Ulysses Kay – Past Concerts

Program includes works by George Gershwin, Ulysses Kay, Sheila Silver, Roger Sessions, Shih-Hui Chen, Courtney Bryan, Erin Gee, David Sanford, and Anthony Cheung.

Ruth Gipps — Oboe Concerto, Op. 20 (Katherine Needleman, oboe; Maryland premiere)
Ulysses Kay — Six Dances for the String Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 "Linz"

Program includes works by Joseph Willcox Jenkins, Carolyn Bremer, Ulysses Kay, William Schuman, Viet Cuong, Howard Hanson, Paul Hindemith, and John Philip Sousa.

Henry Purcell — Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860 (arr. Steven Stucky)
Paul Creston — Alto Saxophone Concerto, Op. 26 (Timothy McAllister, alto saxophone)
Ulysses Kay — Pietà for English Horn and Strings (Anna Mattix, English horn)
Walter Piston — The Incredible Flutist
Aaron Copland — Suite from The Tender Land

Program includes works by Ayanna Woods, Claudio Monteverdi, James MacMillan, Vicente Lusitano, Augusta Read Thomas, Alexander Agricola, Ulysses Kay, Lajos Bárdos, Béla Bartók, Burton Lane, MICHELLE, William Byrd, Clément Janequin, Steven Sametz, and Richard Evans.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 35 in D major K. 385 “Haffner”
Frédéric Chopin — Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Ulysses Kay — "III. Elegy" and "IV. Allegro" from Serenade for Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák — Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70, B. 141

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings, Mvt. II
Clara Schumann – Caprices en forme de Valse, Mvt. II, III, and VI (arr. Hersh)
Johannes Brahms – Liebeslieder Waltzes, Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, and 11 (arr. Hermann)
Dmitri Shostakovich – Waltz No. 2 (arr. Lavender)
Claude Debussy – La plus que lente
Camille Saint-Saëns – Valse-Caprice for Piano and String Orchestra, “Wedding Cake”
Ulysses Kay – Six Dances for String Orchestra, Mvt. II
Sergei Prokofiev – “Cinderella’s Departure from the Ball” from Cinderella (arr. Naughtin)

Arnold Bax – Fantasy Sonata, GP 284
Ulysses Kay – Viola Sonata

Celebrating the centennial of African-American composer, conductor, and professor Ulysses Kay.

Celebrating the centennial of African-American composer, conductor, and professor Ulysses Kay.

Celebrating the centennial of African-American composer, conductor, and professor Ulysses Kay.