arr. Custer) – Selections from Phantom of the Opera
Elgar – “Nimrod” from Enigma Variations
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1
Traditional, (arr. Reed)- Greensleeves
Verdi – Overture from Nabucco