We realize that music lovers go to concerts for many different reasons. One of those reasons is a chance to hear new interpretations of beloved masterworks; another is to discover unexpected treasures from the past and the present. If you are eager to hear a certain work, or perhaps just looking for music by a favorite composer, the current Repertoire list below will guide you to everything being performed in Staunton this season. (Click the work title to be redirected to the related concert page.)
BaroqueFest (April 25-27)
Bach, CPE | Sonata in G Minor for flute & harpsichord
Bach, GC | Cantata: "Siehe, wie fein," for two tenors, bass, etc.
Bach, JS | Allemande & Gigue from Flute Partita in A Minor
Bach, JS | Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch," for organ
Bach, JS | Cantata 51: "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen"
Bach, JS | Chorus: "Lobe den Herrn," from Cantata 143
Bach, JS | Chorus: "Nun danket alle Gott," from Cantata 192
Bach, JS | Duet: "Gott, der du Liebe heißt," from Cantata 33
Bach, JS | Four Contrapuncti from The Art of Fugue
Bach, JS | Fourteen "Goldberg" Canons, for two harpsichords
Bach, JS | Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056
Bach, JS | Largo & Fuga, from Violin Sonata in C, arr. Davids
Bach, JS | Motet: Lobet den Herrn, BWV 230
Bach, JS | Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066
Bach, JS | Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
Bach, JS | Ricercar & Canons from The Musical Offering
Bach, JS | Selections from Cantata 147
Bach, JS | "So Löschet im Eifer," from Cantata 90
Bach, JS | St. John Passion, BWV 245
Bach, JS | Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041
Buxtehude | Suite in A Major, for harpsichord, BuxWV 243
Erlebach | Motet: "Wer sich dem Himmel übergeben"
Fasch | Concerto in D Major for oboes, trumpet, etc.
Graun | Two Arias from Montezuma
Marchand | Prelude & Chaconne in D Minor, for harpsichord
Pachelbel | Canon & Gigue in D Majo
Quantz | Trio Sonata in G Minor, for two oboes & continuo
Schmelzer | Sonata a 5 for trumpet, strings & continuo
Telemann | Concerto in C Major for four violins
Vivaldi | Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor, RV 522
Westhoff | Suite No. 5 in D Minor for solo violin
The Summer Festival (August 15-24)
The Beatles | Suite for voice & chamber ensemble, arr. Berio
Beethoven | Egmont-Overture, Op. 84, for orchestra
Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, arr. for piano & strings
Beethoven | Variations on “Rule, Britannia!” for fortepiano
Beethoven | Wind Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 103
Bertali | Sonata a 6, for strings & continuo
Biber | Passacaglia, arr. for recorder
Biber | Serenade for Strings (“Nightwatchman”)
Biber | Sonata for Two Trumpets
Biber | Sonata in C Major, for trumpets, strings and continuo
Blank | I am Rose, for high voices
Boulez | Improvisation sur Mallarmé No. 1
Brahms | Three Hungarian Dances, for orchestra
Brahms | Two songs for voice, viola, & piano
Britten | The Death of Saint Narcissus, for voice & harp
Britten | Four folksongs
Britten | String Quartet No. 3 in G Major
Britten | Three Metamorphoses After Ovid, for oboe
Burtner | Auroras, for orchestra & electronics
Caccini | Airs for voice & continuo
Caccini | Queste lagrim’amare
Cangelosi | work for solo percussion
Chopin | Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61
Currier | Dusk & Starlight, for violin & harp
D’Indy | Suite for flute, harp & strings, Op. 91
Debussy | Two Préludes, arr. for solo harp
De Medici | Passacaglia in G Minor, for three harpsichords
DeWert | Con voi gioconda amor, for voices
Dowland | Pavane for lute
Dufay | Two motets
Dunstable | O quam pulchra est
Dvorák | Zigeunerlieder, for piano & voice
Eisler | Fourteen Ways to Describe Rain (film score)
Elgar | Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84
Fauré | Pavane, for chamber ensemble
Gabrieli | selections from Symphoniae Sacrae
Gershwin | Preludes for solo piano
Gilbert & Sullivan | “Three Little Maids,” from The Mikado
Gletle | O Jesu, rex noster, for alto, strings, & continuo
Gletle | Triumphale canticum, for alto, brass, strings, & continuo
Grisey | Stèle, for two bass drums
Guinivan | Ritual Dances, for percussion quartet
Hailstork | The Lamb for chorus
Handel | Aria: "Hence, Iris, hence away," from Semele
Handel | Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6/9
Handel | Messiah, staged by T. Nelson
Handel | Organ Concerto in G Minor, Op. 3/4
Handel | Zadok the Priest for chorus & orchestra
Haney | Mareas, for cello & harpsichord
Haydn | String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 76 No. 4 (”Sunrise”)
Italian Ciacconas for lute & harpsichord
Heucke | Quintet for harp, flute, & string trio (world premiere)
Heucke | Sextet for winds & piano (world premiere)
Heucke | The Glory of Life (world premiere)
Kassia | Hymn for voices
Keaton | Sherlock Jr. (film score)
Kurtág | Kafka Fragments, for voice & violin
Lambert | Airs for voices & continuo
Loewe | "I Could Have Danced All Night," from My Fair Lady
Luzzaschi | Dolci Aspiri, for voices
Maxwell Davies | Eight Songs for a Mad King
Milhaud | Scaramouche, Op. 165b, for two pianos
Mitchell | Three movements from Decolonizing Beauty
Monteverdi | Madrigals from Book IV
Mozart | Ave Verum Corpus for chorus, K618
Mozart | Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620
Mozart | Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, K493
Offenbach | “Can-Can,” from Orpheus in the Underworld
Piazzolla | “Café 1930,” from Histoires du Tango, for flute & guitar
Poulenc | Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra
Quantz | Sonata in E Minor, for two unaccompanied flutes
Rameau | L’entretriens des muses, for harpsichord
Reid | Apple for four sopranos
Reid | Crossed Wires for viola, percussion, & electronics
Rossi | Sonata for two violins & continuo
Schoenberg | Tanzschritte: Moderato, from Suite Op. 29
Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht, for string sextet
Schubert | Symphony No. 9 in C Major (”The Great”)
Schulhoff | Concertino for flute, viola, & bass
Schumann | Introduction & Allegro appassionato
Schumann | Two Songs
Schütz | Saul, warum folgst Du mir, for voices, violins, & continuo
Scriabin | Piano Sonata No. 7 (“White Mass”)
Shatin | Kassia for harp, clarinet & string quintet
Silcher | Songs on melodies from Beethoven
Strauss | Vienna Blood, for voice & chamber ensemble
Tallis | Motet: O sacrum convivium
Telemann | Concerto in A Minor for recorder, viola, & strings
Telemann | Overture-Suite in D Major for trumpet, violin, etc.
Uccelini | Sonata prima, for recorder & harpsichord
Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on Greensleeves
Vivaldi | Concerto “La Notte,” for recorder, strings, & continuo
Vivaldi | Gloria in D Major for chorus & orchestra, RV 589
Wadsworth | The Doctor
Wadsworth | Walzer einer neuen Liebe
Wilbye | Draw On, Sweet Night, for voices
Ysaÿe | Sonata No. 3 in D Minor (”Ballade”) for violin & harp
Spring & Fall Recitals
Bach, JS | Capriccio sopra la lontananza..., BWV 992
Bach, JS | English Suite No. 5 in E Minor, BWV 810
Bach, JS | "Little" Preludes, BWV 933-938
Bach, JS | Prelude & Fughetta in F Major, BWV 902
Bach, JS | Suite for Keyboard/Lute, BWV 995
Beethoven | Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Beethoven | Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102 No. 1
Beethoven | Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2
Schubert | “Trout” Quintet in A Major, D667
Schubert | Die schöne Müllerin, D795
Schubert | Impromptus, Op. 90 & Op. 142
Schubert | String Quintet in C Major, D956
Schumann | Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor
