Season 11: AY 2012-2013

Fall 2012
 

Three orchestral arrangements for 12 players -- 2 flutes, tenor sax, 2 trumpets, French horn, 1 violin, 1 viola, 1 cello, piano, and 2 percussionists.

• Beethoven March alla Turca, op. 113.  Scored for piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, Bb bass horn, trumpet, percussions, and strings (24 violins, 8 violas, 6 cellos, and 4 double basses).
• Stravinsky Suite No. 2 for small orchestra.  Scored for 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion, piano, and strings. 
• Marquez Danzon No. 2.  Marquez scored Danzon No. 2 for a large contemporary orchestra consisting of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, and strings (38 violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos, and 8 double basses).

Spring 2013
 

Four orchestral arrangements for 13 instruments -- 2 flutes, tenor sax, 2 trumpets, French horn, 1 violin, 1 viola, 2 cellos, piano, and 2 percussionists.

• 2 selections from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (Promenade and Old Castle).  The Mussorgsky Pictures was originally written for piano solo.  I consulted the original and the Ravel arrangement  for piccolo, 2 flutes, 3 oboes, 2 Bb clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, percussion, timpani, harp, and strings (32 violins, 12 violas, 12 cellos, 10 double basses).
• Saint-Saens’ Danse Macabre.  Saint-Saens’ original score calls for a 70-piece orchestra:  piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, and a full complement of strings, (i.e., 26 violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, and 6 double basses).
• Mozart’s Wind Serenade in Bb, K. 361. Mozart scored his Wind Serenade for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 basset horns, 2 French horns, 2 bassoons, and contrabassoon.  
• Arturo Marquez's Danzon No. 2. Marquez scored Danzon No. 2 for a large contemporary orchestra consisting of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, and strings (38 violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos, and 8 double basses).