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Weekly Orchestra Rosters

Saturday, April 10th – 8pm
Thursday, April 15th – 7pm

Chen Yi: Elegy for Solo Oboe (World Premiere, SPCO commission)
Cassie Pilgrim, oboe

Florence Price: “Juba” from String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor
Daria T. Adams, violin / Eunice Kim, violin / David Auerbach, viola / Joshua Koestenbaum, cello

John Novacek: Rag Set for String Quartet
Eunice Kim, violin / Daria T. Adams, violin / David Auerbach, viola / Joshua Koestenbaum, cello

James Lee, III: Chôro sem tristeza
Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute

PaviElle French: “Save a Place for Me” from Requiem for Zula
PaviElle French, vocals and keyboard

Antonin Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 American
Steven Copes, violin / Nina Tso-Ning Fan, violin / Maiya Papach, viola / Julie Albers, cello

Encore Broadcast: Bach’s Saint John Passion

Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass
William Berger, baritone
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Tim Mead, countertenor
Nick Pritchard, tenor
The Singers — Minnesota Choral Artists chorus
Matthew Culloton, artistic director

Friday, April 2 – 8:00 pm

Violin 1
Ruggero Allifranchini / Eunice Kim
Nina Tso-Ning Fan / Daria T. Adams
Patricia Quintero Garcia

Violin 2
Kyu-Young Kim / Maureen Nelson
Kayla Moffett / Rolf Haas

Viola
Maiya Papach / Hyobi Sim
Daniel Orsen 

Cello
Julie Albers / Joshua Koestenbaum

Bass
Zachary Cohen

Flute
Julia Bogorad-Kogan
Alicia McQuerrey

Oboe
Marion Kuszyk
Barbara Bishop

Bassoon
Brad Balliett

Organ
Paolo Bordignon

Viola da gamba
Beiliang Zhu

Lamentations

Led by SPCO Musicians

Saturday, March 20th – 8pm
Thursday, March 25th – 7pm

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Lamentations: Black Folk Song Suite for Solo Cello
Julie Albers, cello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in G Minor for Two Violins, Two Violas and Cello, K. 516
Kyu-Young Kim, violin / Eunae Koh, violin / Maiya Papach, viola / Hyobi Sim, viola / Richard Belcher, cello

Johannes Brahms: Trio in E-Flat for Piano, Violin and Horn, Opus 40
Hanna Hyunjung Kim, piano / James Ferree, horn / Eunice Kim, violin

Virtual Musician Appreciation Concert

Saturday, March 6, 2021 – 8:00 PM

Franz Schubert: Selections from Symphony No. 2
Alberto Ginastera: Selections from Variaciones concertantes
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla: Histoire du Tango
Ludwig van Beethoven: Finale from Violin Concerto with introduction by Concertmaster Steven Copes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Finale from Symphony No. 29 with commentary by the SPCO horn section
Alan Ridout: Ferdinand the Bull featuring SPCO musicians and their families

Encore Broadcast: Opening Night: Piano Quartets with Stewart Goodyear

Led by SPCO Musicians

Saturday, January 30 – 8pm
Thursday, February 4 – 2pm

Beethoven/Ferdinand Ries: Marcia funebre from Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Opus 55, Eroica for Piano Quartet
Stewart Goodyear, piano / Eunae Koh, violin / Maiya Papach, viola / Sarah Lewis, cello

Tyson Davis: Tableau No. X (World Premiere, SPCO Commission)
Lynn Erickson, trumpet

Stewart Goodyear: Piano Quartet
Stewart Goodyear, piano / Eunae Koh, violin / Maiya Papach, viola / Sarah Lewis, cello

Brahms: Quartet No. 1 in G Minor for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello, Opus 25
Stewart Goodyear, piano / Eunice Kim, violin / Hyobi Sim, viola / Julie Albers, cello

Encore Broadcast: Jeremy Denk Plays Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto

Saturday, January 16, 8pm
Thursday, January 21, 6:30pm

Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4

 

Encore Broadcast: New Year’s Eve with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Thursday, December 31, 8:00pm
Thursday, December 31, 10:00pm

Gioachino Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra
Pekka Kuusisto: Selections from Migration Patterns
Antonín Dvořák: Romance in F Minor for Violin and Orchestra
Gabriel Kahane: Orinoco Sketches
George Enescu: String Octet in C (arr. Maureen Nelson)
Max Bruch: Allegro con moto for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 83
Johannes Brahms: Selections from Piano Quartet No. 1
Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances

 

Encore Broadcast: Handel’s  Messiah

Jeannette Sorrell, conductor and harpsichord
Carine Tinney, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Rufus Müller, tenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
The Singers — Minnesota Choral Artists, chorus
Matthew Culloton, artistic director

Saturday, December 19 – 8:00 pm
Sunday, December 20 – 2:00 pm

Violin 1
Ruggero Allifranchini / Eunice Kim
Maureen Nelson / Nicholas Tavani
Daria T. Adams

Violin 2
Nina Tso-Ning Fan / Rolf Haas
Allison Ostrander / James Garlick
Kathryn Bennett

Viola
Hyobi Sim / David Auerbach
Jennifer Strom 

Cello
Ezra Seltzer / Joshua Koestenbaum
Sarah Lewis 

Bass
David Williamson

Oboe
Liam Boisset
Barbara Bishop

Bassoon
Brad Balliett

Harpsichord/Organ
Peter Bennett

Trumpet
Lynn Erickson
Martin Hodel

Timpani
Matthew McClung

 

Postcards Across the Atlantic

Led by SPCO Musicians

Saturday, October 31 – 8pm – Live Stream, Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul
Sunday, November 1 – 2pm – Repeated, Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul

Johann Sebastian Bach: “Chaconne” from the Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor
Eunae Koh, violin

Ambrose Akinmusire: the river has its destination (World Premiere, SPCO commission)
Zachary Cohen, bass

Sir William Walton: String Quartet in A Minor
Steven Copes, violin / Kyu-Young Kim, violin / Maiya Papach, viola / Julie Albers, cello

Love’s Longing

Led by SPCO Musicians

Saturday, October 17 – 8pm – Live Stream, Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul
Sunday, October 18 – 2pm – Repeated, Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul

Clara Schumann: Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Opus 22
Steven Copes, violin / Timothy Lovelace, piano

Billy Childs: Unrequited – String Quartet No. 3
Steven Copes, violin / Eunae Koh, violin / Maiya Papach, viola / Joshua Koestenbaum, cello

Adolphus Hailstork: St. Paul’s Blues for solo flute (World Premiere, SPCO commission)
Alicia McQuerrey, flute

Brahms: Quintet in B Minor for clarinet, 2 violins, viola and cello, Opus 115
Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet / Maureen Nelson, violin /  Nina Tso-Ning Fan, violin / Hyobi Sim, viola / Richard Belcher, cello

Opening Night: Piano Quartets with Stewart Goodyear

Led by SPCO Musicians

Saturday, October 3 – 8pm – Live Stream, Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul
Sunday, October 4 – 2pm – Repeated, Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul

Beethoven/Ferdinand Ries: Marcia funebre from Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Opus 55, Eroica for Piano Quartet
Stewart Goodyear, piano / Eunae Koh, violin / Maiya Papach, viola / Sarah Lewis, cello

Tyson Davis: Tableau No. X (World Premiere, SPCO Commission)
Lynn Erickson, trumpet

Stewart Goodyear: Piano Quartet
Stewart Goodyear, piano / Eunae Koh, violin / Maiya Papach, viola / Sarah Lewis, cello

Brahms: Quartet No. 1 in G Minor for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello, Opus 25
Stewart Goodyear, piano / Eunice Kim, violin / Hyobi Sim, viola / Julie Albers, cello