The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble – Past Concerts

George Frideric Handel — Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74 ("Eternal source of light divine")
George Frideric Handel — "Stile amare" from Tolomeo, re d'Egitto ("Ptolemy, King of Egypt"), HWV 25
George Frideric Handel — "Or la tromba" from Rinaldo, HWV 7
Osvaldo Golijov — The Fire Outlives the Spark (NY premiere)
Osvaldo Golijov — LAIꓘA (world premiere)
Edward Elgar — Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84

Bohuslav Martinů — Fantasia for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet, and Piano, H. 301
Peter Maxwell Davies / Carlo Gesualdo — Two Motets (for brass quintet)
Heitor Villa-Lobos — Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, W. 389
Heitor Villa-Lobos — Chôros No. 4
Igor Stravinsky — Octet for Wind Instruments

This always-evolving ensemble features a handpicked group of musicians from the historic Met Orchestra in concerts of remarkable ambition a…

Paul Hindemith — Kammermusik No. 1, Op. 24, No. 1
Johann Strauss II — Rosen aus dem Süden ("Roses From the South"), Op. 388 (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)
Kurt Weill — Little Threepenny Music
Johann Strauss II — Kaiser-Walzer ("Emperor Waltz" ), Op. 437 (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)

Andy Akiho — LIgNEouS 1
James Lee III — Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
Justinian Tamusuza — Ekitundu Ekisooka
Ernest Chausson — Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37
Amy Beach — Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67

Charles Wuorinen — Trio for Trombone, Mallet Instruments, and Piano
Michael Tilson Thomas — Street Song for Brass Quintet
Terence Blanchard — Champion (selections)
Valerie Coleman — Rubispheres (for flute, clarinet, & bassoon)
Leonard Bernstein — West Side Story Suite (arr. Jack Gale for brass quintet)

Richard Strauss — Metamorphosen: A Study for 23 Strings, TrV 290, AV 142
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Camille Saint-Saëns — Tarantelle for flute, clarinet, and piano, Op. 6
Claude Debussy — Cello Sonata, L. 135
André Caplet — Conte fantastique
Claude Debussy — Danses sacrée et profane, L. 103
Francis Poulenc — Le bal masqué

Heitor Villa-Lobos — Assobio a Jato ("The Jet Whistle"), W. 493
Johannes Brahms — Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40
Antonín Dvořák — Serenade for wind instruments, cello, and double bass in D minor, Op. 44, B. 77

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Nonet in F minor, Op. 2
Benjamin Britten — Phantasy Quartet for oboe and strings, Op. 2
Benjamin Britten — Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings, Op. 31
Dmitri Shostakovich — Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11 "Prelude and Scherzo"