Spring Concert II 2023 (5/22/2023)
"A Return to Prominence"

Guest Conductor:  Deborah Barrett Price

Emilie L.F. Mayer - Faust-Overture, Op. 46

Louise Farrenc - two movements (TBD) from Symphony No. 2 in D Major

Cécile Chaminade - Callirhoë, Op. 37 Suite from the Ballet Symphonique

Spring Concert I 2023 (4/16/2023)
"The Power of Fate"

Guest Conductor:  Luis Biava

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5, Op. 47

Winter Concert II 2023 (2/26/2023)
"Wind, Water, & Fire"

Guest Conductor:  Philip Rudd

Soloist:  Scott Conklin (violin)

Felix Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture

Giuseppe Verdi - Prelude to Act III of La Traviata

Ching-Chu Hu - Violin Concerto "Fire Spirit"

Georges Bizet - Selections from Carmen Suites No. 1 and 2

GCCO Winter Concert I 2023 (1/22/2023) 

"Flight"

Guest Conductor:  Alex Toa

Soloist:  Alicia Hui (violin)

Edward William Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4 in G, Op. 39

Arvo Pärt - Swansong

Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Cygne from Carnival of Animals

Igor Stravinsky - Finale from L'Oiseau de feu (1919)

GCCO Fall Concert II 2022 (11/20/2022) 

"Serenades of Joy and Sorrow"

 Guest Conductor:  Rachel Parfenchuk

Soloists:  Olev Vilo (violin) and Gyusun Han (violin)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - "Elegie" from Serenade for Strings in C Major

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor BWV 1043

Antonín Dvořák - Serenade for Strings in E Major Op. 22

GCCO Fall Concert I 2022 (10/30/2022) 

"Mysterious Mountain"

Guest Conductor:  Chris Westover

"Tabor" from My Country - Bedřich Smetana

Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" - Alan Hovhaness

Three Dances - Henryk Górecki

Recording is available HERE.

GCCO Spring II Concert 2022 (5/22/2022) 

Undulation - HyeKyung Lee

Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - Aaron Copeland

American in Paris - George Gershewin

Recording is available HERE.

GCCO Spring I Concert 2022 (3/14/2022) 

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 - Edvard Grieg

Suite on Estonian Dances for Violin and Orchestra - Eduard Tubin

Recording is available HERE.

GCCO Winter Concert 2022 (1/23/2022) 

Symphony No. 1, Op. 68 - Johannes Brahms

Recording is available HERE.

GCCO Fall Concert 2021 (10/31/2021) 

Concerto in C Major for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 56 ("Triple") - Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 3 in E♭ Major, Op. 55 ("Eroica") - Ludwig van Beethoven

Recording is available HERE.

HBE Fall Recording Session 2021 (9/19/2021) 

Medieval Woods and Fields - Rocco DiPietro

*No live performance / audience

Recording is available HERE.

HBE Spring Recording Session 2021 (5/24/2021) 

Lost Prayer - Rocco DiPietro

Clouds, Light, and Rain - EunSeok Park

*No live performance / audience

Recording is available HERE.

GCCO Mighty Winds Spring Recording Session 2021 (5/9/2021) 

Serenade in E♭ KV 375 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

*No live performance / audience

Recording is available HERE.

HBE Spring Recording Session 2021 (5/3/2021) 

Holberg Suite - Edvard Grieg

Five Pieces for String Orchestra (No. 2 & No. 5) - Heino Eller

*No live performance / audience

Recording is available HERE.

Fall Concert Recording Session 2020 (11/2/2020) 

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 - Samuel Barber

Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

*No live performance / audience

Recording is available HERE.

Spring Concert II 2020  (5/17/2020) - CANCELED

 COVID 19 prevented us from gathering...

Spring Concert I Recording Session 2020  (3/14/2020)

Symphony No. 6 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

* Concert (3/15/2020) was canceled due to COVID 19 concerns.

Recording is available HERE.

Winter Concert 2020  (1/26/2020)

Introduction et Allegro - Maurice Ravel

Pavane pour une infante defunte - Maurice Ravel

Shererazade, Trois poemes de Tristan Klingsor - Maurice Ravel

Le Tombeau de Couperin - Maurice Ravel

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This was the last in-person concert pre-COVID 19.

Fall Concert 2019  (10/27/2019)

"Rip Van Winkle" Overture - George Chadwick

Symphony No. 1 - Florence Price

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Hilliard Bach Ensemble Fall Concert 2019  (9/8/2019)

Music of Handel, Bach and Warlock

Spring Concert II 2019  (5/19/2019)

Piano Concerto No. 1 - Brahms

Der Freischütz - C.M. Weber

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Hilliard Bach Ensemble Spring Concert 2019  (4/7/2019)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 - J.S. Bach

Suite Antique - Rutter

Spring Concert I (3/24/2019)

"The Butterfly Princess" - Lomax

Symphony No.1 "Afro-American" - W.G. Still

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Winter Concert  (1/27/2019)

Symphony No. 1 - Shostakoich

Rachmaninoff

Grieg

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Fall Concert 2018  (10/28/2018)

Program details to be added at a later time.

• Double Concerto - Glass
• Concerto for Theramin - Kernohan

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Hilliard Bach Ensemble Fall Concert 2018  (9/9/2018)

The Hilliard Bach Ensemble is back for its 2nd season.  The concert features the world premier of "Invocation" by Denison University composer Hye-Kyung Lee with Columbus Symphony Orchestra’s cellist Pei-An Cho as the special guest soloist.  Also included in the program is  the music of J.S Bach, John Dowland, and Heino Eller.

Back-to-School Bash 2018 (8/12/2018)

Held at Hilliard Station Park as a part of Summer Concert Series.  Program included:

• America the Beautiful
• My Fair Lady
• Hungarian Dance No. 5
• The Washington Post March

Spring Concert II 2018 (5/20/2018)

We are thrilled to welcome back violinist David Niwa, associate concertmaster of the Columbus Symphony. When last “the man with the silver tone” was with us, he thrilled us with his performance of Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto. This time he brings us the music of the Dean of the Franco-Belgian violin school, Henri Vieuxtemps. Although not heard as often as some concerti in the repertoire, once you discover the gem that is Vieuxtemps 5^th violin concerto, you’ll understand why Heifetz insisted it should be heard far more often. Couple this with Franck’s wondrous, mysterious and always magnificent Symphony in d minor, and you’ve got an evening of music making not to be missed! 

Winter Concert II 2018 (3/25/2018)

An incomparable pianist and an incomparable concerto. Caroline Hong, pianist with the Columbus Symphony, joins the orchestra in one of the most loved, dazzling and demanding concertos in the repertoire, Tchaikovski's Piano Concert # 1 in b flat minor. An audience favorite since its premiere in 1875 (the audience in Boston demanded a repeat of the third movement!)- prepare to be thrilled. Our all Tchaikovski evening also includes "Mozartiana," the master's delightful orchestra suite written in celebration the 100th anniversary of Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni."

Winter Concert I 2018 (1/21/2018)

A hale and hearty WELCOME BACK to two of the finest musicians in Central Ohio- or anywhere else on the planet- violinist Arianne Sletner and cellist Luis Biava. Both have appeared as soloists with the orchestra before, but for only the second time in their illustrious careers, they will take the stage together in Brahms Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra. This was one of the last and best pieces penned by the master from Budapest, and we are in for an evening of magical music making!

Fall Concert 2017 (10/29/2017)

Saxophone quartet, mezzo soprano and orchestra isn't a  combination found together every day of the week, but in the hands of Estonian composer Tonu Korvits we take an amazing musical journey in his 2011 piece "New Moon." Romantic, mysterious, modern, beautiful music explores the saxophone family well beyond the jazz hall. Rounding out the program is Mendelssohn's scintillating Symphony # 3, the "Scottish." In his own lifetime, (and beyond!) Mendelssohn was renowned in the British Isles. This work pays homage to a place he called his "second home."