Season 8: AY 2009-2010

Fall 2009
 

Four orchestral arrangements for 15 OCO instrumentalists -- 3 flutes, 3 clarinets,  alto sax, trumpet,  horn,  3 violins,  viola,  and 2 cellos.

• Handel “Alla Hornpipe” from Water Music. Handel scored the Hornpipe for 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 oboes, bassoon, and strings.
• Mozart Overture to the Marriage of Figaro. Mozart scored Figaro for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings (12 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 2 double basses)
• Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in Bb (1^st movement). Beethoven scored his symphony for flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet, timpani, and strings (18 violins, 6 violas, 4 cellos, and 2 double basses).
• Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C (3^rd movement).  Schumann scored this movement (Adagio espressivo) for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, and strings (34 violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos, and 6 double basses).

Spring 2010
 

Two orchestral arrangements for 19 OCO instrumentalists -- 3 flutes (2^nd flute doubling on piccolo), 5 Bb clarinets, alto sax, French horn, trumpet, timpani, percussion, 4 violins, 1 viola, and 2 cellos. 

• Smetana The Moldau. Smetana’s original score calls for an ~70-piece orchestra:  piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contra bassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion, and a full complement of strings, (i.e., 26 violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, and 6 double basses). 
• Modeste Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain. The Mussorgsky was originally scored for an ~90-piece orchestra:  2 flutes (2^nd flute doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, and strings (32 violins, 12 violas, 12 cellos, 10 double basses).