Recent Repertoire

Works performed by the CCO in past semesters include:

  • Sibelius, Symphony No. 2
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 4
  • Verdi, Overture to La forza del Destino
  • Wagner, Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
  • Wagner, Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
  • Mozart, Exsultate, jubilate (Amelia Huchley, SCR ’23, soloist)
  • Saint-Saëns, Piano Concert No. 5, Mvt 1 (Catherine Wu, HMC ’22, soloist)
  • Bernstein, Mambo from West Side Story
  • Piazzola, Libertango
  • Piazzola, Tangazo
  • Price, Juba Dance from String Quartet No. 2
  • Ginastera, Dances from Estancia
  • Coleridge-Taylor, The Bamboula
  • Márquez, Conga del fuego nuevo
  • Márquez, Danzón No. 2
  • Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio espagnol
  • Falla, Danza ritual del fuego
  • Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1 (Daniel Yang, HMC ’22, soloist)
  • Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”
  • Fanny Mendelssohn, Overture in C
  • Haydn, Symphony No. 100 “Military”
  • Elgar, Enigma Variations
  • Felix Mendelssohn, Lobgesang Symphony-Cantata
  • Saint-Saëns, Danse macabre
  • Fauré, Dolly
  • Ravel, Ma mère l’oye Suite
  • Mahler, Symphony No. 1
  • Brahms, Violin Concerto (Daphne Guo, HMC ’19, soloist)
  • Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
  • Borodin, Symphony No. 2*
  • Grieg, Piano Concerto No. 1 (Sheena Hui, CMC ’20, soloist)*
  • Haydn, Te Deum, and Poulenc, Litanies à la vierge noir; with the Claremont Concert Choir and guest soloists; Prof. Charles W. Kamm, conductor
  • Sibelius, Symphony No. 1*
  • Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4
  • Ruth Crawford Seeger, Rissolty-Rossolty and Andante for Strings
  • Schubert, Symphony No. 3
  • Mozart, Requiem (Claremont Concert Choir, Chaffey College Choir, and guest soloists)
  • Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” (Tae Ha Park, CMC ’17, soloist)
  • Stravinsky, Firebird Suite (1919)
  • Brahms, Symphony No. 2
  • Sibelius, Pelléas och Mélisande and Finlandia
  • Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen (Ellie Taw, Scripps ’18, violin solo)
  • Orff, Carmina Burana (Claremont Concert Choir, Claremont Chorale, and guest soloists)
  • Smetana, Vltava
  • Johann Strauss II, An der schönen blauen Donau
  • Lutosławski, Musique funèbre
  • Beethoven, Triple Concerto with Rachel Huang, Gayle Blankenburg, and Roger Lebow
  • Felix Mendelssohn, excerpts from A Midsummer Nightdream
  • Joan Tower, Made in America
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 8
  • Mozart, overture to Die Zauberflöte
  • Vaughan Williams, Dona nobis pacem (conducted by Charles W. Kamm, Anne Harley, soprano, John Atkins, baritone)
  • Mahler, Adagietto from the Fifth Symphony
  • Schubert, “Unfinished” Symphony
  • Schumann, 1st Movement from the Piano Concerto (Tongjia Shi, HMC’15, soloist)
  • Dvořák, Selected Slavonic Folk Dances
  • Bartók, Romanian Folk Dances
  • Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 2 “Little Russian”
  • Mozart, Symphony No. 40
  • Bruch, Violin Concerto (Melody Ko, Scripps’16, soloist)
  • Bizet, Symphony in C*
  • Lalo, Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, 1st movement (Joanne Chern, Scripps’14, soloist)*
  • Schumann, Symphony No. 4*
  • Liszt, Totentanz (Andrew Turner, HMC’14, soloist)*
  • Brahms, Double Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Orchestra (Annie Aqua, Scripps’14 and Stephen Pinto, HMC’14, soloists)*
  • Dvorak’s Carnival Overture*
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, with the Claremont Concert Choir, the Claremont Chorale; Lindsay Feldmeth, Amy Fogerson, Tim Gonzales, Dean Elzinga
  • Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
  • Pablo Santiago Chin, In the Form of a Shell, Ysmael Reyes, soloists (world premiere)
  • Haydn, Die Schöpfung (The Creation), with the Claremont Concert Choir and guest soloists; Prof. Charles W. Kamm, conductor
  • Respighi, Gli uccelli (The Birds)
  • Verdi, Prelude to Aida
  • Mascagni, Intermezzo sinfonico from Cavalleria rusticana
  • Rossini, Overture to Barber of Seville
  • Brahms, Allegro non troppo from Violin Concerto in D Major (Sarah Chung, Scripps’15, soloist)
  • Dvořák, Symphony No. 8
  • Bizet, Farandole from L’arlésienne
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
  • Felix Mendelssohn, Fair Melusina overture
  • Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem (with Frank Strnad and Anne Harley, soloists; Charles W. Kamm, choral preparation)
  • Beethoven, Egmont overture
  • Brahms, Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3,  and 10
  • Dvořák, Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra (Annie Aqua, Scripps’14, soloist)
  • Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3, Allegro con brio (Diana Ahn, Scripps’12, soloist)
  • Barber, Adagio for Strings
  • Beethoven, Symphony No. 5
  • Bizet, Excerpts from Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2
  • Liszt, Hungarian Fantasy for piano and orchestra (Prof. Hao Huang, soloist)
  • Grieg, Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2
  • Mozart, “Coronation” Mass, with the Claremont Concert Choir and guest soloists; Prof. Charles W. Kamm, conductor
  • Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 1, “Spring”
  • Camille Saint-Saëns, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for violin and orchestra (Yael Mayer, HMC’11, soloist)
  • Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5
  • Poulenc, Concerto for Two Pianos (Ashley Jones and Samantha Steitz, Scripps’11, soloists)
  • Brahms, Academic Festival Overture
  • Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
  • George Gershwin, Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Picture
  • Dvořák, Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

* Conducted by sabbatical replacement Dr. Brian Stone in 2014 and 2018.