Repertoire

May 26, 2024

Classical Gems

Overture to “Marriage of Figaro” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Symphony 104 in D major Franz Joseph Haydn

Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 54 Robert Schumann

Soloist: Ching-Ming Cheng, piano


March 24, 2024

20th Anniversary Celebration


Scheherazade, Op 35 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Slavonic Dance No 8, Op 46 Antonin Dvořák

Sinfonia Sacra Andrzej Panufnik


November 19, 2023


Overture to Hansel and Gretel    Engelbert Humperdinck

Symphonic Dances, Opus 64      Edvard Grieg


Romance in F Major, No. 2          Ludwig van Beethoven

Soloist: Eugene Drucker, violin


Concerto in G minor, No. 1          Max Bruch

Soloist: Eugene Drucker, violin



Sunday,  May 28, 2023


Overture to “Cosi fan Tutte” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sonata for Flute and Orchestra Francis Poulenc


Katie Kim, flutist


Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op 107 Cécile Chaminade

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 Johannes Brahms



Sunday, March 19, 2023


An American Salute                  Morton Gould

Appalachian Spring Aaron Copland


Five of  a Kind Peter Schickele

for Brass Quintet and Orchestra

Featuring the Chestnut Brass Company



Sunday, November 20, 2022


D. Shostakovich Festive Overture

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5


Soloist: Misha Dichter


G.Gershwin Concerto in F


Soloist: Misha Dichter



Sunday, May 29, 2022


G.  Bizet L’Arlésienne, Suites No 1 and No 2

J. Rodrigo Fantasia para un Gentilhombre


Soloist: Fred Benedetti


E. Chabrier España



Sunday, March 20, 2022


P. Dukas  Fanfare, from La Péri

C. Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor


Soloist: Daniel Grab

Dvoràk Symphony No. 8 in A major


Sunday, November 24, 2019

L. von Beethoven Symphony No.9 in D minor


Sunday, November 21, 2021


H.Berlioz Roman Carnival

N. Rimski Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol

P.I. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 


Soloist: Fred Moyer



Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 4:00PM

L. van Beethoven      Symphony No. 7 in A Major

L. van Beethoven      Triple Concerto in C Major

Soloists: The Benefic Piano Trio


Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 4:00PM

Hector Berlioz      Hungarian March

P.I. Tchaikovsky    Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy

S. Rachmaninoff    Piano Concerto No.2, Soloist: Fred Moyer


Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 4:00PM

W.A. Mozart      Overture “The Magic Flute”

W.A. Mozart      Clarinet Concerto, Soloist : Victor-Diaz Guerra

 J.Brahms           Symphony No.1 in C minor 


Saturday, May 19, 2018

Claude Debussy "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

Joseph Haydn "Trumpet Concerto in E Flat", Soloist : John MacFerran Wilds

W.A. Mozart "Haffner Symphony"


Sunday, November 19, 2017

Antonin Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor, soloist Daniel Grab

Antonin Dvorak Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" 


Sunday, May 21, 2017 

With the Poway Community Choir, Nancy Gray, DIrector

Ludwig van Beethoven, "Hallelujah" from Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op. 85

Johannes Brahms, "How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place" from A German Requiem, Op. 45 IV

George Friedrich Händel, Water Music Suite - Selections, HWV 348-350

Max Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26, Soloist: Misha Vayman


Sunday, March 19, 2017  "Audience Favorites"

Felix Mendelssohn, Hebrides Overture "Fingal's Cave", Op. 26

Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished", D. 759

Ludwig van Beethoven. Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67


Sunday, November 20, 2016 

Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra, K. 299

Soloists: Jane Masur (flute) and Naomi Alter (harp)

Antonin Dvořák, Symphony No. 8, Op. 88


Sunday, May 15, 2016 - From Classics to Opera Highlights

Ludwig van Beethoven, Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 104, "London"

A program of Verdi and Puccini arias including "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, featuring Caroline Nelms, soprano


Sunday, March 20, 2016

Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24

Franz Listz, Les preludes, S 97

Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 5, Op. 107


Sunday, November 22, 2015

Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, "Emperor", Ching-Ming Cheng, soloist


Sunday, March 22, 2015 

Orchestral Gala

Dmitri Shostakovich, Festive Overture, Op. 96

W. A. Mozart, Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297

Edvard Grieg, Symphonic Dances, Op. 64


Sunday, November 23, 2014 

A Canvas of French Masters

Hector Berlioz, Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9

Georges Bizet, Carmen Suites #1 and #2

Edouard Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21, Bridget Dolkas, violin


Sunday, May 18, 2014:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien, Op. 45

Richard Wagner, Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral, from Lohengrin, WWV 75

Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85, Patricia Ryan, cello


March 9, 2014:

Johannes Brahms, Academic Festival Overture

Edvard Grieg, Norwegian Dances, Op. 35

Felix Mendelssohn, Piano Concerto in G minor, Melissa Creider, piano


November 24, 2013:

Aaron Coplend, Outdoor Overture

Gabriel Faure, Dolly Suite

Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 8


May 19, 2013:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 20, Chetan Tierra, piano

Claude Debussy, Petite Suite

Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin


March 17, 2013:

Pytor Ilyich Tschaikovsky, Marche Slave

Pytor Ilyich Tschaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1, Chetan Tierra, piano

Gabriel Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine

John Rutter, Gloria


December 10, 2012:

George Friderick Handel, Messiah, Rancho Bernardo and Mt. Carmel High School Choirs


November 18, 2012:

Leonard Bernstein, Overture to Candide

Aaron Copland, Our Town

Morton Gould, American Salute

Percy Grainger, Molly on the Shore

Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question

Ron Nelson, Overture to Savannah River Holiday

John Philip Sousa, The Stars and Stripes Forever

John Williams, Adventures on Earth 


May 20, 2012:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Impresario Overture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Three Marches

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 3, Rachel Ward, French horn

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 40


March 25, 2012:

Ferdinand Hérold, Zampa Overture

Jules Massenet, Suite No. 1, Op. 13

Garbriel Fauré, Requiem


November 20, 2011:

Alexander Borodin, Petite Suite

Edvard Grieg, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Felix Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor, Bridget Dolkas, violin

Johanne Strauss, Die Fledermaus Overture


May 21, 2011:

Gioachino Rossini, L'Italiana in Algeri Overture

Claude Debussy, Arabesque

Manuel de Falla, Scenes and Dances from The Three Cornered Hat

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, Eroica


March 27, 2011:

Anton Dvorák, Carnival Overture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, Debi Pellkofer, flute

John Rutter, Magnificat for Orchestra and Choir, combined choirs of Mt. Carmel High School, Marty Martinez,

Director, and Rancho Bernardo High School, Lisa Friedrichs, Director


December 6, 2010:

George Friderick Handel, Messiah, Mt. Carmel High School Choir, Marti Martinez, Director


November 14, 2010:

Gustav Holst, "Jupiter" from The Planets

Edward Elgar, Chanson de Mastin

Gordon Jacob, Fantasia on the Alleluia Hymn

Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending, Bridget Dolkas, violin

Ralph Vaughan Williams, A Somerset Rhapsody

Edward Elgar, Enigma Variations, Charles Pederson, narrator


May 30th, 2010:

Donna Diane Overture by Von Reznick

Romance in F Major by Beethoven, violin soloist, Ulli Reiner

My Country #2 “The Moldau” by Smetana

Symphony No 2 by Giannini

America The Beautiful by Ward/Dragon


March 28, 2010:

Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger Overture

Aaron Copland, Quiet City, Jay Posteraro, trumpet, and Lara Xavier, English horn

Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite

Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, Unfinished


November 10, 2009:

Felix Mendelssohn, Midsummer Night's Dream Overture

Frederick Delius, Irmelin Prelude

Joseph Haydn, Trumpet Concerto, Calvin Price, trumpet

Anton Dvorák, Symphony No. 9, From the New World


June 1, 2009:

Alexander Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia

Anatole Liadow, The Enchanted Lake Legend, Op. 62

Aram Khatchaturian, Masquerade Suite

Pytor Ilyich Tschaikovsky, Symphony No. 2, The Little Russian


March 22, 2009:

Gioachino Rossini, La Gazza Ladre (The Thieving Magpie), Delynn Ketcherside, soprano

Pietro Mascagni, Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, Delynn Ketcherside, soprano

Giacomo Puccini, "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" from Tosca, Delynn Ketcherside, soprano

Giuseppe Verdi, "Tacea la notte placidea" from Il Trovatore, Delynn Ketcherside, soprano

Francesco Cilea, "Poveri fiori" from Adriana Lecourvreur, Delynn Ketcherside, soprano

Giuseppe Verdi, "Ah! fors'e lui" from La Traviata, Delynn Ketcherside, soprano

Giacomo Puccini, :"O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi, Delynn Ketcherside, soprano

Ottorino Respighi, The Fountains of Rome

Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4 in A, Italian


November 17, 2008:

Johannes Brahms, Academic Festival Overture, Op. 89

Johann Sebastian Bach, Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, Ulli Reiner and Roger Pine, violin

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92


May 25, 2008:

Aaron Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland, An Outdoor Overture

Aaron Copland, Symphonic Sketches from Rodeo

George Gershwin, Scenes from Porgy and Bess

George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, Steve Baker, piano


February 18, 2008:

Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol

Joaquin Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez, Fred Benedetti, guitar

Georges Bizet, Carmen, Suites No. 1 and No. 2


October 21, 2007: 

Concert cancelled because of wildfire; rescheduled for November 17, 2008


June 11, 2007:

Claude Debussy, Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, Juanita Cummins, piano

Alexander Borodin, Symphony No. 2 in B minor


March 26, 2007:

Jean Sibelius, Finlandia

Georges Bizet, L'Arlesienne, Suite No. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, Op. 67, in C minor


November 13, 2006:

Paul Dukas, La Peri Fanfare

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni Overture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622, Bob Barnhart, clarinet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550


June 18, 2006:

Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 6

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Serenade for Winds No. 11

George Friderick Handel, Concerto Grosso, Op. 3, Allegro

Anton Dvorák, Symphony No. 8 in G major


November 10, 2005:

Giacomo Rossini, La Cenerentola Overture

Garbriel Fauré, Pavane, Op. 50

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 2 in D major


June 12, 2005:

Girolamo Frescobaldi, Toccata

Anton Dvorák, Legends, Op. 59

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony in D major, Paris

Garbriel Fauré, Pavane, Op. 50

Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 5 in B flat major


April 1, 2005:

Ludwig van Beethoven, Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 44, Trauer

Felix Mendelssohn, The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26, Fingal's Cave

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 1