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.
All events were on hold between November 2020 and March 2021 due to COVID restrictions.
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 5th 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."