May – Ode to Joy Composers
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Overture to La forza del destino (1862), 8 minutes Flutes, piccolo, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, harps, strings The GJSO’s most…
March- Pictures at an Exhibition Composers
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77/99 (1948/1955), 42 minutes Flutes, piccolo, oboes, English horn, clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoons, contrabassoon, horns, tuba, timpani, xylophone, tambourine,…
February- Marimba Reflections Composers
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Symphony No. 6 in D Major, (Hoboken 1/6), Le matin, (1761), 22 minutes Flute, oboes, bassoon, horns, continuo, strings This is the GJSO’s first performance of…
October – Illuminating Virtuosity Composers
Quinn Mason (b 1996) A Joyous Trilogy (2019), 15 minutes Flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, timpani, crotales, vibraphone, glockenspiel, xylophone, triangle, suspended cymbal, bass drum, tam-tam, harp,…
September – Celestial Journey Composers
John Williams (b 1932) “Adventures on Earth” from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), 10 minutes Flutes, piccolo, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, contrabassoon, horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, chimes, cymbals, snare…