Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island – Past Concerts
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra formed as an expansion of the Saratoga Chamber Players founded by Whidbey Island's legendary violinist and arts supporter, Michael Nutt. Previously known as Saratoga Chamber Orchestra, the name is derived from the beautiful Saratoga Passage that flanks the east side of Whidbey Island and the stand of trees known as the Saratoga Woods. In 2007, Legh W. Burns, Music Director Emeritus, began a regular concert series performing throughout the island for Whidbey audiences. Dr. Anna Edwards has led the orchestra as Music Director since 2015, and has brought national attention to the ensemble for its innovative programming championing women, BIPOC and underrepresented composers and hosting the highly esteemed Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute held each summer.
TEL: (360) 929-3045
Saratoga Orchestra: A Very Merry Whidbey Christmas
Saturday, December 7, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Coupeville High School Performing Arts Center, Coupeville, WA, United States
Antonio Vivaldi
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Violin Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno" ("Winter" from The Four Seasons)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — "Christmas Overture" from The Forest of Wild Thyme, Op. 74
Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride
Vincent Guaraldi — A Charlie Brown Christmas
Kristen Anderson-Lopez / Christophe Beck / Robert Lopez — Frozen
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — "Christmas Overture" from The Forest of Wild Thyme, Op. 74
Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride
Vincent Guaraldi — A Charlie Brown Christmas
Kristen Anderson-Lopez / Christophe Beck / Robert Lopez — Frozen
$30 ($25 senior/military; ages 17 & under free)
Saratoga Orchestra presents Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute Finale Concert
Saturday, August 10, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA), Langley, WA, United States
Felix Mendelssohn
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The Hebrides, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
Richard Wagner — Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103
Peter Warlock — Capriol Suite
Adolphus Hailstork — Symphony No. 1
Diane Wittry — after the rain
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Richard Wagner — Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103
Peter Warlock — Capriol Suite
Adolphus Hailstork — Symphony No. 1
Diane Wittry — after the rain
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
$40
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra: A Musical Odyssey – Remembering Tokitae
Sunday, May 19, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Oak Harbor High School Performing Arts Center, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastorale"
Cindy McTee — Circuits
Nicholas Sassé — 80 x 35 x 20
Cindy McTee — Circuits
Nicholas Sassé — 80 x 35 x 20
$30 ($25 senior/military; students aged 17 & under free)
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra: A Musical Odyssey – Remembering Tokitae
Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
South Whidbey High School Performing Arts Center, Langley, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastorale"
Cindy McTee — Circuits
Nicholas Sassé — 80 x 35 x 20
Cindy McTee — Circuits
Nicholas Sassé — 80 x 35 x 20
$30 ($25 senior/military; students aged 17 & under free)
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra: Rhythms of Nature III
Saturday, April 6, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Greenbank Farm, Greenbank, WA, United States
Lauren Bernofsky
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Anacostia Journal for String Quartet
John Cage — Living Room Music
Alan Hovhaness — Mysterious Horse Before the Gate, Op. 205 (for trombone & percussion quartet)
Alan Hovhaness — Koke No Niwa ("Moss Garden"), Op. 181
Stacy Garrop — Solitude of Stars (arr. for for soprano sax & piano)
Traditional — Selected works (Okinawan music TBA)
John Cage — Living Room Music
Alan Hovhaness — Mysterious Horse Before the Gate, Op. 205 (for trombone & percussion quartet)
Alan Hovhaness — Koke No Niwa ("Moss Garden"), Op. 181
Stacy Garrop — Solitude of Stars (arr. for for soprano sax & piano)
Traditional — Selected works (Okinawan music TBA)
Free (donations welcome)
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra: Music, Magic, & Mystery
Sunday, October 29, 2023 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Oak Harbor High School Performing Arts Center, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
Alexandre Desplat
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Patrick Doyle
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Nicholas Hooper
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John Williams
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The Complete Harry Potter
(selections)
Nathaniel Stookey — The Composer is Dead (text by Lemony Snicket)
Nancy Galbraith — Danza de los Duendes
Nathaniel Stookey — The Composer is Dead (text by Lemony Snicket)
Nancy Galbraith — Danza de los Duendes
$30 ($25 senior/military; students aged 17 & under free)
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra: Music, Magic, & Mystery
Saturday, October 28, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
South Whidbey High School Performing Arts Center, Langley, WA, United States
Alexandre Desplat
/
Patrick Doyle
/
Nicholas Hooper
/
John Williams
—
The Complete Harry Potter
(selections)
Nathaniel Stookey — The Composer is Dead (text by Lemony Snicket)
Nancy Galbraith — Danza de los Duendes
Nathaniel Stookey — The Composer is Dead (text by Lemony Snicket)
Nancy Galbraith — Danza de los Duendes
$30 ($25 senior/military; students aged 17 & under free)
Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute Finale Concert
Saturday, August 12, 2023 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA), Langley, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Louise Farrenc — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 35
Emilie Mayer — Overture No. 2 in D major
Florence Maunders — Badder Gyrations
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 4
Louise Farrenc — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 35
Emilie Mayer — Overture No. 2 in D major
Florence Maunders — Badder Gyrations
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 4
$30
Saratoga Orchestra's 15th Anniversary Celebration Concert
Sunday, May 21, 2023 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Oak Harbor High School Performing Arts Center, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
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Overture in C major
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 ("II. Allegretto")
Ralph Vaughan Williams — The Lark Ascending (Sarah Pizzichemi, violin)
Leonard Bernstein — Selections from West Side Story
Richard Rodgers — The Sound of Music (selections)
John Williams — Star Wars Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 ("II. Allegretto")
Ralph Vaughan Williams — The Lark Ascending (Sarah Pizzichemi, violin)
Leonard Bernstein — Selections from West Side Story
Richard Rodgers — The Sound of Music (selections)
John Williams — Star Wars Suite
$30 ($25 senior/military; students ages 17 & under free)
Saratoga Orchestra's 15th Anniversary Celebration Concert
Saturday, May 20, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
South Whidbey High School Performing Arts Center, Langley, WA, United States
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
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Overture in C major
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 ("II. Allegretto")
Ralph Vaughan Williams — The Lark Ascending (Sarah Pizzichemi, violin)
Leonard Bernstein — Selections from West Side Story
Richard Rodgers — The Sound of Music (selections)
John Williams — Star Wars Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 ("II. Allegretto")
Ralph Vaughan Williams — The Lark Ascending (Sarah Pizzichemi, violin)
Leonard Bernstein — Selections from West Side Story
Richard Rodgers — The Sound of Music (selections)
John Williams — Star Wars Suite
$30 ($25 senior/military; students ages 17 & under free)
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra: Rhythms of Nature II, A Celebration of the Earth
Sunday, April 2, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Oak Harbor First United Methodist Church, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
David Madeira
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Minus Nine
(for 3 marimbas, vibraphone, & string quartet)
John Luther Adams — In a Treeless Place, Only Snow (for vibraphones, keyboards, & string quartet)
David Marlatt — Earthscape (for brass & organ)
Morten Lauridsen — O Magnum Mysterium
John Luther Adams — In a Treeless Place, Only Snow (for vibraphones, keyboards, & string quartet)
David Marlatt — Earthscape (for brass & organ)
Morten Lauridsen — O Magnum Mysterium
$20 suggested donatiion
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra: Rhythms of Nature II, A Celebration of the Earth
Saturday, April 1, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Langley United Methodist Church, Langley, WA, United States
David Madeira
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Minus Nine
(for 3 marimbas, vibraphone, & string quartet)
John Luther Adams — In a Treeless Place, Only Snow (for vibraphones, keyboards, & string quartet)
David Marlatt — Earthscape (for brass & organ)
Morten Lauridsen — O Magnum Mysterium
John Luther Adams — In a Treeless Place, Only Snow (for vibraphones, keyboards, & string quartet)
David Marlatt — Earthscape (for brass & organ)
Morten Lauridsen — O Magnum Mysterium
$20 suggested donatiion
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra: Passions of Paris
Sunday, January 29, 2023 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Island Church of Whidbey, Langley, WA, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 7, No. 1
Adolphus Hailstork — Sonata Da Chiesa
Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
Jean-Baptiste Lully — Suite d'Armide
Adolphus Hailstork — Sonata Da Chiesa
Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
Jean-Baptiste Lully — Suite d'Armide
$30 ($25 senior/military; students aged 17 & under free)
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra: Passions of Paris
Saturday, January 28, 2023 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
First Reformed Church, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 7, No. 1
Adolphus Hailstork — Sonata Da Chiesa
Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
Jean-Baptiste Lully — Suite d'Armide
Adolphus Hailstork — Sonata Da Chiesa
Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
Jean-Baptiste Lully — Suite d'Armide
$30 ($25 senior/military; students aged 17 & under free)
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra: A Very Merry Whidbey Christmas & Sing-Along 'Messiah'
Saturday, December 17, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Coupeville High School Performing Arts Center, Coupeville, WA, United States
Giovanni Gabrieli
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Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10, Ch. 180
George Frideric Handel — Messiah, HWV 56 (excerpts)
Bob Lowden / Various — A Most Wonderful Christmas
Mel Torme / Robert Wells — The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Audrey Snyder / Various — A Holiday Sing-Along (arr. John Moss)
Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride
George Frideric Handel — Messiah, HWV 56 (excerpts)
Bob Lowden / Various — A Most Wonderful Christmas
Mel Torme / Robert Wells — The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Audrey Snyder / Various — A Holiday Sing-Along (arr. John Moss)
Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride
$30 ($25 senior/military; students aged 17 & under free)
Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute 2022 Concert
Saturday, August 13, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA), Langley, WA, United States
Louise Farrenc
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Overture No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 24
Florence Price — "II. Andante Cantabile" from String Quartet No. 2 in A minor (arr. for string orchestra)
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Florence Price — "II. Andante Cantabile" from String Quartet No. 2 in A minor (arr. for string orchestra)
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
$25
Strum! with Brig Urias, classical guitar
Sunday, June 19, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Island Church of Whidbey, Langley, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Peter Warlock,
Luigi Boccherini,
Jessie Montgomery,
Maria Newman,
Elaine Fine,
Gabriel Fauré,
Heitor Villa-Lobos,
Richard Wagner, and
Gustav Holst.
$25 ($20 senior/military; students aged 17 & under free)
Strum! with Brig Urias, classical guitar
Saturday, June 18, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Reformed Church, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Peter Warlock,
Luigi Boccherini,
Jessie Montgomery,
Maria Newman,
Elaine Fine,
Gabriel Fauré,
Heitor Villa-Lobos,
Richard Wagner, and
Gustav Holst.
$25 ($20 senior/military; students aged 17 & under free)
Rhythms of Nature – A Celebration of Earth Day 2022
Sunday, April 24, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Oak Harbor First United Methodist Church, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
John Cage
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Child of Tree
Frederic Rzewski — To the Earth
John Luther Adams — The Light that Fills the World
Russell Wharton — Kingdoms
Frederic Rzewski — To the Earth
John Luther Adams — The Light that Fills the World
Russell Wharton — Kingdoms
Free
Rhythms of Nature – A Celebration of Earth Day 2022
Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Little Brown Church, Clinton, WA, USA
John Cage
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Child of Tree
Frederic Rzewski — To the Earth
John Luther Adams — The Light that Fills the World
Russell Wharton — Kingdoms
Frederic Rzewski — To the Earth
John Luther Adams — The Light that Fills the World
Russell Wharton — Kingdoms
Free
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