Welcome to our Concert Archive! Scroll down to view our concerts through the years, or view all of them on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@commodoreorchestra 

Fall 2022: Dancing with Death

https://youtu.be/j4XqpnBhWcA 

     S. Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade in A Minor

     M. Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1

     A. Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 Violins

     G. Mahler – Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”

Spring 2022: Fate and Fantasy

https://youtu.be/TdLRb-wVAHY 

     J. Hisaishi – Studio Ghibli Suite, arr. by Gunner Udomwongsa

     P.I. Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 

 

Fall 2021: A Night with the Romantics

https://youtu.be/sMneQiVw4zU 

     P.I. Tchaikovsky – Marche Slave (Slavic March) 

     P. Mascagni – Intermezzo (No. 7) from Cavalleria Rusticana

     A. Marquez – Danzone No. 2

     A. Dvorak – Symphony No. 8 

Spring 2021

https://youtu.be/kG5lsvbaxJM 

In 2021, VCO accomodated for COVID-19 restrictions by holding a virtual chamber concert rather than an in-person, full-ensemble concert. 

     A. Dvorak – String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77

     L. van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1

     J. Halvorsen – Passacaglia No. 2, Op. 20

     F. Schubert – String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, Op. 7, “Death and the Maiden”

     H. Purcell – Abdelazer Suite

     J. Hisaishi – Merry-Go-Round of Life (Howl’s Moving Castle), arr. by G. Udomwongsa

     G. Estefan – Conga, arr. by R. Jonker

     K. Dorham – Blue Bossa

     R. Rodgers and O. Hammerstein II – My Favorite Things

     C. Corea – Spain

     A. Dvorak – String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Oop. 96, “American”

     K. Jenkins – Palladio

     A. Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D. Major 

     V. Teng – Hymn of Acxiom, arr. by N. Heilborn

     P. Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D Minor, Op. 70, “Souvenir de Florence”

Fall 2020: Chamber Concert

https://youtu.be/NMaNi-BEoBA 

      E. Grieg – String Quartet No. 1 in G. Minor, Op. 27

      A. Dvorak – Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No. 2

     G. Faure – Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120

     A. Dvorak – Humoresque No. 7, arr. by G. Udomwongsa

     M. Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition, arr. by S. Engano

     C. Brooks – What Up?

     D. Ellington – Caravan, arr. by D. Downs and R. Mattingly

     A. Piazzolla – Libertango for Piano Quintet, arr. by G. Udomwongsa

     A. Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D Major 

     J. Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25

     F. Mendelssohn – String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

     J. Hisaishi – A Town with an Ocean View (Kiki’s Delivery Service), arr. by G. Udomwongsa

     

Spring 2020

Spring Concert 2020 was to be on Sunday, April 5th at 2:00PM (CDT = GMT-5:00) in Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music. The concert was to be conducted by Zachary Ebin, music director; and Isabel Tannenbaum, associate conductor.

Intended Repertoire:

     J. Strauss II – Die Fledermaus Overture
     P. I. Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite
     A. Márquez – Danzon No. 2
     F. Schubert – Symphony No. 4 “Tragic”

Fall 2019

https://youtu.be/6HzfpxybxcQ 

     G. Rossini – The Barber of Seville: Overture

     F. Mendelssohn – Incidental Music to A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream – Mvt VII, “Nocturne”

     C. Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre

     C. Franck – Symphony in D minor

Spring 2019

https://youtu.be/RAl1LrNPBTM 

     H. Li (李焕之) – Spring Festival Overture (春節序曲)

     E. Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

     B. Smetana – Die Moldau

     L.V. Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” op. 68 mvt. I

     J. Brahms – Symphony No. 1 op. 68 mvt IV

Fall 2018

https://youtu.be/ssdut-jT71U 

     Bach – Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor (I. Allegro) 

     W.A. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (II. Romanza) 

     E. MacDowell – Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor (I. Larghetto calmato) 

     L. Anderson – Sleigh Ride

     L. Anderson – Bugler’s Holiday 

     A Canadian Brass Christmas, Arr. by Custer and Henderson

     P.I. Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite

     Silvestri and Ballard – Concert Suite from the Polar Express

Spring 2018

https://youtu.be/fzXYi_GKq4c 

     F. Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”

     N. Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade Mvmt III 

     J. Williams – Star Wars: Suite for Orchestra

Fall 2017

https://youtu.be/TJRwqGWDKEw 

     O. Nicolai – Overture to “The Merry Wives of Windsor” 

     L.V. Beethoven – Symphony No. 1, Op. 21

     S. Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Spring 2017

https://youtu.be/HhbTEdzlOUE 

     J. Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26 

     P.I. Tchaikovsky – Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26

     A. Dvořák – Symphony No. 6, Op. 60

Fall 2016

https://youtu.be/KpIOi4rflLE 

      Beethoven – Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 

      G. Fauré – Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80 

      P.I. Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Spring 2016

https://youtu.be/L1k3Nka0tWU 

      G. Rossini – Overture to Semiramide 

      G. Mahler – Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

      W.A. Mozart – Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”

Winter 2015/2016

https://youtu.be/va7ZxXT7mKs 

     A. Borodin – Polovtsian Dances 

     A. Dvořák – Slavonic Dances, op. 46

     J. Brahms – Hungarian Dances, No. 6, No. 3, No. 5

     J. Massenet – Ballet Music from Le Cid

Spring 2015

Unfortunately, this concert was not recorded.

Concert photos are here.
     G. Bizet – Carmen Suites No. 1 and 2
     C. Debussy – The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
     C. Debussy – The Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
     P.I. Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

 

2014 Concert

https://youtu.be/eXIWx9wJiwY 

     Vanderbilt Alma Mater, Arr. Sean Calhoun 

     F. Mendelssohn – Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture 

     F. Martin – Ballade for Trombone and Orchestra 

     A. Dvořák – Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”