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We are anticipating our two new seasons for the first half of 2012
Season 13: Stabat Mater (March to April 2012)
See below under Season 10
Season 12: Celebration by the Bridge/New Mandolin Music (January to June 2012)
- Mazurka ~ Claude Debussy
- Bolero ~ Rafaelle Calace
- Tarantella ~ Rafaelle Calace
- Transit Aetas, Aria XVII(17)b from Oratorium Juditha Triumphans ~ Antonio Vivaldi (1716)/Soloist Twila Ehmcke, contralto
- Piano Suites ~ Erik Satie
- Menus Propos Enfantines
- I. Valse du Chocolat aux Amandes (Waltz of the Almond Chocolate)
- II. Ce Que Dit la Petite Princesse des Tulipes (What the Little Tulip Princess Says)
- III. Le Chant Guerrier du Roi des Haricots (War Cry of the King of Beans)
- Enfantillages pittoresque
- I. Petit prelude a la journee
- II. Berceuse
- III. Marche di grand escalier
- Peccadille Importunes
- I. Etre jaloux de son camarade qui a une grosse tete
- II. Lui manger sa tartine
- III. Profiter de ce qu'il a des cors aux pieds pour lui prendre son cerceau
- Other TBD.
All arr. Achille Bocus
- Winning three compositions in SFMO 2012 New Music Competition Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Golden Gate Bridge
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Our list of past repertoire contains several concert recordings marked "LISTEN" or "WATCH."
Please scroll down and take your pick of these audio or video delights! (Note that the audio quality is clearer on the audio-only tracks.)
Season 11: Winter (August to November 2011)
- Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Opus 46 ~ E. Grieg (1867)
- I. Morning Mood LISTEN
- II. Aase's Death
- III. Anitra's Dance LISTEN or WATCH
- IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
- Winter Concerto ~ A. Vivaldi (1678-1741)/A. Bocus soloist
- Rakastava (The Lover) ~ J. Sibelius (1893)
- I. The Lover
- II. The Path of His Beloved LISTEN
- III. Good Evening!...Farewell!
- Romance in C, Op. 42 ~ J. Sibelius (1903) LISTEN or WATCH
- Happy Birthday Bill Monroe ~ D. Grisman (1982)/D. Grisman soloist LISTEN or WATCH
- Ironed and Confused LISTEN
Season 10: Stabat Mater (Easter 2011)
- Stabat Mater ~ G.B. Pergolesi (1736)
- 1. Stabat mater dolorosa WATCH
- 2. Cujus animam gementem
- 3. O quam tristis et afflicta
- 4. Quae moerebat et dolebat LISTEN
- 5. Quis est homo qui non fleret LISTEN
- 6. Vidit suum dulcem natum
- 7. Eja, Mater, fons amoris
- 8. Fac, ut ardeat cor meum LISTEN
- 9. Sancta Mater, istud agas LISTEN or WATCH
- 10. Fac, ut portem Christi mortem
- 11. Inflammatus et accensus
- 12. Quando corpus morietur LISTEN
Recordings with Susan Gundunas (Soprano) and Twila Ehmcke (Alto).
Season 9: Air (Fall 2010)
- I Talk to the Wind ~ Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield (from King Crimson 1969), Sean Gugler and Loren Cheng soloists, LISTEN
- Addio Milano (Ciao CRAL) ~ A. Bocus (2008) LISTEN
- Sechs Kinderstücke (Six pieces for Children) ~ F. Mendelssohn (1842)
- Concerto Grosso No. 8 (fatto per la notte di Natale) ~ A. Corelli (1712), Sarah Bell, Nicola Swinburne, Sam Gutterman soloists, LISTEN
- Air from Orchestral Suite III in D ~ J.S. Bach (1729-1736?)
Season 8: The British Invasion (Spring 2010)
- Tarkus (Selection from Album) ~ Keith Emerson (of Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
- Dancing with the Moonlit Knight ~ Genesis
- Selling England by the Pound ~ Genesis
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ~ The Beatles
- The Dargason (Finale from St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 9, No. 2) ~ G. Holst (1912) LISTEN
- German Dances (8 of 16) and 2 Schottische (Op. 33) ~ F. Schubert (1823-24)
Season 7: The Child (Fall 2009)
- Kinderszenen (orig. for piano), selection~ Schumann ~ arr. Achille Bocus (2009). 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
WATCH
1, WATCH
2, WATCH
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- Toy Symphony ~ L. Mozart? Haydn? (unknown)
- String Quartet Op. 33 No. 5 ("How do you do?"), Largo e Cantabile ~ Haydn
- Serenade for 13 woodwinds ~ Mozart ~ arr. Achille Bocus (2009)
Season 6: Past Season Highlights (Fall 2008 and Spring 2009)
- Serenata Napolitana ~ Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)
- La Vallee Maudite, Ouverture Drammatique ~ Francois Menichetti (1882-1969)
- Divertimento No. 1 in D for Strings, KV 136 ~ W. Mozart (1756 - 1791)
- Romance ~ D. Shostakovich (1906-1975) ~ arr. Tony Kaye (2007)
- Concerto in F Major (RV 138) ~ Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Season 5: Old and New (Spring and Summer 2008)
- Un Italiano nel Deserto ~ Achille Bocus (2003)
- Fandango for Mandolins ~ Ann Carr-Boyd (1982)
- Walnut Valley Suite ~ Bruce Graybill (1995)
- Family Squabble ~ Owen Hartford (1995)
- Music for Play ~ Claudio Mandonico (1978)
- Sky-Colored Lake ~ Robert Martel (1995)
From Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances (rearranged by Hladky, 1957):
- Danza Rustica ~ Giovanni Batista Besardo (b. 1657) ~ arr. Nicola Swinburne (2008)
- Bergamasca ~ Bernardo Gianoncelli (1599) ~ arr. Tony Kaye (2006)
- Baletto detto il Conte Orlando ~ Simone Molinaro (1599) ~ arr. Nicola Swinburne (2008)
Season 4: Russian Music (Spring and Fall 2007)
- Moscow Nights ~ V. Solovyev-Sedoy ~ arr. Nicola Swinburne, with soprano Marta Johansen
- Pizzicato ~ A. Glasunov
- Romance ~ D. Shostakovich ~ arr. Tony Kaye
- Sleeping Beauty Waltz ~ V. I. Tchaikovsky
- Selections from The Nutcracker Suite ~ V. I. Tchaikovsky
- Katiusha ~ M. Blanter ~ arr. Tony Kaye, with soprano Marta Johansen
Season 3: Classical Period (1750 - 1827) (Fall 2006)
- Divertimento in F for Strings, KV 138 ~ W. Mozart (1756 - 1791)
- Concerto for Mandolin and Strings in G ~ Domenico Caudioso (18th century)
- String Quartet No. 8 in A. Op. 33 No. 6 ~ Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
Season 2: Late Italian Romantic Folk Music (Summer 2006)
- Il Bacio ~ L. Arditi ~ arr. Mark Davis
- L'Ultimo Fiore ~ E. Jacovacci
- Japanischer Lanternentanz ~ Yoshimoto
- Nina ~ G. B. Pergolesi ~ arr. Mark Davis
- Un Bel Di ~ Madame Butterfly ~ Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) ~ arr. Nicola Swinburne, with soprano Marta
Johansen
- Soyons Gais ~ Paul Borrelly
- Tarantella Siciliana ~ G. Balsamo
- La Vallee Maudite ~ Francois Menichetti
- Crisantemo (Chrysanthemum) Waltz ~ G. Sartori
Season 1: Baroque Period (Winter 2006)
- La Rejouissance ~ Handel (1685-1759)
- Passacaile ~ Handel
- Suite for unaccompanied Cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 ~ Prelude and Sonata in Em for Cello and Continuo ~ J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750) ~ arr. Luigi Dallapiccola, Tony Kaye, with mandocello soloist Todd Billeci
- Gavotte ~
Rameau (1683-1761)
- Corrente ~ Corelli (1635-1713)
- If Love be Blind ~ Bateson (1604)
- Concerto in F Major (RV 138) ~ Vivaldi (1678-1741)
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