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The Galiano Ensemble of Victoria Concert Archive

2000
Inaugural concert
May 26, 2000
Geminiani:  Concerto Grosso in A minor (La folia)
Mendelssohn: String Sinfonia No. 12 in G minor
Nielsen: Little Suite in A minor, Op.1
Grieg: “Holberg” Suite, Op. 40



1st season 2000-01
September 15, 2000
Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances
Respighi: Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances No. 3
Glick: Suite Hebraique
Grieg: Two Norwegian Airs, Op. 63
Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1

February 8, 2001
A Bach Program
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV 1004
Concerto For Oboe in F major BWV 1053
Cantata No. 82
Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins BWV 1043

May 26, 2001
Music from England
Parry: An English Suite
Bridge: Two old English Songs
Elgar: Serenade for strings
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus
Warlock: Capriol Suite
Grainger: Irish Tune From County Derry



2nd season 2001-2
December 7, 2001
Serenades
Mozart: Serenade K 525, Eine Kliene Nacht Musik
Dvorak: Nocturne, Op. 40
Tchaikovsky: Serenade Op. 48

February
Music from Eastern Europe
Suk: Meditation on the old Bohemian Chorale “Saint Wenceslas” Op. 35
Weiner: Divertimento No. 1 on Old Hungarian Folk Dances, Op. 20
Dvořák: Serenade in E major, Op. 22

May 25, 2002
A Mozart Gala
Serenade No.6 in D major K. 286 “Serenata Notturna”
Rondo in C major for Violin and Orchestra
Symphony No. 15 in G major  K.124
Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546 Symphony no. 29 in A major, K.201



3rd Season 2002-03
December 6, 2002
Holiday Treasures
Corelli: Christmas Concerto
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Tartini: Clarinet Concerto
Vivaldi Concerto Grosso Op 3 No. 11
Purcell: Chaccony
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.9

February 8, 2003
A Handel Gala
Solomon - Overture and the Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Water Music Suite No. 1
Dixit Domius

May 23, 2003
Mozart: Divertimento K. 138
Mendelssohn: String Sinfonia no. 9
Bruckner
: Quintet (chamber orchestra version)



4th season 2003-4
May 26, 2004
The Art of Fugue
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Bach: The Art of Fugue

May 28, 2004
String music from Scandinavia
Dag Viren: Serenade
Svendsen: Norwegian folk song
Grieg: Elegiac Melodies Op. 34
Sibelius: impromptu from op. 5
Sibelius: Romance
Sibelius: Suite Champetre Op. 98
Gade: Novelleten in F Op.53

June 4, 2004
An English Suite
Holst: St. Paul Suite
Bridge: Suite for String Orchestra
Parry: Lady Radnor Suite
Ireland: Downland Suite



5th season 2004-5
January 12, 2005
A Little Winter Music
Holdheim: Chaconne
Dvorak: Waltzes Op 54
Britten: Simple Symphony
Suk: Serenade For Strings


June 3, 2005
Hidden Treasures
Gluck: Ballet Music
Evangelista: Airs D’Espagne
Rachmaninoff: Romance and Scherzo
Reinecke: Serenade



6th season 2005-6
October 5, 2005
The Art of the Fugue
Bach: The Art of the Fugue

Janaury 18, 2006
Music Of Bartok and Janacek

Janacek: suite
Bartok: Dances of Transylvania
Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances
Bartok: Divertimento for Strings

May 31, 2006
The Great Russian
Elegy from Hamlet
Andante Op. 30
The Seasons op 37a
Serenade for Strings



7th season: 2006-7
November 8, 2006
Nordic Impressions
Larsson: Little serenade for String Orchestra Op. 12
Lie: Two songs for strings
Grieg: Two Melodies Op 53
Grieg: from per gynt – Ase’s death/Anitra’s dance
Sibelius: Rakastava
Hamerik: Symphony No 6, “Spirituelle”

January 17, 2007
20th century masterpieces
Hindemith: 5 pieces for strings op.44 no.4
Webern: Langsamer Satz (Arr. Gerrard Schwartz)
Sollima: Violoncelles, Vibrez!
Enesco: Octet in C op.7 (version for chamber Orchestra)

May 30, 2007
Virtuoso Strings
Handel: Concerto Grosso in B minor Op. 6 No. 12
Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins in A minor, Op.3 No. 8
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 BWV 1051
Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for two cellos Op. 58 no.3
Bach: Concerto in D major for three violins, BWV 1064 
Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor for four violins, Op.3 No.10



8th season 2007-8
November 7, 2007
Transfigured Night
Estacio: Such Sweet Sorrow
Herbert: Serenade Op.12
Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht

January 18, 2008
World Tour
Nielsen: Bohemian Danish Folksong
Somers: North Country
Weiner: Divertimento No. 2
Villa Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9
Sowande: African Suite

May 28, 2008
Transformations
Mozart: Divertimento in B flat Major
Warlock: Serenade for strings
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Strauss: Metamorphosen



9th season 2008-9
October 22, 2008
The ‘Other’ Three B’s
Barber: Serenade no.1
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 2
Bruch: Octet (orchestral version)

January 14, 2009
Contrasts
Overture in C minor D.8
Dvorak: Notturno
Peters: Tango
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings

May 27, 2009
Haydn Symphonies
Symphony No. 3 in G Major
Symphony no. 22 in E flat Major, (The Philosopher)
Symphony No. 45 in F Sharp minor (farewell)
Symphony No. 49 in f minor (La Passione)



10th season 2009-10
October 2009, 2009
A Celebration of English music
Bridge: Three pieces for Strings - Irish Tune, Sally in Our Alley, Cherry Ripe
Britten: Simple Symphony
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro

January 10, 2010
Mendelssohn’s String Symphonies
No.1 in C major
No. 12 in G minor
No. 10 in B minor
No. 9 in C major

June 2, 2010
Serenading the audience - Tenth Anniversary Gala!
Mozart: Serenade in C minor, K. 406
Nielsen: Little Serenade for Strings
Suk: Serenade for Strings



11th season 2010-11
October 27, 2010
Russian Reflections
Tchaikovsky: Elegy
Borodin: Nocturne
Shostakovich; Chamber symphony Op. 110a
Arensky: Quartet for Tchaikovsky

January 12, 2011
The Passionate Italians
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances No. 3
Paganini: Rondo for String Orchestra
Puccini: I chrisantemi
Verdi: Quartet ( version for String Orchestra)

June 1, 2011
English Elegance
Bridge: Suite for Strings
Walton; two pieces from Henry the 5th
Britten: Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge Op. 10



12th season 2011-12
October 26, 2011
Musical Mosaic
Wolf-Ferrari: Serenade for Strings in E flat Major
Glick: Divertimento for Strings
Gade: Novellettes Op.58 no. 2

January 11, 2012
English Suites
Elgar: Great Malvern suite
Grainger: Molly on the Shore, Irish Tune from County Derry, Mock Morris
Holst: Brook Green suite
Ireland: Downland Suite

May 30, 2012
Serenades
Volkmann: serenade no.2 in F major, Op. 63
Fuchs: Serenade No. 3 in E minor. Op. 21
Klengel: Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 24



13th season 2012-13
October 24, 2012
Czech Masters
Moravetz: Divertimento for strings
Suk: Serenade
Dvorak: Serenade

January 9, 2013
Around the Baltic Sea
Atterberg: Sinfonia for Strings
Sibelius: Suite Champetre Op. 98b
Eller: Five Pieces for Strings
Nielsen: Little Suite in A Minor Op. 1

May 29, 2013
A celebration of English Music
Holst: St Paul Suite
Finzi: Romance Op. 11
Ireland: Concertino Pastorale
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Haydn Wood: Fantasy Concerto



14th Season 2013-14
September 24, 2013
Potpourri
Piazzolla: Tango Ballet
Janáček: Idyll
Mozart: Serenade, K. 361

January 8, 2014
European Gems
Suk: Meditation on an old Czech Chorale St. Wenceslas
Karłowicz: Serenade Op. 2
Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht

Wednesday, May 28, 2014
America’s Late Romantics
Foote: Suite in E Major
Chadwick: Serenade in F Major,
Herbert: Serenade Op. 12




15th season 2014-15
Wednesday October 1, 2014

European Rarities

Felix Mendelssohn: String Sinfonia No. 11
Guillaume Lekeu: Adagio for Strings
Arthur Honegger: Symphony No. 2


Wednesday, January 14, 2015
An English Suite

William Boyce: Symphony No. 1
Gerald Finzi: Prelude for String Orchestra Op. 25
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Charterhouse Suite
Frank Bridge: Irish Tune
Edward Elgar: Sospiri
Charles Hubert Parry: An English Suite


Wednesday, May 27, 2015
15th Anniversary Concert
Serenading the Audience
-Audience Choice

Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite
Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Melodies Op. 63
 Jean Sibelius: Romance
Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony
Leo Weiner: Divertimento No. 1 on Old Hungarian Folk Dances, Op. 20


16th Season 2015-16
Wednesday September 23, 2015
Scandinavian
Smörgåsbord

Edvard Grieg; Two Melodies Op. 53
Niels Gade: Novelettes, Op. 53
Johan Svendsen: Two Swedish Folksongs
Asgar Hamerick: Symphonie Spirituelle

Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Happy Birthday Wolfgang!

Wolfgang Amaedus Mozart

Divertimento No. 2, K.137
Fantasy for a Musical Clock in F minor, K.608 (String Orchestra version by Christopher Hogwood)
Serenata Notturna, K.239
Serenade in C minor, K.406

Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Russian Reverie

Nikolai Myaskovsky: Sinfonietta in A minor, Op. 68
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Andante, Op. 30 (string orchestra version by Alexander Glazunov)
Anton Arensky: In Memory of Tchaikovsky Op. 35a (Quartet in A minor, string orchestra Version)


17th Season 2016-17
Wednesday September 28, 2016
Evening Music
Felix Mendelssohn String Sinfonia No. 4 in C minor
Hans Gál  Serenade
Paul Hindemith Five Pieces for Strings
Carl Reinecke  Serenade for Strings

Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Hungarian Inspiration
Srul Irving Glick  Suite Hébraïque
Franz Liszt  Angelus!
Leó Weiner  Hungarian Folk Tunes
Béla Bartók  Divertimento for String

May 31, 2017
English Miniatures
Purcell: Fantasias for viols
Fantasia for 4 viols in F major, Z. 737 (1659-1695)
Fantasia for 4 viols in E minor, Z. 741
Fantasia upon one note, for 5 viols in F major, Z. 745
In Nomine for 7 viols in G minor (Dorian), Z. 747
Delius: Two Aquarelles for string orchestra
Warlock: Serenade
Grainger: Mock Morris/Molly on the Shore
Bridge: Two Old English songs
Ireland: A Downland Suite


18th Season 2017-18
October 25 2017
Glorious Grieg
Two Nordic Melodies Op. 63
Grieg: Peer Gynt (arr. Rosenhaus)
Two Elegiac Melodies Op. 34
Grieg: From Holberg Time

Wednesday January 24, 2018
Barber, Bruch and Bruckner

Samuel Barber: Serenade

Max Bruch: Serenade on Swedish Melodies
Anton Bruckner: Quintet (arranged for String Orchestra)

Wednesday June 6, 2018
English Dances

Charles Hubert Parry: Suite in F (Lady Radnor's Suite)
Paul Lewis: English Suite

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: A Spring Garland
Frank Bridge: Suite for Strings





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