Past Seasons

2016 - 2017

CELEBRATE EASTERN EUROPE!

Saturday, October 15, 2016, 7:30 PM

Pre-concert talk, 7:00 PM
Mission Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA

BORODIN: Prince Igor Overture
SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen, featuring Anthony Crawford, violin

KODALY: Hary Janos Suite, featuring Jay Stebly, cimbalom
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8

HOLIDAY MAGIC VII

Saturday, December 3, 2016, 7:30 PM
Church of the Ascension, Saratoga, CA

featuring Vivace Youth Chorus and Peggy Spool, Director

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker (excerpts)

GUARALDI: Christmastime is Here

RUTTER: Donkey Carol

BLAKE: Walking in the Air, from The Snowman

STRAUSS: Die Fledermaus Overture

SILVESTRI: Polar Express Suite

HANDEL: Water Music (excerpts)

MECHEM: Joy of the New Year

                  Kalanta of the New Year

ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival

PEOPLE'S CHOICE: RODRIGO, STRAUSS, BEETHOVEN

Sunday, February 25, 2017, 7:30 PM
Pre-concert talk, 7:00 PM
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA

BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture, with San Jose Youth Chamber Orchestra
RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez, featuring Marc Teicholz, guitar
SMETANA: The Moldau
STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

MASTERWORKS YOUNG ARTIST SERIES: SPRING 2017

Saturday, April 22, 201, 7:30 PM
Pre-concert talk, 7:00 PM
De Anza Visual and Performing Arts Center, Cupertino, CA

DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring Leyla Kabuli, piano, Nova Vista 2016 Young Artist Concerto Competiton Winner
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

SEASON FINALE: OPERA FAVORITES

Sunday, June 4, 2017, 2:00 PM
Pre-Concert talk, 1:30 PM
McAfee Center for the Performing Arts, Saratoga, CA

ROSSINI: Overture to the Barber of Seville

VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act I

Opera favorites with Sandra and Christopher Bengochea, soprano and tenor
VERDI: La Traviata, Act III, “Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo”

PUCCINI: Madame Butterfly, Act I, “Viene la sera”

VERDI: Rigoletto, Act I, “Signor ne principe”

PUCCINI: La Rondine, “Che il bel sogno di Doretta”

PUCCINI: Turandot, “Nessun Dorma”
RESPIGHI: Feste Romane

2015 - 2016

A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED

Sunday, October 18, 2015, 2:00 PM

1:30 PM   Pre-Concert talk

1:50 PM   Honor Guard ceremony

West Valley College Theatre, Saratoga, CA

ROSSINI: Overture to William Tell

WILLIAMS: Symphony for the Sons of Nam

Traditional: Battle Hymn of the Republic, featuring Emmanuel Baptist Church Choir

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

HOLIDAY MAGIC 6

Saturday, December 5, 2015, 7:30 PM

Church of the Ascension, Saratoga, CA

BACH: Concerto for Two Violins, featuring Anthony and Miles Crawford

RESPIGHI: Fantastic Toy Shop

GOUNOD: Sanctus from Messe Solennelle, featuring Woojeong Lee, tenor

ANDERSON: Christmas Festival

RUTTER: Christmas Carols

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, Finale "Ode to Joy", featuring San Jose Symphonic Choir

A TRIBUTE TO YOUNG AND INSPIRATIONAL HEROES

Sunday, February 21, 2016, 2:00 PM

1:30 PM   Pre-Concert talk

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, featuring Richard Lin, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5

A TRIBUTE TO LOCAL AND COMMUNITY HEROES

Saturday, April 23, 2016, 7:30 PM

7:00PM   Pre-Concert talk

De Anza Visual and Performing Arts Center, Cupertino, CA

  SARASATE: Carmen Fantasy, featuring Robert Chien, Violin, Nova Vista Young Artist

  Concerto Competition Winner

  RAVEL: Rapsodie Espagnole

  ELMAHMOUDI: Mythos Overture

  GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16, featuring Russell Hancock, piano

A TRIBUTE TO HEROES OF EXPLORATION

Sunday, June 12, 2016, 2:00 PM

1:30 PM   Pre-Concert talk  

McAfee Center for the Performing Arts, Saratoga, CA

MOZART: Symphony No. 41 "The Jupiter"

HOLST: The Planets

2014 - 2015

FÊTE FRANÇAISE

Saturday, October 18, 2014, 8:00 PM

7:30 PM   Pre-Concert talk by Tony Quartuccio, Music Director

Mission Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA

DUKAS: Fanfare pour précéder La Péri for Brass Ensemble

DEBUSSY: Nocturnes: Nuages and Fêtes

GOUNOD: Ballet Music from "Faust"

SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("The Organ"), featuring T. Paul Rosas, organ

HOLIDAY MAGIC V

Saturday, December 6, 2014, 7:30 PM

Church of the Ascension, Saratoga, CA

WENDEL: Overture to a Merry Christmas

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride

SHAW: The Many Moods of Christmas, featuring Leroy Kromm and San

José Symphonic Choir  

LET FREEDOM RING

Saturday, February 28, 2015, 8:00 PM

7:30 PM   Pre-Concert talk

Mountain View Center for Performing Arts

GOULD: American Salute

HANSON: Symphony No. 2

COPLAND: Lincoln Portrait, featuring Hoyt Smith, narrator

ELLINGTON: Black, Brown & Beige Suite for Orchestra

MASTERWORKS: YOUNG ARTIST SERIES

Saturday, April 25, 2015, 8:00 PM

7:30 PM   Pre-Concert talk

De Anza Visual & Performing Arts Center, Cupertino, CA

ROSSINI:  Overture to the Siege of Corinth

HAYDN:  Concerto No. 2 in D, featuring Oliver Herbert, cello

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

STRAUSS: Don Juan, Op. 20

AN AFTERNOON WITH RACHMANINOFF

Sunday, June 7, 2015, 2:00 PM

1:30 PM   Pre-Concert talk

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, CA

RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise

RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, featuring Chih-Long Hu, piano

RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2 in E minor

2013 - 2014

PROMENADES AND PICTURES  

Sunday, September 29, 2013, 2:00 PM

1:30 PM   Pre-Concert talk

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts 

SMETANA: Overture and Three Dances to "The Bartered Bride"

GRIEG: The Holberg Suite

MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition          

Holiday Magic IV

Saturday, December 7, 2013, 7:30 PM
Church of the Ascension, Saratoga, CA

GABRIELI: Canzon septimi toni No. 2, NVS brass choir
HANDEL: Excerpts: Music for the Royal Fireworks

TCHAIKOVSKY: Excerpts: Swan Lake Suite

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride

RUTTER: Magnificat, featuring Laura Arthur, soprano, and San José Symphonic Choir

ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival (sing-along)

MASTERWORKS: YOUNG ARTIST SERIES 

Saturday, February 22, 2014, 8:00 PM

7:30 PM   Pre-Concert talk

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts 

WAGNER: Overture to "The Flying Dutchman"

SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto, featuring Gloria Liou

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A Major          

THE FORCE OF DESTINY

Sunday, April 6, 2014, 2:00 PM

1:30 PM   Pre-Concert talk by Music Director Tony Quartuccio

Mission City Center for the Performing Arts, Santa Clara, CA

VERDI: Overture to "La Forza del destino"

SCHUMANN: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 54, featuring Anna Boonyanit, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (Pathetique)   

ALL THAT JAZZ

Saturday, June 7, 2014, 8:00 PM

7:30 PM   Pre-Concert talk by Russell Hancock

West Valley College Theater, Saratoga, CA

COPLAND: "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo

BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

BOLLING: Suite for Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Piano Trio, featuring the Saint Michael Trio

GERSHWIN: An American in Paris          

2012 - 2013

FESTA ITALIANA!

Sunday, October 21, 2012, 2:00 PM 

Pre-Concert Talk at 1:30 PM by Russell Hancock

West Valley College Theater, Saratoga, CA 

          TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 

PUCCINI: Selections from Act 1 of La Boheme, featuring Heather Clemens, soprano, and Michael Dailey, tenor 

RESPIGHI: The Pines of Rome

Holiday Magic III

Anthony Quartuccio and Leroy Kromm conducting

Featuring San José Symphonic Choir

Saturday, December 1, 2012, 7:30 PM

Church of the Ascension, Saratoga, CA

GABRIELI: Canzon a 12, with Nova Vista brass choir

HERBERT: March of the Toy Soldiers, from "Babes in Toyland"

SILVESTRI: The Polar Express, from the movie

STRAUSS: The Emperor Waltzes

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride

POULENC: Gloria, featuring Nancy Wait-Kromm, soprano

COURTNEY: A Musicological Journey through the 12 Days of Christmas

ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival

VIENNESE MASTERS

Saturday, February 2, 2013, 8:00 PM

7:30 PM Pre-Concert talk

DeAnza Visual & Performing Arts Center, Cupertino, CA 

STRAUSS: Feierlicher Einzug

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, featuring Angela The and Tessera Chin

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1

RUSSIAN DANCES 

Saturday, March 16, 2013, 8:00 PM

7:30pm Pre-Concert Talk by Russell Hancock, NVS Annotator 

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts 

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Dance of the Tumblers

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring Yoni Levytov, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin 

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite 

MAHLER'S FIFTH  

Saturday, June 8, 2013, 8:00 PM

7:30pm Pre-Concert Talk by Russell Hancock, NVS Annotator 

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, CA 

featuring San José Senior Youth Chamber Orchestra
MARAIS: Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris 

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No. 9 (1st mvmt) 

WILLIAMS: Air and Simple Gifts 

featuring Nova Vista Symphony

MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 

2011 - 2012

FIESTA LATINA!

Saturday, October 29, 2011, 8:00pm
De Anza Visual & Performing Arts Center, Cupertino, CA 

COPLAND: El Salón México

RODIGO: Fantasía para un gentilhombre, featuring Michael Bautista, guitar

DE FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No.2

RAVEL: Boléro

Holiday Magic!

Anthony Quartuccio and Leroy Kromm, conducting

Featuring San José Symphonic Choir

Saturday, December 3, 2011, 7:30 PM

Church of the Ascension, Saratoga, CA

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride

BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, narrated by Hoyt Smith
BACH: "Gloria" from Mass in B Minor

RUTTER: Gloria

ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival

CELEBRATION OF JOHANNES BRAHMS

Saturday, February 4, 2012, 8:00pm 

Pre-Concert Talk at 7:30pm by Russell Hancock
De Anza Visual & Performing Arts Center, Cupertino, CA 

BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No.1, featuring Hélène Wickett

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2

MASTERWORKS YOUNG ARTIST GALA

Saturday, March 31, 2012, 8:00pm 

Pre-Concert Talk at 7:30pm by Russell Hancock
West Valley College Theater, Saratoga, CA

MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bald Mountain

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto, featuring Yujin Ariza

MOLLICONE: Behind Me Dips Eternity, featuring San José Senior Youth Chamber Orchestra

RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2 

SEASON FINALE 

Saturday, June 2, 2012, 8:00 PM  

Pre-Concert Talk at 7:30 PM by Russell Hancock

Mission City Center for the Performing Arts, Santa Clara CA 

MOZART: Symphony No. 36 "Linz"

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 "Romantic”

2010 - 2011

OPENING CONCERT

Saturday, October 16, 2010, 8:00 PM                                                                 

De Anza Visual & Performing Arts Center, Cupertino, CA

7:30 PM Pre-Concert Lecture by Tony Quartuccio                                                          

GLINKA: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1, featuring Hans Boepple, piano

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.5 in D Minor

HOLIDAY MAGIC!

Saturday, December 4, 2010, 7:30 PM

Church of the Ascension, Saratoga, CA

GABRIELI: Canzone per sonare No. 2

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride

TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker Suite

SHAW: The Many Moods of Christmas

CELEBRATE AMERICA!
Saturday, Feb 5, 2011, 8:00 PM
7:30pm Pre-Concert Lecture
West Valley College Theater, Saratoga, CA

PISTON: Symphony No.2

GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture

GERSHWIN: Selections from Porgy and Bess

GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue, featuring Russell Hancock, piano

POEMS & PRELUDES  

Saturday, Mar 26, 2011, 8:00 PM
7:30pm Pre-Concert Lecture by Russell Hancock
DeAnza Visual & Performing Arts Center, Cupertino, CA 

LISZT: Les Préludes

TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme, featuring Will Chow, cello

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade 

VERDI REQUIEM 

Featuring Milena Georgieva, soprano, Wendy Hillhouse, mezzo-soprano, Pedro Betancourt, tenor, Peter Tuff, bass, and San José Symphonic Choir

Saturday, June 4, 2011, 8:00 PM
7:30pm Pre-Concert Lecture by Tony Quartuccio
McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, CA

VERDI: Messa da Requiem