About the Music
The NSS is committed to presenting both familiar and neglected works from the vast body of string orchestra repertoire.
Selected Repertoire from 2017-18 Season
- BARNETT, Charlie
- Retablos (2017)
- DEBUSSY, Claude
- Danses Sacrée et Profane (1904)
- DELIUS, Frederick
- Air & Dance (1915)
- DEUSSEN, Nancy Bloomer
- Peninsula Suite (string orchestra version) (2008)
- ELGAR, Edward
- Sospiri, op. 70 (1914)
- GJEILO, Ola
- Sunrise Mass (2008)
- HARRISON, Lou
- Suite for Symphonic Strings (1960)
- IRELAND, John
- Holy Boy, The (1913)
- SHAPIRO, Alex
- Remembrance (2013)
- WIRéN, Dag
- Serenade, op. 11 (1937)
Previous Season's Repertoire
- Composers A-D
- ALEXANDRA, LianaAllegro veloce e caratteristico
- ANDERSON, BethMourning Dove Swale [world premiere] Three Swales
- BACH, Johann SebastianSuite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
- BARBER, SamuelAdagio for Strings, Op. 13
- DELLO JOIO, NormanMeditations on Ecclesiastes
- DIAMOND, DavidRounds for String Orchestra
- DVORAK, AntoninSerenade, Op. 22 Two Waltzes, B. 105
- ELGAR, EdwardSerenade, Op. 20
- FLETCHER, PercyFolk Tune and Fiddle Dance
- GRIEG, EdvardHolberg Suite, Op. 40
- HARRISON, PamelaA Suite for Timothy
- HOLST, GustavSt. Pauls Suite
- JANÁČEK, LeošSuite, JW 6/2
- LARSEN, LibbyString Symphony (Symphony No. 4)
- LEWIS, PaulRosa Mundi
- MARTELLI, CarloPersiflage
- MENDELSSOHN, FelixSinfonia #9 in C, "Swiss"
- MOZART, Wolfgang AmadeusSerenade in G major, K. 525 ("Eine Kleine Nachtmusik")
- RUEHR, ElenaShimmer
- ROMERO, AldemaroSuite para Cuerdas
- RUTTER, JohnSuite Antique Suite for Strings
- SUK, JosefMeditations on ‘Svaty Václave’, op. 35a
- STILL, William GrantDanzas de Panama
- TCHAIKOVSKY, Pyotr IlyichAndante Cantabile (from Op. 11)
- VILLA-LOBOS, HeitorBachianas Brasilieras No. 5
- VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, RalphFive Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’
- VIVALDI, AntonioGuitar Concerto, RV 93
- WALTERS, Gareth Divertimento
- WARLOCK, PeterCapriol Suite
