Concerts / Past Events

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 1 for Horn and Orchestra 
James Ferree, horn and creative lead

Dmitri Shostakovich: Elegy and Polka for String Quartet 
Kyu-Young Kim, violin
Daria Tedeschi Adams, violin
Hyobi Sim, viola
Joshua Koestenbaum, cello

Sergei Prokofiev: Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Double Bass
Cassie Pilgrim, oboe
Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet
Eunice Kim, violin
Lisa Sung, viola
Zachary Cohen, bass

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 94, Surprise 

Adolphus Hailstork: Saint Paul’s Blues (SPCO Commission)
Alicia McQuerrey, flute

Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae for String Quartet
Eunae Koh, violin
Rolf Haas, violin
Daniel Orsen, viola
Sarah Lewis, cello

Reena Esmail: The Light is the Same
Alicia McQuerrey, flute
Barbara Bishop, oboe
Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet
Andrew Brady, bassoon
James Ferree, horn

Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 1
Eunice Kim, violin
Nicholas Tavani, violin
Maiya Papach, viola
Lisa Sung, viola
Karen Ouzounian, cello
Joshua Koestenbaum, cello

Adolphus Hailstork: Saint Paul’s Blues (SPCO Commission)
Alicia McQuerrey, flute

Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae for String Quartet
Eunae Koh, violin
Rolf Haas, violin
Daniel Orsen, viola
Sarah Lewis, cello

Reena Esmail: The Light is the Same
Alicia McQuerrey, flute
Barbara Bishop, oboe
Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet
Andrew Brady, bassoon
James Ferree, horn

Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 1
Eunice Kim, violin
Nicholas Tavani, violin
Maiya Papach, viola
Lisa Sung, viola
Karen Ouzounian, cello
Joshua Koestenbaum, cello

Adolphus Hailstork: Saint Paul’s Blues (SPCO Commission)
Alicia McQuerrey, flute

Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae for String Quartet
Eunae Koh, violin
Rolf Haas, violin
Daniel Orsen, viola
Sarah Lewis, cello

Reena Esmail: The Light is the Same
Alicia McQuerrey, flute
Barbara Bishop, oboe
Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet
Andrew Brady, bassoon
James Ferree, horn

Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 1
Eunice Kim, violin
Nicholas Tavani, violin
Maiya Papach, viola
Lisa Sung, viola
Karen Ouzounian, cello
Joshua Koestenbaum, cello

Adolphus Hailstork: Saint Paul’s Blues (SPCO Commission)
Alicia McQuerrey, flute

Osvaldo Golijov: Tenebrae for String Quartet
Eunae Koh, violin
Rolf Haas, violin
Daniel Orsen, viola
Sarah Lewis, cello

Reena Esmail: The Light is the Same
Alicia McQuerrey, flute
Barbara Bishop, oboe
Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet
Andrew Brady, bassoon
James Ferree, horn

Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 1
Eunice Kim, violin
Nicholas Tavani, violin
Maiya Papach, viola
Lisa Sung, viola
Karen Ouzounian, cello
Joshua Koestenbaum, cello

Continuing our annual holiday tradition, the SPCO presents Johann Sebastian Bach’s most cherished set of orchestral works, the Brandenburg Concertos. The profound inventiveness and instrumental virtuosity of these enduring Baroque masterpieces are on full display as led by SPCO musicians and soloists in five of the six concertos.

Continuing our annual holiday tradition, the SPCO presents Johann Sebastian Bach’s most cherished set of orchestral works, the Brandenburg Concertos. The profound inventiveness and instrumental virtuosity of these enduring Baroque masterpieces are on full display as led by SPCO musicians and soloists in five of the six concertos.

Continuing our annual holiday tradition, the SPCO presents Johann Sebastian Bach’s most cherished set of orchestral works, the Brandenburg Concertos. The profound inventiveness and instrumental virtuosity of these enduring Baroque masterpieces are on full display as led by SPCO musicians and soloists in five of the six concertos.

Rafael Payare, conductor

BARTÓK: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas brasileiras No. 7
Vladimir TARNOPOLSKI: Danse Macabre (World Premiere, SDS Commission)
STRAVINSKY: Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Rafael Payare, conductor

BARTÓK: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas brasileiras No. 7
Vladimir TARNOPOLSKI: Danse Macabre (World Premiere, SDS Commission)
STRAVINSKY: Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet

Sang Yoon Kim, Clarinet
Maureen Nelson, Violin
Nina Tso-Ning Fan, Violin
Hyobi Sim, Viola
Sarah Lewis, Cello

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence

Eunice Kim, Violin
Eunae Koh, Violin
Maiya Papach, Viola
Lisa Sung, Viola
Richard Belcher, Cello
Joshua Koestenbaum, Cello

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet

Sang Yoon Kim, Clarinet
Maureen Nelson, Violin
Nina Tso-Ning Fan, Violin
Hyobi Sim, Viola
Sarah Lewis, Cello

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence

Eunice Kim, Violin
Eunae Koh, Violin
Maiya Papach, Viola
Lisa Sung, Viola
Richard Belcher, Cello
Joshua Koestenbaum, Cello

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet

Sang Yoon Kim, Clarinet
Maureen Nelson, Violin
Nina Tso-Ning Fan, Violin
Hyobi Sim, Viola
Sarah Lewis, Cello

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence

Eunice Kim, Violin
Eunae Koh, Violin
Maiya Papach, Viola
Lisa Sung, Viola
Richard Belcher, Cello
Joshua Koestenbaum, Cello

Dobrinka Tabakova: Insight for String Trio

Kyu-Young Kim, violin
Lisa Sung, viola
Abel Selaocoe, cello

Abel Selaocoe: Tshepo (arr. by Thomas)

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 8, Le Soir (Evening)

Abel Selaocoe: Ancestral Affirmations

Abel Selaocoe: Tsohle, Tsohle

Luigi Boccherini: La Musica notturna di Madrid for String Quintet

Abel Selaocoe, director and cello