OUR PROGRAMS

Another of the OH's characteristics is its new way of conceiving concert programs. Beyond the canonized repertoire, the musicians along with their director embark on the discovery of unknown treasures from more than 300 years of musical history, with the express intention of establishing connections and references throughout various periods of music and communicating them to open-minded audiences

Current programs

Due to the current situation of Covid-19 all of our actual concert programs are conceived for a maximum of only 15 musicians on stage.

A Boat Trip From Venice To Naples

Tomaso Albinoni: Sinfonia a Cinque op. 2 No 3 in C major (Venice 1700).
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C minor RV 441 for recorder, strings and basso continuo (Venice ca. 1726, soloist: Michael Form).
Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Sinfonia Funebre in F minor.
Francesco Durante: Concerto Primo in F minor (c. 1740).
Charles Avison: Concerto in Seven Parts No 3 in D minor according to Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas K.89b, K.37, K.38 and K.1.
Francesco Maria Veracini: Fuga o Cappriccio con Quattro Soggetti in D minor.
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello: Chaconne à 6 in A major.

Baroque Fireworks

Henry Purcell: "Fantasia in Three Parts Upon a Ground" (London c. 1683).
Georg Matthias Monn: Symphony in G major (Vienna 1749).
Franz Xaver Richter: Adagio & Fuga in G minor.
Antoine d'Auvergne: Concert de Simphonies op. 4 No 2 in A major (Paris 1751).
Jean Philippe Rameau: Concert at Sextuor No 6 in G minor.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major BWV 1048.

References

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Fuga in C minor KV 546 (Vienna 1788).
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D major after BWV 49, 169 & 1053 for recorder, strings and basso continuo (reconstruction and soloist: M. Form).
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: "Hamburg" Symphony No 2 in B flat major for strings and basso continuo Wq 182.
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Symphony XII in G minor MWV 12 for string orchestra (Leipzig 1823).

Ecstasy And Nostalgia Around 1900

Anton Webern: "Langsamer Satz" (Slow movement, Vienna 1905).
Arnold Schoenberg: «Verklärte Nacht» (Transfigured Night) op. 4, version for string orchestra, 1917.
Pyotr Iljitsch Tchaikowsky: "Souvenir de Florence" op. 70 (Moscow 1890-92).

Between Classicism And Neo-Classicism

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No 1 in D major KV 136 (Salzburg 1772) / 18'30.
William Walton: Sonata for Strings (1971-72) / 25'.
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Concerto in E minor for piano or harpsichord F 43 (soloist to be defined) / 25'.
Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite from «Holberg's Time» op. 40 (1884) 21'.

Minimalist Music Through The Centuries

Henry Purcell: "Fantasia Upon One Note" Z. 745 (1680).
Terry Riley: "In C" (1964).
Philip Glass: String Quartet No 3 "Mishima" (string orchestra version, 1985) .
Gianpietro Del Buono: "Canoni oblighi ... in varie maniere sopra l'Ave Maris Stella" (Palermo 1641).
Johann Sebastian Bach: 14 Canons on the Eight Fundamental Notes of the Goldberg Variations BWV 1087.
John Adams: "Shaker Loops" (1977, string orchestra version, 1983).

Shadow Music

Anton Webern: Symphonie op. 21 for 2 clarinets, 2 horns, harp and strings (1927-28).
Hector Berlioz: «Les Nuits d'été» (Summer Nights) op. 7 H 81 for mezzo soprano or tenor and chamber orchestra (selection, 1841-1856, soloist to be defined).
Igor Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat «Dumbarton Oaks» (1938) for flute, clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, 3 violins, 3 violas, 2 cellos, 2 double basses.
William Walton: "Siesta" (1926) for flute (piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns and strings.
Aaron Copland: "Quiet City" for Strings, Trumpet and English Horn (1940)

Between The Worlds: East Meets West

Dimitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony op. 110a (transcription by R. Barshai).
Arvo Pärt: "Summa" (1977), version for string orchestra.
Krzysztof Penderecki: "Ciaconne" from "Polskie Requiem" (2005).
Steve Reich: Triple String Quartet (1999).
Jan Sandström: "A Dance in the Subdominant Quagmire" (1994), version for recorder and 12 strings (2019).
Michael Torke: "December" (1996).

Let's Get Started!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to «The Magic Flute» (Vienna 1791).
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Concert Overture «The Hebrides or Fingal's Cave» opus 26 (Londres 1832).
Franz Ignaz Beck: Overture to «L'Ile Déserte» (Bordeaux 1779).
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Overture to «Acanthe et Céphise» (Paris 1751).
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to «Egmont» op. 84 (Vienna 1810).
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to «Il Barbiere di Siviglia» (Rome 1816).
Igor Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes (Card Game) Ballet in three rounds (New York 1937).

Projects

The OH will make its debut in various cities in Spain, followed by a tour of Germany. For the 2021/22 season the orchestra will participate in the world premiere of a new opera by the acclaimed Venezuelan composer Juan Carlos Núñez, with performances in multiple prestigious theaters in Europe.