Advent Lutheran Church – Past Concerts

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Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet in C major, Hob. III:39, Op. 33, No. 3 "The Bird"
Johannes Brahms — String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
James MacMillan — Heart Speaks to Heart (NY premiere)

Antonín Dvořák — String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106, B. 192
Elliott Carter — Epigrams for piano, violin, and cello (selections)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich — Septet for Piano Trio and String Quartet
Ernest Chausson — Concert for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21

Johann Sebastian Bach — Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539 "Fiddle Fugue"
Antonín Dvořák — String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat major, Op. 105 (arr. Johansen)
Jessica Meyer — Avenue of the Giants (NY premiere)
Karl Kramer-Johansen — Tuna Rap

Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18, No. 5
Traditional — Selected works (African American spirituals TBA)
Caroline Shaw — Entr'acte
George Walker — Lyric for Strings
Scott Gendel — Kids Who Die (NY premiere; text by Langston Hughes)

Johannes Brahms — Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Nino Rota — Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Caroline Shaw — Thousandth Orange
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60

Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 53 in D major, Op. 64, No. 5, Hob. III:63 "The Lark"
Leoš Janáček — String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"
Antonín Dvořák — Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B. 155

Igor Stravinsky — Selected works
Eleanor Alberga — Selected works
Various — Selected works (Latin American music TBA)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414
Edvard Grieg — Holberg Suite, Op. 40 ("From Holberg's Time")
TBA — Selected works (new work for piano & string orchestra)
Antonín Dvořák — String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 "American" (selection; arr. for string orchestra)

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Astor Piazzolla — Tango Ballet
Efraín Amaya — Angelica
Silvestre Revueltas — String Quartet No. 2 "Magueyes"

Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden" (arr. for string orchestra)
Adolphus Hailstork — Sonata Da Chiesa
Jessie Montgomery — Banner

Stephen Andrew Taylor / Traditional — Four Spirituals for soprano and string quartet
Florence Price — Piano Quintet in E minor
Scott Gendel — Kids Who Die (New York premiere; text by Langston Hughes)

Sergei Prokofiev — String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92 "Kabardinian"
James Lee III — Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
Johannes Brahms — Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

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Henry Purcell — Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (selections; arr. The Hands Free)

Kevin Puts — The Hours (selected arias)
Kevin Puts — Selected works
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — "Non più di fiori," La clemenza di Tito

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George Gershwin — Three Preludes (arr. for piano trio)
Leonard Bernstein — Piano Trio
Judd Greenstein — A Serious Man
Johannes Brahms — Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8

Felix Mendelssohn — String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Dan Visconti — Eternal Breath